Property Prices in Port de Pollença (Puerto Pollensa) 2026

In October 2026 the average asking price in Port de Pollença (Puerto Pollensa) was €6,615 per m² for apartments and €6,144 per m² for houses, according to Casafari. Since 2022, average asking prices have risen by about 23% for apartments and 29% for houses.

This page tracks property prices in Port de Pollença, the harbour town and resort on the Bay of Pollença in the north of Mallorca. It is updated every quarter by Balearic Properties, whose head office is in Pollença, using data from Casafari, one of the largest property data platforms in Europe. Last updated: 31 October 2026. For daily life, schools and an interactive map of the town, see our guide to living in Puerto Pollensa.

Property price history in Port de Pollença, 2022 to 2026

Apartment prices jumped by almost 18% in 2023, dipped slightly in 2024 and have climbed again since, reaching an average of €6,130 per m² over the first nine months of 2026. House prices have risen more steadily, every year since 2022, with the strongest increase so far in 2026.

Asking prices in Port de Pollença, € per m²

Quarterly, Q1 2022 to Q3 2026. Hover or tap the chart to read each quarter.

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Annual figures are the average of the quarterly asking-price averages for each year. Source: Casafari Area Insights, Casafari area of Puerto de Pollença, outliers excluded. Data retrieved 31 October 2026.

Prices by area within Port de Pollença

Location within the town makes the biggest difference to price. Apartments on and around the Pine Walk, the seafront promenade, are listed at about €8,600 per m², roughly 60% more than apartments in Bóquer a few streets inland. Among houses, the Bellresguard area at the quieter north end of the promenade leads at about €6,700 per m².

Average asking price per m² of listings within roughly 450 to 700 metres of each area, October 2025 to September 2026 (average of four quarters). Source: Casafari Area Insights. Area figures rest on far fewer listings than the town-wide averages, and Llenaire especially, so treat them as indicative. Villas with large plots can show a lower price per built m² even when the total price is high.

To see where each area is, use the interactive map in our Puerto Pollensa guide.

What your budget buys

Apartments for sale by asking price

Port de Pollença, October 2026 (124 listings).

Source: Casafari Area Insights, active listings, October 2026.

Just over half of the apartments on the market are priced between €300,000 and €600,000. For that money, expect a two- or three-bedroom apartment of around 80 to 100 m², with sea views and proximity to the beach pushing the price per square metre up. These homes, offered by Balearic Properties in October 2026, show the range:

Rents, yields and time on the market

Apartment rents	about €23 per m² a month (asking)
Indicative gross yield	about 4.2% for apartments, before costs, taxes and empty periods
Time on market	about 102 days on average for apartments listed since October 2025
Holiday rentals	rental income depends heavily on an ETV holiday rental licence; check it before buying

Why figures for Port de Pollença differ between sources

You will find quite different average prices for Port de Pollença online, with some agency indices reporting figures closer to €4,200 to €4,400 per m². Differences of this size usually come from four things:

Area boundary	Whether the figure covers only the town or a wider area including the countryside, Cala Sant Vicenç or Formentor.
Listings included	Which portals and agencies are counted, how duplicate listings are merged and whether unusually high or low prices are excluded.
Method	Average or median, per listing or per square metre, and over which period.
Asking or sale price	Asking prices are what sellers ask; registered sale prices from notarial deeds are usually lower.

Our method: all figures on this page are average asking prices per square metre from Casafari, which aggregates and de-duplicates listings from property portals and agencies, for the Casafari area of Puerto de Pollença, with outliers excluded. Quarterly figures are averages for each quarter; annual figures are the average of the quarters in each year. We update the page every quarter and show the retrieval date with every figure.

Port de Pollença compared with Pollença town

Apartments in the port cost around 40% more per square metre than in Pollença town, six kilometres inland, while house prices are similar in both. Our comparison guide, Pollença or Port de Pollença: where to buy property in 2026, sets the two markets side by side.

Properties: Port de Pollença · Pine Walk · Bellresguard · Gotmar · Llenaire
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Pollença or Port de Pollença? Where to Buy Property in 2026

Pollença (Pollensa) and Port de Pollença (Puerto Pollensa) sit about six kilometres apart in the north of Mallorca, share a municipality and a mountain backdrop, and yet they are two very different property markets. One is an inland town of stone houses, squares and the Calvari steps; the other is a seaside resort and harbour wrapped around a sheltered sandy bay. Buyers often start by asking which is better. The more useful question is what your budget buys in each, and which way of living you actually want.

This guide answers that with figures: asking prices, price trends since 2023, rents and time on the market from Casafari, plus real homes currently offered by Balearic Properties, which has its head office in Pollença. All figures were last updated in October 2026.

Asking prices of active listings, October 2026. Source: Casafari Area Insights.

Pollença vs Port de Pollença: property prices in 2026

The headline is the gap in apartment prices. An apartment in Port de Pollença is listed at around €6,615 per m², about 40% more than in Pollença town at €4,729. For houses, the two are level at just over €6,100 per m², because the town figure includes country fincas and villas in the valley around it, while the port figure includes older townhouses a few streets back from the sea.

Asking price per m², October 2026

Pollença townPort de Pollença

Apartment asking prices since 2023, € per m²

Quarterly, Q4 2023 to Q3 2026. Hover or tap the chart to compare the two.

Pollença townPort de Pollença

Show the quarterly figures

Quarter	Pollença town	Port de Pollença
Q4 2023	€2,803	€5,334
Q2 2024	€2,896	€5,821
Q4 2024	€3,245	€5,657
Q2 2025	€3,463	€5,629
Q4 2025	€4,023	€6,428
Q2 2026	€4,512	€6,349
Q3 2026	€4,216	€6,190

Source: Casafari Area Insights, average asking price per m² of apartments for sale, outliers excluded. Pollença town covers the Casafari area of Pollença outside the port. Data retrieved 31 October 2026.

The trend matters as much as the snapshot. Comparing the twelve months to September 2024 with the twelve months to September 2026, average asking prices for apartments in Pollença town rose by about 48%, from around €2,800 to €4,200 per m², while those in Port de Pollença rose by about 9%, from around €5,700 to €6,200. The town is catching up, but from a much lower base, and an apartment in the port still costs roughly half as much again per square metre. House prices rose more evenly: about 9% in the town and 14% in the port over the same periods.

These are asking prices, not the prices homes finally sell for, and smaller areas such as these move around more from one quarter to the next. Read the direction of travel rather than any single quarter.

Rents and time on the market

Asking rents for apartments are higher in the port, at around €23 per m² a month against €19 in the town. Set against purchase prices, that gives an indicative gross yield of about 4.2% in Port de Pollença and 4.8% in Pollença town, before costs, taxes and empty periods. Homes take a similar time to sell in both: around 100 days on average for apartments in the port and for houses in the town listed since October 2025.

Apartment rent, port	€23/m² a month · gross yield about 4.2%
Apartment rent, town	€19/m² a month · gross yield about 4.8%
Time on market, port apartments	about 102 days (103 listings)
Time on market, town houses	about 98 days (53 listings)

Source: Casafari Area Insights, October 2026. Gross yield: twelve months of asking rent divided by the asking sale price, both per m².

What your budget buys: real homes for sale

Averages only go so far. These homes, all offered by Balearic Properties in October 2026, show how the two markets differ in practice. Prices and availability change, so follow each link for the current details.

In Pollença town

In Port de Pollença

The pattern matches the market data. For a budget of around €550,000 to €650,000, the town offers a three-bedroom house of 150 to 210 m², often with renovation potential, while the port offers a two- or three-bedroom apartment of around 80 m² close to the sea, or a townhouse slightly further back in Gotmar. Price per square metre in the port climbs sharply with proximity to the beach and views: the beachfront apartment above is listed at almost twice the per-metre price of the town houses.

Life in Pollença town

Pollença is a working town before it is a holiday destination. Life revolves around the Plaça Major, its cafés and the Sunday market, with the 365 Calvari steps climbing to a hilltop chapel and the cloister of Sant Domingo hosting concerts in summer. Schools, shops, health services and restaurants stay open all year, which is why the town suits people who plan to live here permanently.

The housing stock is mostly traditional stone townhouses in narrow streets, many with patios or roof terraces, plus country fincas in the valley. Older homes often need updating, and buyers should allow for proper surveys, planning checks and realistic renovation budgets. For more on daily life, see our guide to living in Pollença.

Life in Port de Pollença

Port de Pollença puts the sea at the centre of daily life. A long sandy beach with calm, shallow water, the marina and the Pine Walk along the bay make it a favourite with families and sailors, and the Formentor peninsula is on the doorstep. In summer the promenade, restaurants and water sports are busy; in winter the port is much quieter, though a core of residents lives here all year.

Homes range from apartments and penthouses with sea views to townhouses in residential streets such as Gotmar and Bellresguard and villas in Llenaire and on the hills behind the bay. Distance to the sea, views and the exact street drive price more than size. For more, read our guide to living in Puerto Pollensa.

Buying to rent out? Check the licence first

Several homes in both areas are sold with a holiday rental licence, which adds value, but location alone does not make a property eligible for one. Before buying with rental income in mind, confirm the licence or its feasibility, community rules, running costs and tax with your lawyer.

Which one suits you?

Permanent residents	Start in Pollença town: year-round services and community life.
Families with a second home	Start in Port de Pollença: safe beach and summer life on foot.
Renovation and character	Pollença town: stone townhouses at a lower price per m².
Sea views and low maintenance	Port de Pollença: apartments and penthouses near the Pine Walk.
Space and land	The countryside around Pollença: fincas and villas in the valley.
Still undecided	View both on the same day; they are about ten minutes apart by car.

A practical tip: arrange a comparison day. See a townhouse in the old town in the morning, an apartment near the Pine Walk after lunch and a house on the edge of either town at the end of the day. Seeing the three types back to back makes the trade-offs between character, space and the sea much clearer than any table.

Local knowledge in Pollença

Balearic Properties has its head office in Pollença and sells homes in the town, the port and the surrounding countryside, in partnership with Savills. That local presence means we can show you both markets, explain street-by-street price differences and help you check licences, surveys and planning before you commit.

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Living in Portocolom

In Portocolom the harbour is more than a backdrop. It is the thread that ties the village’s seafaring past to everyday life today: boats moored beside pastel-coloured houses, a quay where people still gather, and a pace set by the water. It sits on Mallorca’s east coast, in the municipality of Felanitx, and it has never tipped over into resort life.

It is a place best understood through its contrasts. In July the quay fills for the procession of boats on the day of the Mare de Déu del Carme and for an open-air dinner at s’Arenal; outside the season, daily life moves to the village centre, the weekly market and nearby Felanitx. The working harbour, the beaches and the vineyards behind the village all sit within a few kilometres of each other.

Watch: Portocolom on video

A short film of the harbour town itself, “Portocolom, Mallorca | The Mediterranean Lifestyle”.

A village shaped by the sea

Portocolom is built around one of the few natural harbours on Mallorca, a deep, sheltered inlet that made it the natural outlet for the vineyards and farmland of Felanitx. Its story is written in its buildings and its trade.

In Roman times the sheltered inlet was a refuge for boats, but for centuries pirate raids kept the shore thinly settled, and watchtowers went up from the 14th century. The village took shape in the nineteenth: the customs house opened in 1854, the lighthouse on Punta de ses Crestes, still the symbol of Portocolom, in 1863, and the neo-Gothic church of Mare de Déu del Carme between 1884 and 1887.

