Pollensa in Majorca - what to do with kids?

[PiggyPenguin]

We are going to Majorca for half-term and have never been before. Where should we go while we are there? We have three kids, 8, 6, 1 and will have a car. Any ideas greatly appreciated,

thanks.

Will be interested in what you fund out too. We are going with 7y dd next Saturday for half term. Staying 7 min from pollensa in an apartment. Will also have car.

Cap de Formentor is worth a trip out. We didn't do a lot while staying on that side of the island (I was ill in bed most of the week). Previously had been to Palma - nice cathedral and old town - and train to Soller supposed to be worth it. Waterparks etc may well be closing or closed by now. Beach is lovely on that coast , long sandy stretches and gently shelving, even if too chilly to swim.

You will be just 10 mins drive from the Port which has good beaches, and lots of yachts to ogle at! Also has decent restaurants and is very family friendly.

Cala San Vicente is just around the coast and has a lovely little cove with good snorkeling.

You could also go up over Formentor (big hill just West of Puerto Pollensa) - great views - and then do a boat trip from the other side.

Alcudia which is a little way up the coast has a water park which may keep the children happy, but it's not such a nice resort as Puerto Pollensa - though the old part of the town is worth a wander.

I also think Palma is worth a day trip, but might be more difficult with the children.

Oh - am jealous. I love the northern coast of majorca - it's beautiful and not quite so tacky as other areas. We have spent oodles of time there. Hope you have good weather. Enjoy!

Stayed in Puerto Pollensa last June, loved it. Beaches lovely and so pretty.

We took the boys to Palma Aquarium, fab!!!

We didnt venture out from resort much as we were so content there. There are loads of lovely beaches around to explore.

Enjoy!!!

thanks for the replies everyone, hopefully the weather will be good and we will be able to do a few of your suggestions.

Cheers!

Thanks for letting me jump on your thread sybilvimes.

When are you going? Where are you staying?

DD doesn't do beaches and sand. However we do have a hot tub on our terrace, and also a pool i n the complex should she be brave enough to venture in it.

We are going with PILs too and will no doubt spend lots of time wandering around the towns in marjoca and eating cake with tea and coffee

How far is it from the airport to Pollensa?

We are staying in a villa on the outskirts of Pollensa and the instructions say it is 62km from the airport. So an hour and a half trip we reckon. We are taking grandparents too, on the basis that there are no babysitters as good as the ones you know

I'd say about an hour's drive, road is straight and uncrowded at that time of year. Will be interested in any accommodation recommendations after, if that's ok.

According to the Villa Parade website out aprtment is:

5-minute walk from the resort of Puerto Pollenca with cafes, shops, restaurants.
10-minutes stroll to the beach.
7-minute drive to the old town of Pollenca

We are planning on a waterproof each and some long trousers and long sleeves int he evening.

Have been watching the forecasts closely and last week or so it has looked pretty good.

Ooh - if you have babysitters I can recommend 'The Stay' restaurant on the harbour in the Port... really lovely albeit a little on the expensive side.

The roads are good from the airport to Pollensa - once on the road it shouldn't take much more than an hour.

Oh, and one thing I forgot to mention is to take some stale bread to the beach and feed the fish - you will get lots of bass and bream coming in, usually a feeding frenzy will start and it will entertain the children for ages!

Enjoy!

I can recommednd stay too! It was fab...

I saw David Blunkett at Stay restaurant! (Not sure if that's a reason to go or to avoid it, but it's a great place in a wonderful location!)

Pollensa old town is magnificent, although getting slightly over-populated with 'upmarket' touristy shops. You must go up the steps and get the DCs to count them! The town square is lovely too, in the shadow of the church, do sit outside and have tapas if you can.

I was there for Halloween last year and there were a few events for All Saints Day and Halloween. The local children were letting off firecrackers until the police pretended to chase them away - there was a lovely atmosphere, nothing like the UK!

Would recommend Soller on the tram. Also Palma is best reached by train and very, very cheap. We drove to El Caülls and parked at the 'Festival Park' - fares were about £2.50 return for 5 of us or something stupid like that!

Sorry, I've gone on a bit. I've visited Pollensa umpteen times, and absolutely love it. It has changed in recent years and is now quite middle-class touristy, but still thoroughly pleasant. Lovely time of year to go too - look out for lovely fresh avocados on the trees!

