Calas de Mallorca - Mallorca Island Map 10.10

The tourist name Calas de Mallorca has its origin in the year 1962 and comprises the area between es Domingos Petits and Cala Magraner. The development occupies the previous estates - possessions - belonging to s'Espinagar Vell, s'Hospitalet Vell, S'Hospitalet Roig and son losep Nou. Building started in 1963 and three years later it was declared a National Centre of Tourist Interest. Despite the permissiveness of the times, not all the projects materialised and the buildings only reached as far as Cala Antena. The pathways down to the other beaches had already been built and still exist today. This is the reason why many of the virgin beaches on the Manacor coastline have access roads which, if they were not closed, could be used by vehicles. Cala Domingos, which includes Domingos Petits - also known as Cala Tropicana - and es Domingos Crans, next to Cala Antena, are the most built-up.

A short outing can be made from Calas de Mallorca. In s'Hospitalet Vell, for example, there is one of the most important prehistoric sites on Mallorca. The possessió of s'Hospitalet is fortified and has a square defence tower, only visible from the front. The houses in s’Espinagar are another clear example of defensive building. The continuous pirate incursions during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries prevented this area from becoming populated and the few houses built were defensive in design.

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Beaches.

Es Domingos Petits

This beach has recently come to be known as Cala Tropicana - taking its name from a hotel built nearby. It is usually crowded with tourists from the local hotels, although there are also many houses in the area. It has a bar-restaurant, sunbeds, beach umbrellas, pedalos and a first aid post. Es Domingos Petits (60 x 98 m) is small and deeper than es Domingos Grans (90 x 66 m), being separated by a rocky projection. Some bathers swim from one beach to the next.

Cala Antena

The bed of the mouth of the old stream gave rise to Cala Antena and today it forms the boundary of the Cales de Mallorca development. From this beach onwards, we come to the un spoilt coves in the municipal area of Manacor. Cala Antena, still in the process of being developed, is very narrow (30 metres wide) - and is crowded with tourists from the hotels standing on the rocks to the sides of the beach.

Cala Bota

This is the main, undeveloped beach in the area. It was planned as part of the Cales de Mallorca tourist complex, which explains the path leading from the road to the bed of the stream. It is very small, just twenty metres wide, and the beach is the mouth of a stream, with pebbles and sand. El Caló des Soldat and s'Ansa des Setrí are also formed at the mouths of rivers, though they are not suitable for bathers.