Wine tied the port to the countryside. In the late nineteenth century the harvest of Felanitx left through Portocolom, mainly for Sète in France, until phylloxera halted the trade; it resumed in 1947 and 1960. From the 1960s tourism arrived around the bay, yet the village kept its fishing and sailing identity.

A legend worth knowing: local tradition ties the village’s name to Christopher Columbus. There is no historical evidence for it, and most historians place his birth in Genoa. Another explanation traces the name to the Latin Portu Columbi, “port of the doves”, though that also rests on thin sources.

Everyday life around the harbour

The harbour is more than Portocolom’s defining view. It is the natural point of reference for the village, connecting its maritime heritage with daily life. Houses line the bay, and the quay is where people gather: morning coffee, a lunch of fresh fish, an evening walk as the boats settle for the night. Behind it sit Plaça Sant Jaume, with the church of Mare de Déu del Carme, and the old quarter of Es Riuetó, with its coloured houses and wooden llaüts. The village beach, Arenal dets Ases, is where the summer fiestas gather. Mallorcan Catalan and Spanish are spoken day to day, and German and English are common because of the international community.

Markets set the weekly rhythm. The village market is listed for Tuesday and Saturday mornings, and the larger Sunday market in nearby Felanitx is a regular stop for residents. Market days can change, so confirm them locally. Felanitx is the administrative and cultural centre of the municipality, with Santueri Castle (408 m) and the Sant Salvador sanctuary (509 m, the highest point of the municipality) on its hilltops and a wine-growing countryside around it.

Portocolom on the map

Distances here are short. Tap a pin to read about the place on the map, or choose a card below the map to jump to it.

The coast, beyond the beach

The shoreline here is a string of small, distinct places rather than one big beach. Cala Marçal, about 1 to 1.7 km from the village, is the main one: roughly 150 m of sand with calm water and a gradual entry, Blue Flag in 2026, listed as accessible, with lifeguard, loungers and restaurants in season. Cala Brafi is a tiny cove of about 40 × 20 m with no facilities, around 2.5 km from the village. Cala Sa Nau also flew a Blue Flag in 2026, and Mondragó Natural Park, 766 hectares protected since 1992, is a short drive south.

On foot, a coastal route of around 4.5 km, easy going, leads out to the Punta de ses Crestes lighthouse. It is still in service, so you cannot get close; for a photograph, the opposite side of the bay at Cova Foradada works well. On the way, the Baños de Cleo are natural pools between s’Arenal and the lighthouse, reached by a path with steps and metal ladders, so wear sturdy shoes. On the water, Club Nàutic Portocolom is the village’s sailing club, and Vall d’Or Golf, an 18-hole, par 71 course opened in 1986, is within reach.

A taste of local life

As a former fishing port, Portocolom is known for seafood and rice dishes, and the cafés and restaurants along the quay cater to residents as much as visitors. A few places named in local guides, not a ranking; opening times change with the season, so check before you go.

• Restaurante Colón chef-led cooking in a long-established harbour address, run by Dieter Sögner.
• Florian a harbourfront classic, open for more than 20 years.
• Vora Mar rice dishes and fish paella, which suit the village’s seafood identity.
• Sa Cova Dets Ases pa amb oli breakfasts on the church square, where village life passes by.

The local calendar adds the rest. The Fira Gastronòmica d’es Pop, at the end of June, builds menus around octopus; the Raïm Wine Fest at Sa Bassa Nova celebrates local wine in July; and the festivities around 16 and 25 July, with the boat procession and the sopar a penyes at s’Arenal, are the village at its most communal.

Portocolom through the seasons

Portocolom is not the same place all year round. In summer the quay is at its liveliest, and the population is often said to double. Beach services and lifeguards at Cala Marçal run in season, and the fiestas begin in July, with the procession of boats on 16 July and the sopar a penyes at s’Arenal. Outside the season the village slows down: daily life moves to the centre, the weekly market and nearby Felanitx, while the harbour and its traditional boats remain at its heart.

Portocolom had 4,613 inhabitants in 2020 (INE), about a quarter of the municipality of Felanitx (18,850 in 2024). A free summer bus linking Cala Marçal and s’Arenal was piloted in 2026. Some seasonal businesses close in winter, and which restaurants and shops stay open all year varies, so ask locally. It is worth seeing both versions before deciding how to use a home here.

April	Triathlon Portocolom (formerly TriStar Mallorca)
Last weekend of June	Fira Gastronòmica d’es Pop
July	Raïm Wine Fest at Sa Bassa Nova
16 July	Mare de Déu del Carme: mass, procession of boats with the image of the Virgin, and a night fair on Plaça Sant Jaume
25 July	Festa de Sant Jaume, with correfoc and fireworks, and the sopar a penyes on the Friday closest to it
15 August	Festa de l’Assumpta
28 August	Sant Agustí in Felanitx, with the Cavallets
October	Fira del Pebre Bord in Felanitx, on the Sunday after 18 October

Dates follow the Ajuntament de Felanitx programme and the Mallorca tourism calendar. Check them each year.

Different sides of Portocolom

Portocolom is compact, so its sides are more about atmosphere than distance.

The harbour front. Life organised around the quay: cafés, the market and the church square, with most things within a walk.

Cala Marçal. Built up around the beach, with its own services and a lighter, more resort-like feel in season, and calmer outside it.

The lighthouse side of the bay. Quieter and more residential, with views back across the harbour and the coastal path towards the lighthouse and the Baños de Cleo.

The countryside around Felanitx. Vineyards, olive and almond land and country fincas a short drive from the harbour, under the hill of Sant Salvador.

The practical side of living here

Getting around

Portocolom is easy to enjoy on foot, but the wider southeast is a car-based area, and most residents drive for shopping, healthcare and weekend trips. Renting a car at Palma Airport is the simplest way to explore.

Felanitx	around 12 km
Manacor	around 22 km
Palma Airport	around 60 km, a little under an hour
Palma city centre	around 62 to 65 km

From Palma, bus line 501 runs to Felanitx and line 512 continues to Portocolom; since February 2025 there has been a direct early-morning service to Palma on weekdays. Line 428 (Cala d’Or to Porto Cristo) calls at Portocolom, and Taxi Portocolom has ranks at the quay and on Avinguda Cala Marçal. Check the current TIB timetable before relying on any service.

Schools and healthcare

CEIP S’Algar, the public primary school, is in Portocolom. Secondary school and Bachillerato are at IES Felanitx, and school transport has run from the village. For international options, Rafa Nadal International School is in Manacor (about 20 minutes) and Tudor Rose British College is in Porto Cristo. The local medical centre (consultori) is on Carrer del Vell Marí and depends on the Felanitx health centre; there is a pharmacy in the village. The hospital in Manacor is about 30 minutes by car and Son Espases, in Palma, about an hour.

Everyday services and life beyond the summer

Shops and supermarkets, a library, a sports hall and a tourist office serve the village, and Felanitx covers the rest of everyday needs. Outside the season, expect fewer open businesses and a smaller bus offer, so it is worth visiting in winter before deciding how you would use a home here.

A different pace of Mediterranean life

Portocolom is not defined by a single beach or sight. It is the relationship between the harbour, the village and the countryside behind it, and the way that relationship changes between the procession of boats in July and a quiet morning outside the season. For those drawn to a more understated corner of Mallorca, that is what makes it worth getting to know.

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A Seafront Jewel in the Mondragó Natural Park

Built in 1960 by an English family of Spanish descent and kept in the same family ever since, this stone finca in the Mondragó Natural Park has its arches, its wrought iron and a private gate to Cala Borgit.

This finca, a traditional Mallorcan country house, stands in the protected surroundings of the Mondragó Natural Park, overlooking Cala Borgit. It was built in 1960 by an English family of Spanish descent and has stayed with the same family ever since.

The numbers are generous but quiet: 350 m² built on a plot of about 37,000 m² of pine forest, cliffs and Mediterranean gardens, with four bedrooms and four bathrooms, three of them en suite.

The house: stone, arches and wrought iron

What stands out first is the craft. The façades are natural stone, with elegant arches and traditional wrought-iron details, and the stone itself is Santanyí stone cut from local quarries. It is the same golden sandstone used for landmarks such as Palma Cathedral, Bellver Castle and the Almudaina Palace, and the honey-coloured buildings of Santanyí town show it.

Inside, the style is rustic, with high ceilings and exposed timber beams. A handcrafted spiral staircase leads up to the roof terrace, where the view runs through 360 degrees, taking in the Mediterranean coast and, in the distance, the Serra de Tramuntana.

A handcrafted spiral staircase leads to a roof terrace with 360-degree views.

The setting: Cala Borgit and the Mondragó Natural Park

The plot is the real luxury. Pine forest, cliffs and Mediterranean gardens open onto uninterrupted views of Cala Borgit, the turquoise sea and the natural park. From the gardens, a private, gated path leads directly to the traditional bathing spot at the foot of the property.

The Mondragó Natural Park was protected in 1992 and is known for its pine forest, wetlands and signposted coastal paths. It has three coves: Cala Mondragó, S’Amarador and Caló des Borgit, the farthest along and the least crowded of the three. The finca looks onto that third cove and is reached by a road with no through traffic.

A private, gated path from the garden to the sea.

Outdoor living and bedrooms

The house was designed for privacy, for family gatherings and for guests. Outside, a Mediterranean courtyard of about 80 m² is complemented by several terraces and shaded seating areas, made for long meals in the open air. A paved garden area offers scope for new leisure spaces or a landscaping project.

Inside, all four bedrooms have views of the sea and the protected landscape, and three of the four bathrooms are en suite.

Living in Santanyí and Mallorca’s southeast

Santanyí is the southernmost municipality on Mallorca, with about 35 km of coastline that takes in Cala d’Or, Cala Figuera, Cala Santanyí and Cala Llombards, as well as the Mondragó Natural Park. The finca is a few minutes from the town itself.

Market and old town

Santanyí is a market town of honey-coloured sandstone. Every Wednesday and Saturday morning, from about 9:00 to 14:00, more than 150 stalls fill the main square and the surrounding streets with produce, cheese, olive oil, ceramics, clothes and crafts. The market runs all year, on a smaller scale in winter. Outside market mornings the town is quieter, with galleries, bakeries and restaurants along its lanes, and the parish church of Sant Andreu Apostol holds a Rococo organ designed by Jordi Bosch. On the third Saturday of October the town holds Sa Fira, its autumn fair.

Beaches and coves

Beyond the park’s three coves, the municipality has Cala Figuera, a fishing village with a small harbour; Caló des Moro, a small cove near Cala Figuera that is popular in summer; and the sandy coves of Cala Santanyí and Cala Llombards. To the north, Cala d’Or has a marina and more resort-style entertainment.

Day to day

Palma, with its international schools, is just under an hour away by car, and the hospital in Manacor is about 40 minutes from Santanyí.

Getting around

Things to know

The finca lies inside a protected natural park. Anyone considering changes to the house or the paved garden area, or a landscaping project, should check what is permitted with the local authorities first.

This property is for sale through Balearic Properties, exclusive Savills partner in the Balearic Islands. Price: €14,950,000. Reference SWOSAN5413BPO.

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Design Villa with Private Tennis Court and Pool in Pollença, Mallorca

Video of property POL40997, a design villa in La Font, Pollença, Mallorca, with a swimming pool, a private tennis court and landscaped gardens.

