Mallorca & Menorca

Palma is the working capital of Mediterranean yachting — the refit yards, the crew, the brokers — and the Copa del Rey is sailed off it in August.

46 places on the chart: 9 harbour towns and ports, 2 marinas, yards and clubs, 9 islands, 11 anchorages and bays and 15 beaches.

Why the fleet comes here

Palma de Mallorca: The working capital of Mediterranean yachting: Club de Mar, the STP refit yard, and the Palma International Boat Show
Mahón: One of the largest natural harbours in the Mediterranean, three miles long
Deià: The Tramuntana village above Cala Deià
Ciutadella: A narrow gorge of a harbour at Menorca’s western end
Cala d’Or: A marina in a calanque on the south-east coast
Cabrera: A national park island south of Mallorca; the mooring field is permit-only
Port de Sóller: The only sheltered harbour on the Tramuntana coast
Port de Pollença: The bay at the north end, under the Formentor peninsula
Sa Calobra: The Torrent de Pareis comes out of the mountain here; the anchorage is deep and short-stay
Fornells: A long shallow bay on the north coast, and the lobster stew
Es Trenc: The undeveloped beach on the south coast
Cap de Formentor: The lee of the peninsula, and the beach at Formentor
Port d’Andratx: A drowned valley on the south-west corner, and the most expensive berths on the island
Puerto Portals: The marina that made the south-west coast
Cala en Turqueta: A south-coast cala reached by track or by tender
Cala Macarella: The best known of the Menorcan south-coast calas