NotsStepfordWife - does The Stay allow children in? On holiday we tend to go out togethr and 7y DD adores good meal out, lol.

Hulababy - yes, they do.

Alternatively you could go there for lunch... the sardines were always superb... and then you will probably be able to sit outside on the harbour and watch the world go by (probably too cold to sit outside in the evening at this time of year). The whole place is really family friendly - you'll have a great time.

The Stay

wow looks fab - one to bookmark !

Thanks Was looking at the menus last night with PILs and DH and we have taken the details to find it whent here.

Glad to help - hope you have a great holiday

Can anyone recommend any nice aparthotels in Puerto Pollensa as I really fancy going there next year?

frankie - I have just got back from Porto Pollenca and stayed in a 3 bed apartment booked through Villa Parade. Was beautiful!

We are back and we have had a fantastic time

Never expected the weather to be so warm. Been at least 25 degrees every day and really sunny. Hadn't taken enough warm weather clothes, even ended up having to buy Mollie a couple of new tops as te ones we had taken had long sleeved. No sun cream with us either so all ended up caching the sun the first day or two as we were taken by suprise.

The apartment was booked with Villa Parade, and was really lovely. Was a nice 3 bed apartment near Puerto Pollenca and was perfect. 7y DD particularly enjoyed the hot tub on the top terrace and spent many a morning swimming about in it. The communal pool was a tad too cold, lol! Although DD did brave it once.

Apartment was less than 5 min walk to the beach and port. The resort was really lovely. Not sure how hectic in the summer but very relaxing and pretty this time of year. There were some great restaurants too, and had a very good meal at The Stay. Not cheap but we had the menu option at 33 euros per head and that was really good. Facy going again and having the proper menu too! Thanks for the recommendation.

My sand phobic little girl ended up playing on the beach a couple of times and spent loads of time in the sea swimming or trying to catch fish and crabs with her net.

We took DD's scooter with us and she had a great time scooting down all the beach fronts. Will def considering taking her scooter on holiday with us again.

We hired a car and visited Pollenca town, Alcudia old town and Aludia port, Puerto Cristo, Palma, Soller and Port Soller. For old times sake for DH and PILs we drove over to Santa Ponca as they went there many years ago. Drove back to Palma that day through Magaluf - was very dfferent to where we were staying, although no doubt in a few years time DD will be wanting to head their with her mates - eek!

At Puerto Cristo we went down Caveaux del Drac. DD really enjoyed the stalagmites and stalagtites - even though we live so close to Derbyshire we have never gotten round to doing the caves locally. The tour then finished with a classical concert for a few minutes and a short boat ride.

We saw so much of the island and it was really beautiful. Would definitely recommend.

And Ryan Air were fine. Both flights arrived 20 minutes early, and with priority boarding we all got on together and sat together - glad we had booked that though. And our luggage was well within the restrictions.

Brilliant time!

sybilvimes - are you back? Did you have a good time?

yes we're back and we had a truly brilliant time. The weather was just glorious, so much warmer than we were expecting and we spent the whole week in shorts. We had a lovely, huge villa just outside Pollensa which was in a lovely setting with a huge orchard and nice (if brisk!) pool.

We went to Pollensa (god all those steps! my calves were killing me!)
Port Pollensa, Alcudia Old town, (Ds1 has just finished doing about the Romans at school so we spent ages going around the roman ruins and the theatre - he also really liked walking around on top of the town wall and the view up there was amazing).

We went to Alcudia Port a few times as the beach there is so lovely. Even the toddler could paddle far enough in to have the fish swimming around him and we caught lots of crabs there. the place was practically deserted and there was only a couple of british families on the beach each time we went - it was just bliss!

We also spent a day at the beach at Formentor. We took the boat from Pollensa Port and ds1 (8) went snorkling there, the sea was so beautiful and clear and actually fairly warm (after the pool it felt warm anyway!)

We also vistied Inca and the Monestary at Lluc, and the aquarium at Palma which is huge and fabulous.

I can't believe how quickly the week went, but I was amazed at how beautiful the northern part of the island is. The people were also really friendly. We got lost trying to find the local supermarket at Pollensa and Dh asked a couple of local people. The next day we were dropping off our rubbish at one of the bins near the villa and a chap come over who had recognised us from the day before and asked us if we needed any more help to find things!

Of course the only downside is that I now have a mountain of washing to do and it's rainy, grey and cold here