A contemporary architectural villa in the La Font area of Pollença, in the north of Mallorca, set in landscaped grounds with open mountain views and within walking distance of the town centre. The listing presents it as an architectural residence built to exacting standards.

The villa has 569 m² built on a plot of 3,794 m², with four bedrooms and four bathrooms. Bright contemporary interiors with high ceilings and a double-height entrance hall lead to an open-plan living area with fireplace, dining space and a minimalist kitchen. The ground floor has three en-suite bedrooms; upstairs, the master suite has an en-suite bathroom and an adjoining office area, and the basement has a cinema room and a guest toilet.

Outside, the property has expansive terraces, a large swimming pool, a private tennis court and landscaped gardens. It also has underfloor heating, air conditioning, built-in wardrobes, a heat pump, solar panels, and two garages: one attached, with space for two cars, and a separate one with independent access for up to four vehicles.

The video from Balearic Properties – Savills Mallorca presents the villa before a visit. It may suit buyers looking for a contemporary home in Pollença with sports and leisure facilities and space for entertaining. Details should be verified with the agency before making any decision.

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Property details

Property type:

contemporary design villa (detached)

Location:

La Font area, Pollença

Area:

north Mallorca

Municipality:

Pollença

Island / region:

Mallorca, Balearic Islands (Spain)

Price:

5,300,000 € (as published in the official listing; check the listing for the current price)

Built area:

569 m²

Plot size:

3,794 m²

Bedrooms:

4 (three en-suite bedrooms on the ground floor plus the master suite upstairs)

Bathrooms:

4

Pool:

yes, large swimming pool

Terrace:

expansive terraces; covered terrace (listing highlights)

Garden:

landscaped gardens, private tennis court

Garage / parking:

two garages: one attached (2 cars) and one separate with independent access (up to 4 vehicles)

Views:

open mountain views and garden views

Condition:

immaculate condition, ready to move in (listing highlights)

Main features:

double-height entrance hall, fireplace, minimalist kitchen, cinema room in the basement, office area, underfloor heating, air conditioning, heat pump, solar panels, built-in wardrobes

Property reference:

POL40997

Official listing:

Architectural residence with private tennis court, Pollensa, Balearic Properties

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45cAxdk1hbo

YouTube ID:

45cAxdk1hbo

About this video

The video, titled “Award-Winning Design Villa in Pollensa, Mallorca | Private Tennis Court & Pool”, presents this villa and highlights the private tennis court and the pool in its title. It was published on the official Balearic Properties – Savills Mallorca YouTube channel on 17 August 2026.

To see photographs of the individual spaces (living room, kitchen, bedrooms, terraces, pool, tennis court and garden), visit the official property listing.

Entities

• Locality: La Font
• Municipality: Pollença
• Island: Mallorca
• Region: Balearic Islands
• Country: Spain
• Nearby places: Pollença town centre (walking distance per the listing), Puerto Pollensa and Cala Sant Vicenç beaches (about 10 minutes by car per the listing)
• Brands: Living, Balearic Properties, Savills
• Channel: Balearic Properties – Savills Mallorca

Related topics

• design villa in Pollença
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Frequently asked questions

Where is this property?

In the La Font area of Pollença, in the north of Mallorca, within walking distance of the town centre.

How many bedrooms and bathrooms does it have?

Four bedrooms and four bathrooms: three en-suite bedrooms on the ground floor and a master suite upstairs.

How big is it?

569 m² built on a plot of 3,794 m².

Does it have a pool and a tennis court?

Yes, a large swimming pool and a private tennis court.

Does it have views?

The listing describes open mountain views and views across the garden.

Does it have parking?

Yes, two garages: one attached for two cars and a separate one for up to four vehicles.

What features does the villa have?

Fireplace, cinema room, underfloor heating, air conditioning, heat pump, solar panels, built-in wardrobes and landscaped gardens.

What is the asking price?

The official listing shows a price of 5,300,000 €. Check the listing for the current price.

Where can I watch the property video?

On the official YouTube channel Balearic Properties – Savills Mallorca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45cAxdk1hbo

Mallorca Property Prices by Area 2026: €/m² by Municipality

Apartments in Mallorca are listed at an average of €5,858 per m² (Q2 2026), up 21.8% since late 2023. The range between municipalities is wide: from about €9,500 per m² in Andratx to about €2,700 in Sa Pobla. This guide ranks Mallorca by area using asking-price data from Casafari, and links each area to its own price page or guide.

How Mallorca property prices have moved

Asking prices for apartments rose in almost every quarter from early 2024: from €4,808 per m² in Q4 2023 to €5,858 in Q2 2026, with the strongest steps in the second half of 2024 and the spring of 2026.

Source: Casafari Area Insights, average asking price per m² of apartments for sale in Mallorca, outliers excluded. Data retrieved 31 October 2026.

Prices by municipality, October 2026

Prices follow the coast. The southwest (Andratx and Calvià) is the most expensive part of the island, Sóller and the north sit in the middle, and the interior towns around Inca, Manacor and Sa Pobla offer the lowest entry prices. Palma sits close to the island average for apartments but has by far the largest market, with more than 4,300 apartment listings.

Average asking price of active listings, October 2026 · tap a column to sort

Source: Casafari Area Insights, using Casafari’s municipality and area boundaries, which group some smaller municipalities together (for example, Pollença includes Port de Pollença and Calvià includes Santa Ponsa). Houses are priced per m² of built area. Averages from fewer than about 60 listings are shown separately below because a single sale can move them.

Smaller markets (fewer than 60 apartment listings)

Municipality or area	Apartments, €/m²	Houses, €/m²	Apartment listings
Valldemossa Deià & Valldemossa guide	–	8,468	2
Santa Maria del Camí Santa Maria guide	4,906	6,648	22
Deià–Bunyola area Deià & Valldemossa guide	4,663	6,976	11
Artà area	4,592	5,316	31
Sant Llorenç des Cardassar	4,453	5,302	46
Sineu area	4,422	3,868	17
Marratxí	4,086	4,401	42
Esporles, Estellencs & Banyalbufar	–	6,248	4
Campanet–Búger	3,755	4,446	11
Selva	3,155	4,436	6
Binissalem area	3,151	5,488	26
Mancor de la Vall	–	3,544	1
Porreres area	2,926	4,518	21
Lloseta	2,862	4,073	17
Muro	2,841	3,160	12
Sa Pobla	2,687	3,423	38
Algaida	–	4,645	1
Escorca area	–	6,090	1

– Fewer than five apartment listings: average not shown.

Map of average prices

Dark orange: above €8,000/m². Orange: €6,000–8,000. Light orange: €4,500–6,000. Grey-green: below €4,500 (apartments). Municipalities with fewer than five apartment listings are not shown. Click a marker for the figures. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

What to expect by region

Southwest: Andratx and Calvià

The most expensive stretch of the island: apartments average €9,488 per m² in Andratx and €8,106 in Calvià, and houses €10,213 and €8,610. Calvià also has the deepest supply outside Palma, with about 1,400 apartment listings. See our guides to Port d’Andratx and Santa Ponsa, or the Southwest Mallorca area guide.

Palma

Palma averages €5,874 per m² for apartments and €6,304 for houses, but the city is several markets in one: the gap between the Old Town, Portixol and Son Vida and the districts further from the centre is close to a factor of two. Read our Palma area guide and the Old Town guide, or the Palma area overview.

North: Pollença, Port de Pollença and Alcúdia

The Pollença area averages €6,311 per m² for apartments, with the port more expensive than the town. Alcúdia is cheaper for apartments (€4,592) but not for houses (€6,936). We cover this area in depth: property prices in Port de Pollença, Pollença or Port de Pollença? and the guides to Puerto Pollensa and Alcúdia. For the wider area, see the North Mallorca area guide.

Northwest: Sóller, Valldemossa and Deià

Sóller averages €6,905 per m² for apartments, but houses are cheaper per m² (€5,488) than in Valldemossa (€8,468). Markets in Valldemossa and Deià are very small, with only a handful of apartment listings, so treat their averages as indicative. See Sóller, Deià and Valldemossa and the Northwest Mallorca area guide.

South, east and the interior

Santanyí (€4,927 for apartments, €7,079 for houses) and Ses Salines are the most expensive part of the southeast. In the east, Manacor, Capdepera and Son Servera sit between €3,500 and €4,700. The interior, including Inca, Sineu and Marratxí, is where prices are lowest, but also where there is least sea-view or holiday-rental demand. See Portocolom and Santa Maria del Camí, and our area guides to South, Southeast, East and Central Mallorca.

Why figures differ between sources

Portals and indices report different numbers for the same town because they use different boundaries, listing samples and weighting. Casafari’s figures here are averages of active asking prices across listings from many portals and agents, with outliers excluded. They measure what sellers ask, not what buyers pay: the Balearic Government’s Housing Observatory reported in September 2026 that advertised offers across the islands were around 38% above actual transaction prices. Use this guide to compare areas and follow trends, and ask us for recent sales evidence before pricing a specific property.

For official context, Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE) recorded a 13.7% year-on-year rise in Balearic housing prices in the second quarter of 2026. That index covers all housing in the islands, so it is not directly comparable with the asking prices above.

Frequently asked questions

What is the average property price per m² in Mallorca?

Apartments for sale in Mallorca are listed at an average of €5,858 per m² in Q2 2026 (Casafari). By municipality it ranges from around €9,500 in Andratx to about €2,700 in Sa Pobla. Houses are listed from about €3,200 to over €10,000 per m² of built area.

Which is the most expensive area to buy in Mallorca?

Andratx has the highest average asking prices for both apartments (€9,488 per m²) and houses (€10,213), followed by Calvià (€8,106 and €8,610). Valldemossa has the highest house prices after Andratx and Calvià, but its market is very small.

Where is property cheapest in Mallorca?

The interior municipalities: Sa Pobla, Muro, Lloseta, Porreres and Inca all average under €3,100 per m² for apartments, although some of these markets have very few listings. Prices there reflect local demand rather than the international and holiday-buyer demand that drives the coast.

Are property prices in Mallorca still rising?

Asking prices for apartments rose 9.5% between Q2 2025 and Q2 2026 and 21.8% since Q4 2023. Official INE data for the Balearics shows a similar direction, but individual areas move at different speeds.

Are asking prices the same as sale prices?

No. Asking prices are what sellers list; final prices are usually lower. The Balearic Housing Observatory put the gap at around 38% across the islands in September 2026, which is an average and not a discount to apply to any single property.

Thinking of buying in Mallorca?

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Real Estate Terminology Explained: A Buyer’s Glossary for the Balearic Islands

Spanish property terminology can feel like a second negotiation. This plain-English glossary explains the legal, tax, planning and property terms buyers are most likely to encounter in Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza.

Reviewed by Iris Grünewald, Co-founder and Director of Balearic Properties. Last reviewed September 2026. This guide is general information, not legal or tax advice; buyers should obtain independent advice for their circumstances.

Spanish property terms: the quick answer

The documents that usually matter most before buying are the nota simple, escritura pública, referencia catastral, planning and occupancy documents, the energy certificate and evidence that taxes, community fees and utilities are up to date. A reservation or contrato de arras should only be signed once its conditions, deadlines and consequences are understood.

“The safest approach is not to memorise every Spanish term, but to know which documents must agree with one another. The Registry, Cadastre, planning record and physical property should tell the same story before a buyer commits.” — Iris Grünewald

Contracts, ownership and completion

Arras / contrato de arras

A private deposit agreement used to reserve a property and set the route to completion. The consequences depend on the wording and legal type of the deposit. Under a commonly used arras penitenciales structure, withdrawal can mean the buyer loses the deposit or the seller returns double, but buyers should never assume this applies automatically. The contract should state the price, deposit, completion deadline, included items, conditions and treatment of defects or missing documents.

Contrato privado de compraventa

A private purchase contract between buyer and seller. It can create binding obligations before the notarial deed is signed. It should be reviewed by the buyer’s independent lawyer before signature.

Escritura pública de compraventa

The public deed of sale signed before a notary. It records the parties, property, price and other essential terms. The deed is then submitted for tax and registration formalities. The Spanish Notariat provides an official glossary of notarial concepts.

Notario

The notary is an impartial public official who identifies the parties, checks legality and authorises the public deed. The notary does not replace the buyer’s lawyer, surveyor, architect or tax adviser.

Registro de la Propiedad

The Land Registry records registered ownership, mortgages, charges and certain rights. It is legally distinct from the Cadastre. The official Registradores de España portal provides access to Registry services.

Nota simple

An informative Land Registry extract showing the registered description, owner and recorded charges at a particular point in time. It is fundamental due-diligence evidence, but it is not a technical survey or a guarantee that every alteration is planning-compliant.

Titular registral

The person or company recorded as owner at the Land Registry. The seller’s identity and authority to sell must match the documentation, including where ownership is held through a company, inheritance or power of attorney.

Cargas

Registered burdens or charges, potentially including mortgages, embargoes, easements or restrictions. The completion arrangements should specify which charges will be cancelled and how.

Hipoteca

A mortgage secured against the property. If the seller has a mortgage, the buyer’s lawyer should coordinate cancellation and Registry follow-through. Buyers financing their purchase should distinguish the bank valuation from an independent condition survey.

Usufructo and nuda propiedad

Usufructo is the right to use and benefit from an asset; nuda propiedad is bare ownership without that current right of use. Both interests can affect who must consent to a sale.

Servidumbre

An easement or right affecting land, such as access, drainage or utility rights. Its practical effect should be checked on the ground as well as in documentation.

Poder notarial

A power of attorney authorising another person to act for the buyer or seller. Its scope should be precise and the original or authorised electronic copy available when required.

Cadastre, planning and building status

Catastro and referencia catastral

The Cadastre is an administrative property database used primarily for description and taxation. The referencia catastral is the unique cadastral reference. Cadastral information and Land Registry information serve different purposes and should be cross-checked.

IBI

Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles, the annual municipal property tax. Buyers normally request the latest receipt and confirmation of payment. The cadastral value used for IBI is not the same as the agreed market price.

Valor de referencia

A cadastral reference value that may be relevant to the tax base for certain property transactions. It is not an estate-agent valuation. Its tax effect must be checked for the specific transaction and date.

Licencia de obra

A municipal building licence. Works may require a major or minor works licence depending on their nature and local rules. A licence alone does not prove that the finished work matches the approved project.

Final de obra

Documentation confirming completion of authorised works, typically involving technical certification and subsequent formalities. For newer or substantially altered properties, buyers should confirm that completion is reflected where required.

Cédula de habitabilidad

An occupancy or habitability document confirming that a dwelling meets applicable minimum conditions, subject to the type and age of the property. Its availability, validity and relevance should be checked with the buyer’s lawyer or architect in the Balearic context.

Certificado de eficiencia energética

The energy performance certificate and label. The Balearic Government maintains the official register and public consultation service.

Certificado de antigüedad

An architect’s certificate describing the age of a building or alteration. It may support specific Registry or planning procedures, but it does not by itself legalise works or establish that they comply with planning rules.

Fuera de ordenación

A planning status affecting buildings that do not conform to current planning rules, often limiting future works or rebuilding rights. The precise implications depend on the property and applicable legislation.

Suelo urbano, urbanizable and rústico

Broad land classifications: urban land, land potentially capable of urban development, and rural land. Classification affects permitted uses, building rights and services, but the label alone is not enough: the detailed municipal plan and property-specific record must be reviewed.

Legalización

A procedure intended to regularise works carried out without the required permission, where legally possible. Not every structure can be legalised. Buyers should require written, property-specific advice rather than relying on an informal assurance that a pool, guest house or terrace “can be sorted later”.

Community ownership and ongoing costs

Comunidad de propietarios

The owners’ community in an apartment building or shared development. Buyers should review statutes, recent meeting minutes, accounts, approved works, arrears and any extraordinary assessments.

Cuota de comunidad

The regular community fee paid for shared costs. The amount may be based on the property’s participation coefficient rather than equal shares.

Derrama

An extraordinary community assessment for major works or unexpected expenditure. The private contract should make clear who pays an approved assessment due before or after completion.

Coeficiente de participación

The percentage assigned to a unit for participation in common elements, voting or costs, as defined by the title and community rules.

Taxes and transaction costs

ITP

Impuesto sobre Transmisiones Patrimoniales, generally associated with purchases of resale property. Rates, bands and reliefs can change, so the calculation should be confirmed for the buyer and completion date.

IVA and AJD

VAT (IVA) and Stamp Duty (Actos Jurídicos Documentados) may apply to certain new-build or business transactions instead of the resale-property treatment. Never apply a headline rate without professional confirmation of the transaction’s facts.

Plusvalía municipal

A municipal tax linked to the increase in value of urban land, commonly relevant on a sale. Responsibility and retention arrangements should be addressed by the lawyers, especially where the seller is non-resident.

NIE

The foreigner identification number used in Spanish tax and administrative procedures. Buyers commonly need an NIE before completion, but obtaining one does not create Spanish tax residency.

Retención de no residente

Where the seller is non-resident for Spanish tax purposes, the buyer may have a statutory obligation to retain and pay part of the price to the Tax Agency. The lawyer should calculate and file the appropriate form.

For a wider overview, read our Mallorca Property Buyer’s Guide and our guide to buying property in Mallorca.

Holiday-rental and occupancy terminology

ETV / tourist rental licence

An authorisation connected with tourist accommodation, subject to property type, zoning and current Balearic regulation. Buyers should verify the licence, registered places, ownership, sanctions and whether the intended operation can continue after purchase. A property having been advertised for holiday rental does not by itself prove a valid transferable authorisation.

Alquiler de temporada

A seasonal tenancy for a genuine temporary purpose, distinct from tourist accommodation and from a habitual residential tenancy. The real use and service model matter more than the label on the contract.

Those exploring the north of Mallorca can also see Pollensina’s curated collection of private villas and fincas for rent in Pollença, useful for experiencing an area before committing to a purchase.

People involved in a Balearic property purchase

• Abogado: the buyer’s independent lawyer, responsible for legal due diligence and contractual advice.
• Arquitecto: the architect who can compare the physical building with plans, licences and technical records.
• Aparejador / arquitecto técnico: a technical building professional who may inspect condition, works and construction matters.
• Agente inmobiliario: the estate agent coordinating the search, negotiation, documentation flow and transaction.
• Gestor: an administrative professional who may handle filings and formalities; the role is not a substitute for independent legal advice.
• Tasador: a valuer, often preparing a regulated valuation for mortgage purposes.

Buyer checklist: documents to ask for

• Up-to-date nota simple and seller identification.
• Title deed and cadastral information.
• IBI receipts and municipal-tax position.
• Planning licences, approved plans and completion documentation.
• Habitability and energy documentation where applicable.
• Community certificate, minutes, statutes and information on derramas.
• Utility and service information.
• Tourist-rental documentation if rental use is material to the purchase.
• Independent technical inspection for condition and planning consistency.

Frequently asked questions

Is a nota simple proof that every part of a Mallorca property is legal?

No. It reports Registry information. It should be compared with the Cadastre, municipal planning file, approved plans and the physical property by the buyer’s independent professionals.

Are arras always refundable?

No. Refund rights depend on the exact contract, the type of deposit and any conditions written into it. Obtain legal advice before paying or signing.

Do I need an NIE to buy property in the Balearic Islands?

Foreign buyers normally need an NIE for completion and tax procedures. Start early, particularly if signing through a power of attorney.

Does a tourist rental listing prove that a villa has an ETV licence?

No. Verify the authorisation and its scope through official records and legal due diligence. Past advertising or rental income is not proof of a valid licence.

What is the difference between the Land Registry and the Cadastre?

The Land Registry records legal title and registered rights; the Cadastre is an administrative description used particularly for taxation. Differences should be investigated before commitment.

Should I use the seller’s lawyer?

A buyer should appoint an independent lawyer who acts solely for the buyer and can coordinate legal, planning, tax and completion checks.

Talk to a local property specialist

Balearic Properties has helped international buyers navigate Mallorca’s property market for more than 25 years. Contact our team for a confidential discussion or explore properties for sale in Mallorca.

Official references

• Consejo General del Notariado — official glossary
• Registradores de España — Registry services
• Govern de les Illes Balears — energy certificate register
• Dirección General del Catastro — electronic office

Best Areas to Buy Property in Menorca: A Guide to the Island’s Prime Locations

Prime locations and opportunities in Menorca: where to look on the island, what each area actually offers, and why the supply behind them is unlikely to loosen.

Menorca has spent the last three decades doing something most Mediterranean islands have not: staying roughly the same size. Since UNESCO declared the island a Biosphere Reserve on 7 October 1993, growth has been deliberately contained, and that has shaped almost everything about how the island looks, feels and sells today. For buyers used to Mallorca’s density or Ibiza’s nightlife economy, Menorca reads differently: fewer new-builds, more agricultural land left as agricultural land, and a property market where good houses in the right villages simply do not come up that often.

Menorca is not one market, either. It splits, quite cleanly, into an eastern half built around the capital Maó and its natural harbour, and a western half centred on Ciutadella, the island’s former capital and its cultural heart. Between them sit smaller towns, fishing villages and a coastline of coves that rarely gets crowded even in August. Each area has its own character, price level and type of buyer, and the opportunity here is not a cheap purchase. It is constrained supply in an increasingly desirable lifestyle market, which is a different, and arguably more durable, kind of appeal than the “buy now before prices rise” pitch that tends to accompany property guides for this part of the world.

Maó and the Eastern Harbour

Maó, the island’s capital, sits on one of the longest natural harbours in the Mediterranean, stretching close to five kilometres inland from the open sea. The properties that look down over it, particularly the historic townhouses along the upper town and the quieter stretch toward Cala Llonga, are among the most sought-after on the island. Sailing is part of daily life here rather than a holiday activity, and several harbourside homes come with private moorings, which keeps demand firm among buyers who arrive by boat as often as by plane. Fotocasa’s index put the average asking price across Maó at €3,688 per square metre in August 2026, up 13.4% year-on-year, though that figure covers the whole municipality and sits well below what the harbourfront addresses themselves typically command.

Es Castell and Cales Fonts

A short drive from Maó, Es Castell grew up around a British-built naval garrison and still carries that slightly formal, symmetrical town planning in its streets, a legacy of the decades the Royal Navy spent based here in the eighteenth century. Cales Fonts, its restaurant-lined inlet, has become one of the more polished corners of the island, with houses stepping down toward the water on both sides of the cove. The index put the municipality at €3,535 per square metre in September 2026, up 11.1% year-on-year. Property here tends to sell to buyers who want Maó’s connectivity, the airport, the shops, the marina, without actually living in the capital itself.

Sant Lluís, Binibeca and the Southeast Coast

South of Maó, Sant Lluís and the settlements around it, Binibeca Vell with its cluster of white, cube-shaped houses built to resemble a traditional fishing village, and neighbouring Binissafúller, offer a gentler, more residential version of coastal Menorca. It is also, on paper, the most expensive municipality on the island: the index recorded an average of €4,953 per square metre in August 2026, ahead of Ciutadella and Maó. Fincas with land are common inland, while the coastal pockets favour smaller, low-built villas rather than anything that competes with the skyline.

Fornells and the North

On the northern coast, Fornells keeps its identity as a working fishing village even as it has become one of the island’s more expensive addresses, a claim the data backs up: Es Mercadal, the municipality that includes Fornells, averaged €4,539 per square metre in September 2026 on the same index. The bay is sheltered and popular with sailors, and the surrounding countryside, much of it protected, keeps new construction limited.

Ciutadella and the West

Ciutadella has a different rhythm to Maó. It was the island’s capital until the eighteenth century, and its old town, arcaded streets and cathedral still carry that weight. Property inside the historic centre tends to be townhouses and converted noble houses, while the coast nearby, Cala Morell among the better-known spots, offers newer villas with sea views cut into the cliffs. The index recorded €4,097 per square metre for the municipality in September 2026, up 6.5% year-on-year. Ciutadella also has the stronger day-to-day infrastructure on the western side of the island, which matters for anyone planning to live there year-round rather than for a few summer weeks.

Ferreries and the South Coast

Inland, Ferreries is quieter again, and it works as a base for reaching the beaches around Cala Galdana. At €3,461 per square metre in September 2026, it is the most affordable of the island’s main towns on the index, and one of the areas where traditional Menorcan fincas, working farms until relatively recently, are being converted into family homes with the acreage that has largely disappeared elsewhere on the island.

Alaior, the Interior on the Rise

Alaior does not have a coastline, and conventional wisdom says an inland town should be the value option. The figures do not entirely agree: the index put the municipality at €4,268 per square metre in August 2026, above both Maó and Ferreries. What is happening is less about bargains and more about scarcity finding a new outlet. Alaior has held onto a working town feel that the coastal villages have traded for tourism, and its traditional stone farmhouses, increasingly restored rather than replaced, are commanding prices that rival some coastal addresses precisely because land and character are running short there too.

Where the Areas Compare

Area	Character	Best for	Typical property	Price level*
Maó	Harbour, urban	Year-round living, sailing	Townhouses, apartments	€€
Es Castell	Coastal, formal town planning	Access to Maó without the capital	Houses, villas	€€
Sant Lluís / Binibeca	Residential, southeast coast	Families, second homes	Villas, fincas	€€€€
Fornells / Es Mercadal	Fishing village, north coast	Sailing, summer living	Villas, apartments	€€€€
Ciutadella	Historic, cultural	Year-round living, lifestyle	Townhouses, villas	€€€
Ferreries	Rural, central	Land, access to Cala Galdana	Fincas	€€
Alaior	Interior, working town	Space, authenticity	Fincas, country homes	€€€

*Price level based on Fotocasa’s municipal average asking price per square metre, the latest figure available for each town at the time of writing (August or September 2026, depending on when that municipality’s index last updated): €€ up to €3,900/m², €€€ €3,900 to €4,400/m², €€€€ above €4,400/m². These are municipality-wide averages across all property types and mask wide variation between ordinary housing stock and the standout properties this guide focuses on.

What Is Actually Driving the Opportunity

It is tempting to draw a straight line from Menorca’s Biosphere Reserve status to its tight property supply, but the two are not quite the same thing. The 1993 UNESCO designation is a framework and a set of commitments, not a planning law in itself. The document that actually restricts what gets built, and where, is Menorca’s own territorial plan, the Pla Territorial Insular, drawn up and revised by the Consell Insular de Menorca. Its most recent revision, given definitive approval in 2023 and still being refined, caps the island’s maximum tourist beds at roughly 108,000, limits new construction on rural land for the first time, and concentrates growth in areas already zoned for it rather than the coastline or the countryside. The Biosphere Reserve gives that plan its underlying philosophy; the plan itself, not the UNESCO title, is what a buyer’s architect or lawyer will actually have to work within when checking what a plot of land can and cannot become.

Pricing reflects that constraint, though it needs to be read carefully. The figures used throughout this guide come from Fotocasa’s municipal price index, which tracks asking prices in close to real time, useful for spotting trends but not the same as what properties actually sell for. The Balearic association of licensed estate agents (COAPI) closed 2025 with transaction-based figures at historic highs for several Menorcan towns, corroborating the direction of travel even where the exact numbers differ from the portals. Whichever source is used, the pattern is consistent: prices have been rising across the island through 2025 and into 2026, and the towns with the least room to build are generally the ones rising fastest.

Connectivity is part of the story too. Menorca’s airport keeps direct seasonal routes to the UK, mainland Spain and other European countries, which matters more here than on islands where buyers are simply choosing between neighbouring resorts. For many buyers, the appeal is precisely that Menorca has not tried to compete with Mallorca or Ibiza on scale. It has stayed smaller, and that is now much of what people are paying for.

Finding the Right Fit

None of this makes Menorca a bargain destination, and it should not be sold as one. What it offers instead is a market where the constraints are visible and unlikely to loosen, which is a different kind of reassurance for a buyer thinking beyond the next few years. Whether that means a harbour townhouse in Maó, a converted finca near Alaior or a village house in Ciutadella’s old town depends entirely on how the property will be used, and that is worth working out before, rather than after, the search for listings begins.

You can browse current listings across the island on our Menorca properties for sale page, or get in touch with our team for guidance on a specific area.

Continue exploring: compare the Menorca area guide, review the Balearic Islands Buying Guide and understand the main tax considerations for foreign buyers.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which part of Menorca is best to buy property in?

It depends on how the property will be used. Maó and Es Castell suit buyers who want year-round access and a working harbour lifestyle. Ciutadella offers the strongest infrastructure on the western side of the island for full-time living. Fornells and Sant Lluís lean toward summer and sailing-focused buyers, while Ferreries and Alaior suit those prioritising land, privacy and traditional architecture over coastal proximity.

Are property prices in Menorca rising?

Yes. Fotocasa’s index showed year-on-year increases across the island’s main towns through 2026, from 6.5% in Ciutadella to 13.4% in Maó, and the Balearic estate agents’ association (COAPI) closed 2025 at historic highs for several municipalities. The rate of increase varies significantly by town.

Can foreign buyers purchase property in Menorca?

Generally, yes. Foreign buyers can purchase property in Spain, including Menorca, but the exact process, taxes and paperwork depend on the buyer’s residency status and circumstances, so it is worth getting independent legal advice before making an offer.

Is Menorca a good place to invest in property?

Menorca’s market is generally considered less speculative than Mallorca’s, driven more by lifestyle purchases than short-term returns, an assessment shared by market analysts such as Spanish Property Insight. That tends to support price stability rather than sharp swings, but it also means the island rewards buyers thinking in years rather than quarters.

How does buying in Menorca compare with Mallorca?

The two islands are governed by different territorial plans and have grown at very different speeds. Mallorca offers greater scale: more properties on the market, more variety, better year-round connectivity and a larger, more international buyer pool. Menorca is the opposite proposition: smaller, less dense, with a genuinely limited supply of good properties and a lifestyle built around the island staying that way. Neither is objectively better, but they suit different buyers, and it is worth being clear about which one is actually being sought before comparing prices between them.

Tax considerations for foreign buyers

Tax information checked: 18 September 2026. Balearic regional purchase-tax figures below have been cross-checked against the current Agència Tributària de les Illes Balears (ATIB) guidance and the June 2026 legislative update. Tax treatment depends on personal circumstances; independent advice remains essential.

Buying a home in Mallorca, Ibiza or Menorca is refreshingly open to international buyers — there
are no restrictions on foreign ownership, and the purchase process itself is well established. What
catches many buyers off guard is not the purchase itself, but everything the Spanish tax system
expects from them afterwards: the taxes due at completion, the ones due every single year they own
the property, and the ones due if they eventually sell. This guide sets out what those actually are.

This is general information, not personalised tax advice. Rates and thresholds are reviewed
periodically by both the national and Balearic tax authorities — always confirm current figures with
an independent tax advisor (asesor fiscal) or gestor before signing anything.

1. Taxes due when you buy

For a step-by-step walkthrough of the purchase itself — NIE number, reservation contract, arras,
notary completion — see our Balearic Islands Buying Guide.
This section focuses only on what you pay to whom.

Resale property: Impuesto de Transmisiones Patrimoniales (ITP)

Resale homes in the Balearic Islands are taxed under ITP, a regional transfer tax applied on a
progressive scale rather than a single flat rate. As checked in September 2026, ATIB publishes the following general progressive scale for transfers of real estate. See the current ATIB ITP rates:

Portion of the price	Rate
Up to €400,000	8%
€400,000 – €600,000	9%
€600,000 – €1,000,000	10%
€1,000,000 – €2,000,000	12%
Above €2,000,000	13%

The tax is calculated by tramos — each portion of the price is taxed at its own bracket rate, not
the whole price at the top rate. Reduced rates and bonifications exist for qualifying purchases of a habitual home, but the eligibility rules are specific. Following the June 2026 changes, ATIB confirms that the maximum property-value threshold used for certain housing tax benefits is €331,859.70 in Mallorca and Menorca and €378,211.68 in Ibiza and Formentera for taxable events from 14 June 2026. The benefit itself may apply only to a defined portion of the tax base and depends on conditions such as age, first-home status or family circumstances. See the ATIB June 2026 update and confirm eligibility with your advisor before relying on a reduced rate or bonification.

New-build property: IVA + AJD

New-build homes bought directly from a developer are taxed differently: 10% VAT (IVA) plus AJD
(stamp duty), generally 1.5% in the Balearic Islands — together broadly in line with what’s outlined
in our Buying Guide. Reduced AJD rates and exemptions can apply to specific categories of buyer, so
treat this as a starting estimate rather than a quote.

Other one-off costs

Budget separately for notary fees, land registry fees and your lawyer’s fees — together these
typically add another 1–2%, on top of the tax itself.

2. Taxes due every year you own the property

This is the part that surprises many overseas owners: even if you never rent the property out, a
non-resident owner can still have an annual Spanish tax liability, through imputed rental income.

IBI — the local property tax

Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles is the Spanish equivalent of council tax, billed annually by the
town hall (ayuntamiento) and based on the property’s cadastral value. The rate is set locally, so it
varies by municipality — your notary or gestor will confirm the exact amount for the specific
property before completion.

IRNR — non-resident income tax

If you’re not a Spanish tax resident, you must file an annual non-resident tax return (Modelo 210)
even when the property earns no income. Spain treats a second home as generating “imputed income” —
a notional rent set at 1.1% of the property’s cadastral value (2% if that value hasn’t been officially
revised in the last decade or so) — and taxes it accordingly:

• 19% for tax residents of the EU, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein
• 24% for everyone else, including UK residents post-Brexit

If you do let the property out, actual rental income is taxed at the same rates — but with an
important asymmetry: EU/EEA owners can deduct expenses directly tied to the rental (management fees,
repairs, community fees for the let period); non-EU owners generally cannot, which meaningfully
changes the net return for British, American and other non-EU landlords.

3. Taxes due when you eventually sell

If you’re a non-resident seller, two separate charges apply — Spanish tax residents follow a
different regime (via their regular IRPF return) and aren’t subject to either of these:

• 3% withholding — the buyer is legally required to withhold 3% of the sale price
  and pay it directly to the tax office on your behalf (Modelo 211), as a deposit against your
  eventual capital gains bill.
• 19% capital gains tax on the actual profit, calculated once your final tax
  return is filed — if the 3% withheld turns out to be more than you owe, the difference is refunded;
  if it’s less, you settle the balance.

Separately, the seller (not the buyer) is also usually liable for plusvalía municipal, a local tax
on the increase in the land’s cadastral value over the ownership period. It’s set by each town hall
individually, so there’s no single figure to quote here — your gestor calculates it at the point of
sale.

A note on wealth tax

This is where high-value buyers should pay closer attention. Owning property in Spain above
certain thresholds can bring you into scope for Impuesto sobre el Patrimonio (wealth tax) and,
depending on the size of your worldwide assets, Spain’s Temporary Solidarity Tax on Large Fortunes.
Exemptions differ significantly by residency status and by autonomous community — the Balearic
Islands, for residents, currently apply a considerably higher exempt minimum than most of Spain — so
this is genuinely case-by-case. For anyone buying at the upper end of the market, we’d recommend
sitting down with a tax advisor before completion, not after.

Getting it right from the start

None of this is a reason to be cautious about buying in the Balearics — it’s simply the paperwork
that comes with owning property in a country that isn’t your own. Every buyer we work with is
connected with an independent lawyer and tax advisor as part of the process, precisely so there are
no surprises at completion or at tax time the following spring.

Get in touch with our team for
personalised guidance on your specific situation.

Living in Deià and Valldemossa

Robert Graves came to Deià in 1929 and never really left; Chopin and George Sand spent one difficult winter in Valldemossa’s monastery a century earlier and left behind Mallorca’s most famous piece of music-history tourism. Two mountain villages, ten minutes apart on the same stretch of the Serra de Tramuntana, both shaped as much by the artists and writers who settled here as by the terraced hillsides themselves. This is not a beach-and-marina lifestyle. It suits people drawn to stone houses, olive groves and a genuinely international creative community, in a setting protected as UNESCO World Heritage rather than developed into resort infrastructure.

Why live here

Deià and Valldemossa sit inside the Serra de Tramuntana, inscribed by UNESCO in 2011 as a Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site, which means the terraced, dry-stone mountainside around both villages is a protected landscape by law, not just by reputation. That protection is part of the appeal: neither village has been allowed to sprawl, so the view a buyer sees today is close to the one Robert Graves or Archduke Ludwig Salvator saw a century ago. Valldemossa is around 20 kilometres and a 25-minute drive from Palma; Deià is a little further, around 29 kilometres and 35 minutes, along the same MA-10 mountain road. Both are close enough for a working link to Palma without feeling like a suburb of it, and the same road continues on to Sóller, the larger valley town most people pair with Deià and Valldemossa when house-hunting this stretch of coast.

The two villages have drawn foreign writers, painters and musicians for close to a century, starting with Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria in the 19th century and continuing through Robert Graves from 1929 onward, and that legacy still shapes daily life: small galleries, a genuine literary and artistic community, and a slower pace built around the mountains rather than the coast. It’s a lifestyle bought deliberately, not by default, and it suits people who want that trade specifically.

Lifestyle

Beaches

Neither village has a resort beach, and that’s by design. Cala Deià is a small pebble cove at the bottom of a steep path below Deià, with a couple of simple beach restaurants open in season. Llucalcari, a scattered hamlet between Deià and Sóller, has an even smaller, quieter cove reached on foot. Valldemossa’s own coastline at Port de Valldemossa is a tiny rocky landing with a handful of boat moorings rather than a beach at all. Swimming here means small coves, not sand.

Restaurants & Cafés

Sa Fonda, in Deià, has been the village’s informal social hub for decades, more bar than restaurant and long associated with the artists’ colony that grew up around Graves. The village has also long punched above its weight for serious dining, although its fine-dining scene has changed considerably in recent years. Valldemossa’s dining is smaller in scale and clustered around the Cartuja monastery, serving the steady flow of day visitors as much as residents, with a handful of quieter, more local options away from the main square.

Schools

Neither village has an international school. Families choosing to live here typically either use the local Balearic public school (each village has its own small primary school) or commute toward Palma, Bunyola or Santa Maria del Camí for other options, including the international schools clustered closer to the capital. It’s a genuine consideration for a family with school-age children: this is a lifestyle built around the village and the landscape, not around proximity to international schooling.

Outdoor activities

The GR221 long-distance trail, Mallorca’s principal hiking route through the Tramuntana, runs directly through both villages, and the mountains behind Deià and Valldemossa offer some of the range’s best hiking without needing to travel further into the Sóller valley. Road cycling is a major draw: the coastal MA-10 through Deià and Valldemossa forms part of the Mallorca 312, the island’s best-known long-distance cyclosportive, and the same stretch of road is used by professional teams during winter training camps. There’s no golf course or marina in either village, this is hiking and cycling country, not a nautical one.

Community & International Life

The international community here traces back further than almost anywhere else on the island. Archduke Ludwig Salvator settled in the area in the late 19th century, buying up estates including Son Marroig and Miramar between Deià and Valldemossa; Robert Graves arrived in 1929, built his house Ca n’Alluny in 1932, and, apart from the Spanish Civil War years, lived and worked there until his death in 1985.

That legacy drew a steady stream of writers, painters and musicians through the 20th century, and the pattern holds today: a smaller, more culturally engaged international community than the coastal resorts, weighted toward creative professionals, retirees and second-home owners who restore old fincas rather than build new. The Fundació Robert Graves, based at Ca n’Alluny since the house opened as a museum in 2006, still runs literary events and hosts researchers, giving the community an actual institutional anchor rather than just a shared reputation.

Best Areas in Deià and Valldemossa

Deià village

The steep, stone-built centre climbing up to the parish church and cemetery where Robert Graves is buried. Deià is the most sought-after and prestigious pocket of the two villages, prized for its views, its walkability and its concentration of galleries, restaurants and long-established international residents.

Llucalcari

A scattered hamlet on the coast between Deià and Sóller, quieter and more private than the village centre, with a handful of houses reached by narrow lanes and its own small cove below. It suits buyers who want the Deià landscape without the village’s day-trip traffic.

Valldemossa village

Built around the Real Cartuja monastery where Chopin and George Sand spent the winter of 1838 to 1839, Valldemossa is the more visited of the two villages by day but keeps a genuine year-round population once the coach tours leave in the late afternoon. Good for buyers who want history and services within walking distance.

Miramar and the coast toward S’Estaca

The narrow coastal strip between Valldemossa and Deià, home to Son Marroig, the Archduke’s former estate, and S’Estaca, the historic property associated with Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Properties here are rare and largely isolated, suited to buyers prioritising privacy and sea views above walking access to either village.

Things to know

Valldemossa in particular sees heavy day-trip traffic in high season, with coach parties visiting the Cartuja monastery from mid-morning to late afternoon; Deià sees less coach traffic but its single main street through the village centre gets genuinely congested on summer weekends. The MA-10 connecting both villages to Sóller and Palma is narrow and winding by nature, not a road built for volume, so journey times can run longer than the distance suggests during peak season. Neither village has a large supermarket, residents typically drive to Sóller or Palma for a full weekly shop.

Holiday-rental licensing (ETV) applies here as elsewhere in the Balearics, restored fincas are popular rental properties, but current rules restrict which building types qualify and how new licences are allocated, so this needs checking property by property rather than assumed. The permanent, year-round population in both villages is genuinely small, well below the summer visitor numbers, which is part of what keeps the pace of life slow outside the day-trip hours.

Who is it for?

• Families: possible, but only with realistic expectations: neither village has an international school, so the choice is the small local Balearic public school in Deià or Valldemossa itself, or a genuine daily commute toward Palma, Bunyola or Santa Maria del Camí for other options. It suits families who want the village and mountain life enough to build schooling around it, not those who need an international school on the doorstep.
• Retirees: a slower, village-centred pace with genuine community and services within walking distance, at the cost of being further from a hospital-scale healthcare centre than the coast.
• Second-home owners: a long-established pattern of foreign ownership going back nearly a century, mostly in restored stone houses and fincas rather than new-build villas.
• Art & culture buyers: the single most literal fit for these two villages, home to Robert Graves’s legacy in Deià and the Chopin and George Sand story in Valldemossa, with a living gallery and studio scene to match.
• Investors: restored fincas let well to visitors drawn by the same landscape and history, but confirm current ETV licence eligibility for the specific property before assuming rental income.
• Cyclists: the Deià-Valldemossa stretch of the MA-10 is part of the Mallorca 312 route and a genuine winter training destination for road cyclists.

Thinking of Buying?

Valldemossa and Deià are very small markets, so average prices are only indicative: Casafari lists houses in Valldemossa at an average of €8,468 per m² in October 2026, from only a handful of listings. For the wider picture, see our Mallorca property prices by area.

If this mountain lifestyle sounds like the right fit, the next step is seeing what’s actually available across Deià and Valldemossa. Explore the full range of property for sale in Deià or browse Valldemossa listings to get a feel for current stock.

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Living in Port d’Andratx

Fifty years ago this was a fishermen’s harbour where boats came in loaded with the day’s catch. Today, the same natural bay holds one of the Mediterranean’s best-known private yacht anchorages, ringed by hillside villas and a walkable old quarter that still smells faintly of the sea at dawn. Port d’Andratx suits buyers who want a genuine marina lifestyle without the scale of Puerto Portals, in a town small enough to know your neighbours and close enough to Palma for regular use. What sets it apart from Mallorca’s other ports is how deliberately it has kept its working-harbour texture even as the money moved in.

Why live here

Port d’Andratx works as a year-round home, not just a summer address, because the infrastructure behind the postcard view is genuinely there. The town sits within the municipality of Andratx, and the airport is roughly 40 kilometres and a 35 to 40 minute drive away via the Ma-1, close enough for regular flights without living under a flight path. The natural harbour has sheltered boats for centuries and now anchors a serious sailing culture through the Club de Vela Puerto de Andratx. Founded in 1968, it still runs sailing schools and a full racing calendar rather than functioning purely as a marina for hire.

The town itself is compact and walkable: bakery, pharmacy, weekly market and a promenade of restaurants within a few minutes of most residential streets, so daily life doesn’t depend on driving everywhere. Families and retirees who want quieter, more local schooling and healthcare have the town of Andratx itself just inland, with Palma‘s fuller range of services within reach for anything larger. It’s a place bought for the harbour and the mountains behind it in roughly equal measure, not one or the other.

Lifestyle

Beaches

Port d’Andratx itself has no real beach, its coastline is rock and marina rather than sand, which is part of why the water stays so clear. Camp de Mar, a short drive along the coast, has one of the region’s most photographed beaches: a crescent of white sand facing a small islet connected by a wooden footbridge. Sant Elm, at the western tip of the municipality, has a more modest town beach but the best views in the area, looking straight across the water to the Sa Dragonera nature reserve. Closer in, small rocky coves like Cala Llamp give private, quieter swimming for residents living on that stretch.

Restaurants & Cafés

The marina promenade carries the town’s main restaurant strip, a mix of seafood specialists, Italian kitchens and international dining aimed as much at residents as visitors, busy with a mixed crowd of yacht crews, second-home owners and locals rather than a purely tourist clientele. Camp de Mar and Sant Elm each have a smaller, more local set of beachfront restaurants and cafés, and the inland village of s’Arracó keeps a handful of proper Mallorcan bar-restaurants that see far fewer visitors than the coast.

Schools

There’s no international school inside Port d’Andratx itself. The nearest options are in the Portals Nous cluster within Calvià, around 25 to 30 minutes away, including Agora Portals International School and King Richard III College. Families choosing full Spanish and Catalan immersion have the local public school in Andratx town, a few minutes inland from the port. It’s a genuine trade-off worth being honest about: the harbour setting comes with a longer school run than a family in, say, Santa Ponsa would have.

Outdoor activities

Sailing is the obvious anchor, with the Club de Vela Puerto de Andratx hosting regattas throughout the year (the port joined the Trofeo Sofía circuit, one of Spain’s major sailing regattas, as a host venue in 2026). Golf de Andratx, an 18-hole course in Camp de Mar with sea views from several holes, sits a short drive away. Hikers have direct access to the GR221 long-distance trail from Sant Elm up to the ruined La Trapa monastery, with views over Sa Dragonera the whole way, and the coastal road between Port d’Andratx and Sant Elm is a well-used cycling route for anyone training seriously.

Community & International Life

The international presence in Port d’Andratx is old and settled rather than recent. British, German and Scandinavian families have been buying and returning here for several decades, drawn originally by the sailing and, later, by the harbour’s reputation as one of the more discreet addresses in the southwest. That long tenure shows in the social scene: the Club de Vela functions as a genuine community hub, not just a marina operator, with a sailing school that draws local children alongside second-home families, and a calendar of races, dinners and prize-givings that residents build their year around.

The Festes de Sant Pere, the fishermen’s festival held each June in honour of the patron saint of fishermen, is the one date that pulls the whole town together, longtime residents and local families included, and is as good a measure as any of how the harbour’s fishing-village roots persist underneath the yachts. Contemporary art has its own foothold too, with CCA Andratx, founded in 2001 in the nearby hamlet of Sa Coma, running exhibitions and an artist residency that draws a smaller, culturally engaged crowd into the mix.

Best Areas in Port d’Andratx

Port d’Andratx (the harbour)

The marina front and the streets rising immediately behind it. This is the walkable, restaurant-and-boat-life core of the area, and the most in-demand address for buyers who want to step out of the door onto the quay.

Cala Llamp & La Mola

The hillside above the port’s southern flank, reached by a narrow coast road, holds two of the most desired neighborhoods in Andratx: Cala Llamp and La Mola. These two hold some of the area’s most private villas, most with direct sea views over the harbour mouth. It suits buyers prioritising seclusion and view over walking distance to the restaurants below.

Camp de Mar

A few minutes east along the coast Camp de Mar, built up more gradually around its beach and golf course, with a quieter, more resort-like feel than the port itself. Good for buyers who want beach access and golf on the doorstep rather than marina life.

Sant Elm

Sant Elm is the westernmost village in the municipality, small, low-rise and genuinely local in feel outside peak summer weeks, with the closest thing to an unspoilt coastal outlook in the area thanks to Sa Dragonera just offshore.

S’Arracó

An inland village a short drive from the port, under 1,000 residents, with orchard gardens and a handful of period houses built by returning 19th-century emigrants. It suits buyers who want the sailing lifestyle within reach without living directly on the coast.

Things to know

July and August bring the harbour to capacity, with visiting yachts filling the marina and the coast road to Camp de Mar backing up at peak times. Outside those eight or so weeks, the town is markedly quieter and functions as a genuine residential base. The single coastal road linking Port d’Andratx, Camp de Mar and Sant Elm is the main pinch point for traffic, so factor that into how central you actually need to be.

Holiday-rental licensing (ETV) in the Balearics has gone through several rounds of restriction in recent years, including limits on which property types qualify and how new licences are allocated; anyone planning to let a property here should check current municipal and regional rules before assuming a licence is available, rather than relying on older information.

There’s no airport or ferry terminal at Port d’Andratx itself. Palma’s airport, roughly 40 minutes away, and the city’s ferry port handle all of that; the closest thing to a marina-based departure point is the Club de Vela’s own moorings.

Who is it for?

• Families: workable, but be honest about the trade-off: there’s no international school in Port d’Andratx itself, so it means either the local public school in Andratx town, a few minutes inland, or a 25 to 30 minute daily run to the international schools around Portals Nous. Families who’ve made peace with that commute, or who want full Spanish and Catalan immersion, do well here.
• Retirees: a walkable, low-key harbour town with everyday services close by and Palma’s hospitals and services within a manageable drive.
• Second-home owners: decades of established international ownership, a working marina and a compact town that doesn’t demand a car for daily errands.
• Sailing & nautical buyers: a natural deep-water harbour, an active club with racing and sailing schools, and direct access to the southwest coast’s best cruising grounds.
• Investors: rental demand is strong given the marina setting, but confirm current ETV licence eligibility for the specific property and building type before assuming rental income is straightforward.
• Cyclists: quieter coastal roads out towards Camp de Mar and Sant Elm, with the GR221 trailhead at Sant Elm for anyone who prefers hiking to riding.

Thinking of Buying?

The Andratx municipality has the highest average asking prices in Mallorca: €9,488 per m² for apartments and €10,213 for houses (Casafari, October 2026). To compare it with the rest of the island, see our Mallorca property prices by area.

If Port d’Andratx sounds like the right fit, the next step is seeing what’s actually on the market across the harbour, Camp de Mar, Sant Elm and the surrounding hills. Explore the full range of property for sale in Port d’Andratx to get a feel for what’s currently available.

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Living in Santa Ponsa

In September 1229, King Jaume I of Aragon landed his invasion fleet in the bay at Santa Ponsa to begin the conquest of Mallorca, and the town still marks the spot with a monument and an annual re-enactment. Eight centuries on, that same bay is a family-oriented residential town built around three golf courses, a working marina and a permanent international population rather than a summer-only resort strip. Santa Ponsa suits buyers who want organised, resort-grade infrastructure (golf, sailing, schools) inside a genuine year-round community, and its own quieter, more residential character sets it apart from the nightlife economy of its immediate neighbour, Magaluf.

Why live here

Santa Ponsa sits within the municipality of Calvià, around 25 to 30 kilometres and a 20 to 30 minute drive from Palma’s airport via the Ma-1 motorway, close enough for a genuinely practical commute or regular flights. The town was built up from the 1970s around Golf Santa Ponsa, whose first course opened in 1977 as the second golf course built in Mallorca and has since hosted the European Tour seven times, drawing names like Seve Ballesteros and José María Olazábal. That golf-and-marina infrastructure, now three 18-hole courses and the Club Náutico Santa Ponsa marina, gives the town a level of organised sport and leisure that smaller villages simply don’t have.

It also has a school run that actually works: Agora Portals International School and King Richard III College, both British-curriculum schools, sit around 15 to 20 minutes away in Portals Nous, and Santa Ponsa itself has its own local public and semi-private schools for families choosing Spanish and Catalan immersion. Combined with year-round shops, a health centre and a supermarket, Santa Ponsa functions as a self-sufficient town rather than a satellite that empties out after August.

Lifestyle

Beaches

Platja de Santa Ponça, the main town beach, is a broad, gently shelving bay that suits families with young children, with the Sa Caleta cove and its Jaume I landing monument at its southern end. A short walk or drive along the coast brings smaller, quieter coves, and boat trips from the marina reach the protected Malgrats Islands just offshore, popular for snorkelling.

Restaurants & Cafés

The marina and beachfront promenade carry Santa Ponsa’s main restaurant strip, a practical mix of Spanish, Italian and international family dining rather than a high-end scene, reflecting the town’s resident-and-family character over a see-and-be-seen one. Residents wanting a more upscale night out typically drive the short distance to Puerto Portals or Port Adriano, both within easy reach along the coast.

Schools

Agora Portals International School and King Richard III College, both in Portals Nous within Calvià, are the two main international options families use, roughly 15 to 20 minutes from Santa Ponsa by car. For families choosing full Spanish and Catalan immersion, or a shorter local school run, Santa Ponsa has its own public primary and secondary schools directly in town.

Outdoor activities

Golf is the town’s defining activity: Golf Santa Ponsa’s three 18-hole courses (Golf Santa Ponsa I, open to visitors; II and III, members only) anchor a genuine golfing community rather than a single course people play occasionally. The Club Náutico Santa Ponsa marina supports sailing, motorboating and watersports, and the flat coastal roads around the bay make for easy family cycling, distinct from the steep mountain climbs further along the coast toward Andratx.

Community & International Life

Santa Ponsa’s international community grew up alongside the golf development from the 1970s onward, and British, German and Scandinavian residents remain a settled, established presence rather than a recent arrival, many now into a second generation of family ownership. The community organises itself substantially around the golf clubs and the yacht club, both of which run active social and sporting calendars beyond the courses and moorings themselves, giving residents a genuine year-round social structure rather than a seasonal one. The one date that pulls the whole town, historic Mallorcan families and international residents alike, together is the Festes del Rei en Jaume each September, a weekend of parades, a medieval market and a re-enactment of the 1229 landing organised by the Ajuntament de Calvià, and it is as close as Santa Ponsa comes to a defining civic identity distinct from its neighbours along this stretch of coast.

Best Areas in Santa Ponsa

Nova Santa Ponsa

Nova Santa Ponsa is a villa-led residential area built up around and between the golf courses, favoured by families and golf buyers who want space, private pools and a quieter, more suburban feel than the seafront.

Puerto de Santa Ponça (the marina front)

Apartments and townhouses close to the marina and main beach, walkable to restaurants and the yacht club, suited to buyers who want to be in the middle of daily life without a car for every errand.

Santa Ponsa town centre

The older, more local core of the town, with the year-round shops, schools and health centre that make Santa Ponsa function as a genuine town rather than a resort, popular with families and retirees who want proximity to everyday services.

Things to know

July and August bring real crowding to the beach and marina, and traffic on the Ma-1 and the roads into town can back up at peak commuting hours even outside high season, since Calvià’s coast carries a lot of through-traffic. Santa Ponsa sits close to Magaluf, a short drive along the coast, which brings the convenience of nearby nightlife and larger shopping without Santa Ponsa itself sharing that resort’s character, the two towns feel distinctly different once you’re actually in them.

Holiday-rental licensing (ETV) follows the same Balearic-wide rules as elsewhere on the island, current regulation restricts which property types qualify and limits how new licences are issued, so check the specific rules for a property before assuming a rental licence transfers or is available. Santa Ponsa’s year-round population is larger and more stable than the smaller coastal or mountain towns further along Mallorca’s coast, which is part of why it supports full-time schools, a health centre and permanent shops rather than a seasonal economy.

Who is it for?

• Families: international schools a short drive away, local schools directly in town, a family-friendly main beach and safe, low-traffic residential streets in Nova Santa Ponsa.
• Retirees: year-round infrastructure (health centre, shops, services) rather than a seasonal-only town, plus an established international community and an easy Palma airport run.
• Second-home owners: decades of settled foreign ownership and a well-organised leisure infrastructure (golf, marina, restaurants) that requires no real effort to plug into.
• Golf buyers: three 18-hole courses with a genuine tournament pedigree, hosting the European Tour seven times, and a villa stock built specifically around fairway and golf-course-frontline living.
• Sailing & nautical buyers: the Club Náutico Santa Ponsa marina offers moorings and a sailing community, with the larger Puerto Portals and Port Adriano marinas both within easy reach.
• Investors: strong rental demand given the family and golf draw, but confirm current ETV licence eligibility for the specific property type before assuming rental income.

Continue exploring: see our Southwest Mallorca area guide, compare nearby Port d’Andratx and review Mallorca property prices by area.

Thinking of Buying?

If Santa Ponsa’s mix of golf, marina and family infrastructure sounds like the right fit, the next step is seeing what’s actually on the market across Nova Santa Ponsa, the marina front and the town centre. Explore the full range of property for sale in Santa Ponsa to get a feel for current stock.

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Living in Palma Old Town

Palma Old Town photographs like a place built for a week’s holiday. La Seu’s Gothic spires catch the evening light. Honey-stone lanes fan out from Plaça Major, and a Michelin star sits tucked behind the cathedral. Living here is different. Since 2018, Palma City Council has barred new tourist rental licences in every apartment building in the city. Spain’s Supreme Court upheld that ban in 2023. Old Town flats stay in the hands of people who actually live in them, not a rotating cast of weekend guests. That single rule shapes daily life more than any landmark: quiet Sunday mornings on Carrer de la Portella, a baker who knows your order, neighbours on the stairwell instead of suitcases.

Why live here

Few places on the island put a resident within walking distance of quite so much. The district is known in Spanish as Casco Antiguo. La Seu Cathedral sits about ten minutes from most front doors on foot; its construction began in 1229 and it wasn’t consecrated until 1601. Passeig del Born is just as close for shopping, and so is Mercat de l’Olivar for the weekly food shop. Ca’n Pere Antoni, Palma’s nearest city beach, is a short walk further on. Palma Airport sits roughly 8 kilometres out, a 15 to 20 minute taxi ride or a direct A1 bus into Plaça Espanya. That keeps international connections genuinely close, not just theoretically close.

The Old Town’s real appeal for a resident, rather than a visitor passing through, is that the density which makes it walkable also makes it social. Neighbours run into each other at the market or on the Born, not only at organised expat events. Es Baluard, the city’s contemporary art museum, occupies a restored 16th-century sea bastion. Every September, the Nit de l’Art turns the same streets residents live on into a free, open-air gallery, with dozens of galleries and museums open until close to midnight. It’s a rare combination: genuine, working history alongside a live cultural calendar, in a district small enough to cross on foot in half an hour.

Lifestyle

Beaches

The Old Town itself has no beach within its walls, which is worth being upfront about. What it has instead is Ca’n Pere Antoni, Palma’s closest city beach, roughly a 10 to 15 minute walk past the Cathedral and through Parc de la Mar. It’s a 750-metre stretch of fine sand with a Blue Flag award, showers, toilets and summer lifeguard cover. A cycling and running promenade runs behind it for kilometres along the bay. Further along the same coastline, Portixol and Ciutat Jardí offer a quieter, more residential seafront for anyone who finds the closer stretch too busy in July and August.

Restaurants and Cafés

Food here runs from market stalls to Michelin stars within a few streets of each other. Mercat de l’Olivar, trading since 1951, anchors daily shopping and a reliable lunch, with counters for fish, Balearic cheese and cured meats alongside small bars serving them on the spot. DINS Santi Taura, a short walk from the Cathedral, holds a Michelin star for reworked traditional Mallorcan dishes. Marc Fosh carries the same distinction nearby. For something more local in rhythm, Sa Gerreria hosts La Ruta Martiana every Tuesday evening, an informal tapas route through several neighbourhood bars that draws Palma residents more than tour groups.

Culture and Heritage

The Old Town’s cultural weight starts with La Seu Cathedral, begun in 1229 on the site of the city’s former mosque and not fully consecrated until 1601. Antoni Gaudí led an interior restoration in the early 20th century, and Mallorcan artist Miquel Barceló redesigned one of its chapels in 2007. Facing the cathedral across the square, the Royal Palace of La Almudaina blends Moorish and Gothic construction and remains an official royal residence. The Banys Àrabs, a small surviving bathhouse from the city’s Moorish period, sits in a quiet garden nearby.

For contemporary art, Es Baluard occupies a restored 16th-century bastion and holds work by Miró, Picasso and Barceló. The surrounding Puig de Sant Pere and La Llotja neighbourhoods have built a genuine gallery scene around it, on streets like Carrer de Sant Feliu. Every September, that same scene goes public for Nit de l’Art, when Palma’s galleries and museums open free until around midnight.

Schools

There’s no international school inside the Old Town itself, which is worth knowing before house-hunting with children. Colegio Luis Vives, a Spanish-curriculum school, sits right in the city centre. Queen’s College, a British-curriculum school founded in 1977, is a short drive away near central Palma. Most of the island’s other international options cluster to the southwest of the city instead. That includes Bellver International College in Cala Major, founded in 1950, and the Lycée Français International de Palma. Either way, it means a daily commute of 15 to 25 minutes by car or school bus rather than a walk. Families set on a Spanish or Catalan-medium education on foot are better served here than families who want a British or IB curriculum.

Outdoor Activities

The Old Town’s outdoor life runs along the water rather than through green space. Real Club Náutico de Palma, founded in 1948, is moored directly opposite the Cathedral. It’s the base for the Copa del Rey MAPFRE regatta each July or August and the PalmaVela in spring. Its promenade, though, is open to anyone for a walk regardless of membership. The Passeig Marítim running along the bay is Palma’s main cycling and running route, well used by both residents and the island’s road-cycling community. The Old Town’s own cobbled lanes, though, are built for walking rather than riding. Parc de la Mar, the lake and gardens directly below the Cathedral walls, is the closest thing the district has to a park, and it hosts open-air events through the summer.

Community and International Life

It’s worth separating the Old Town’s community from its immediate neighbour. Santa Catalina, just outside the old city walls, has become Palma’s real hub for younger digital nomads and remote workers. It has its own food market and a dense café and co-working scene. The Old Town itself skews differently: a long-settled Mallorcan population living alongside international second-home owners and retirees, many from Germany, the UK and Scandinavia. A smaller but genuine cluster of art-world residents lives around Puig de Sant Pere and La Llotja too. Palma as a whole has a well-established British expat community and hosts a US consulate.

Additionally, Spain’s digital nomad visa, in place since 2023, has brought a newer wave of remote workers into the city as well. Social life here runs through the same channels as it does for any resident. There’s the market, the Tuesday tapas route through Sa Gerreria, and, once a year, the Nit de l’Art, an informal, citywide open house. Anyone weighing this against a slower, more coastal pace may also want our guide to Living in Puerto Pollensa.

Best Areas in Palma Old Town

Sa Calatrava

One of the Old Town’s oldest and quietest quarters, Sa Calatrava sits between the Cathedral and the sea. Its stone mansions and narrow lanes stay largely free of through traffic. The Banys Àrabs and the Convent of Santa Clara, where the resident nuns still sell homemade sweets, are both here. It suits residents who want a genuine ten-minute walk to La Seu without the evening noise of the Old Town’s livelier corners. It also sits among the closest quarters to Ca’n Pere Antoni beach.

Puig de Sant Pere

A former fishing and shipbuilding neighbourhood built against the old city walls, Puig de Sant Pere has become the centre of Palma’s contemporary art scene. Es Baluard anchors it, alongside a run of independent galleries along Carrer de Sant Feliu. Small hotels, restaurants and workshops sit alongside long-term residents in a district still shaped by its working-class history. It suits buyers who want the Old Town’s culture without its most touristic streets.

Sa Llotja

Named for the 15th-century merchants’ exchange at its centre, Sa Llotja is the Old Town’s liveliest quarter after dark, dense with tapas bars, seafood restaurants and a handful of late-night spots. Daytime life is calmer, built around small shops and the Passeig de Sagrera waterfront. It suits residents who want to be in the middle of things and don’t mind a livelier soundtrack on weekend nights.

Sa Gerreria

Once one of the Old Town’s more overlooked corners, Sa Gerreria has spent the past decade filling in with new restaurants, small squares and a mix of restored and still-unrenovated buildings. The Tuesday-night Ruta Martiana tapas crawl runs through here. It suits buyers drawn to a neighbourhood still visibly in transition, with a more local, less polished feel than La Llotja or Jaume III.

Jaume III and Passeig del Born

The Old Town’s grand boulevard, lined with international fashion houses, sits beside the more traditional Passeig del Born. Between them they form Palma’s equivalent of a high street: cosmopolitan, well-lit and busy with cafés built for people-watching. It suits residents who want ground-floor retail and restaurant life directly outside their door, and it sits closest to the Plaça d’Espanya transport hub for trips across the island.

Things to Know

The single most important practical fact for anyone considering the Old Town is the tourist rental rule. Palma has banned new short-term rental licences for apartments citywide since 2018, a decision the Spanish Supreme Court upheld in 2023. As of late 2025, the city has gone further and stopped issuing any new tourist rental licences at all, even for detached houses. The total is capped at the roughly 639 permits already active, and those will expire without renewal. In practice, this means an Old Town apartment is bought to live in, not to run as a short-term let. It also means the district’s daily rhythm is set by residents rather than weekly guest turnover.

Cruise-ship day-trippers and the peak May-to-September crowds around La Seu and Passeig del Born remain a real, seasonal fact of life, though. The Old Town is largely car-unfriendly by design. Streets are narrow, parking is scarce and expensive, and most residents walk, cycle or use the city bus network rather than drive. Many of its buildings carry heritage protection, which affects what renovation work is permitted, and it’s worth checking with the local administration before buying with major renovation plans in mind. The airport sits around 8 kilometres out, a 15 to 20 minute taxi ride, or a direct bus into Plaça Espanya.

Who is it for?

• Second-home owners: The combination of walkability, restaurants and culture in a small radius makes the Old Town an easy base for a few weeks a year, without needing a car.
• Retirees: The daily market, the pharmacy and a Sunday coffee all sit within walking distance, though narrow streets and older buildings without lifts are worth checking property by property.
• Investors: The 2018 apartment rental ban, upheld in 2023, and the city’s move to stop issuing any new tourist licences from late 2025, mean this isn’t a short-term-let market. Long-term residential rental demand is real given the district’s popularity, but it should be the basis for any return calculation, not holiday-let income.
• Sailing and nautical buyers: Real Club Náutico de Palma sits directly on the Old Town’s edge, opposite the Cathedral, putting a working marina and a regatta calendar within walking distance of home.
• Art and culture buyers: Es Baluard, the Puig de Sant Pere and La Llotja gallery scene, and the annual Nit de l’Art all point the same way. This is one of the few Mallorcan neighbourhoods with a genuine, resident art community alongside the historic architecture.
• Families: Workable for families set on a Spanish or Catalan-medium education near Colegio Luis Vives. Less straightforward for those wanting a British or IB curriculum, which generally means a 15 to 25 minute commute southwest of the city.

Thinking of Buying?

Across Palma, apartments are listed at an average of €5,874 per m² and houses at €6,304 (Casafari, October 2026); the Old Town sits above that city average. To compare Palma with the rest of the island, see our Mallorca property prices by area.

Heritage protection and a tight, historic footprint keep genuinely renovated Old Town stock limited, and demand from both Mallorcan and international buyers has stayed consistent regardless of season. For a look at what’s currently available, our Palma Old Town property listings are a good starting point, and our team is on hand to talk through what a specific building or street actually means for day-to-day life here.

Compare this location with its wider region: regional area guide · all Mallorca area guides.

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