Cala Moreia
| S'Illot beach | ||
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| location | Manacor municipality | |
| Geographical location | 39 ° 33 '56 " N , 3 ° 22' 23" E | |
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| length | 350 m | |
| width | 35 m | |
| nature | sand | |
| water | clean, moderate swell | |
| Surroundings | Local development | |
| tourism | ||
| Visitor frequency | high | |
| Parking spaces | in the town | |
| monitoring | Yes | |
| Nudism | No | |
| next hospital | Hospital de Manacor (14.2 km) | |
| next port | Porto Cristo (4.2 km) | |
| Beaches and bays in Mallorca | ||
Cala Moreia (' Moray Bay ') is a bay in the east of the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca . It is located on the coast of the town of S'Illot , which is divided between the municipalities of Manacor and Sant Llorenç des Cardassar .
Location and description
The Cala Moreia is located about 800 meters southwest of the Punta de n'Amer peninsula . The bay is bordered by the capes sa Punteta in the north and Punta Moreia with its offshore small island s'Illot in the south. The distance between the two points is around 580 meters. The small rock island, from which the place S'Illot owes its name, is only 24 meters off the coast.
There are two beaches at Cala Moreia . In the northwest of the bay is the moderately frequented Platja de sa Punteta ('Sa Punteta Beach'). The partly rocky, coarse sand beach is 100 meters long and 10 meters wide. Apart from the hinterland, it is natural. The beach belongs to the municipality of Sant Llorenç des Cardassar.
The main beach in the south of the bay is the 350 meters long and 35 meters wide Platja de s'Illot ('Beach of S'Illot'). The beach belonging to the municipality of Manacor consists of fine sand, which is cleaned daily during the season. Like the neighboring Platja de sa Coma , it slopes gently into the sea. Large parts of the beach have parasols and loungers for hire. At the north end of the beach opens torrent Torrent de Ca n'Amer . It forms the border with the municipality of Sant Llorenç des Cardassar.
The coast of Cala Moreia is part of the tourist town of S'Illot. Behind the Platja de s'Illot and the promenade to the north are multi-storey buildings, mostly hotels. A pedestrian bridge leads the Camí de la Mar promenade over the Torrent de Ca n'Amer to the southern part of Manacor. A brackish water pond about 300 meters long extends below and to the west of the bridge . The Talaiotic settlement of S'Illot was discovered and excavated about 100 meters west of the coast and northeast of the torrent . It is testimony to the prehistoric settlement of Mallorca, a megalithic culture known as the Talaiot culture .
Access
Coming from a roundabout on the MA-4023 road between Cala Millor and Porto Cristo , the MA-4021 leads from Son Carrió directly to the northern district of S'Illot, which belongs to Sant Llorenç des Cardassar. There it turns into Carrer Rosa dels Vents , which leads to the sea on the southwest side of the Talaiotic settlement of S'Illot.
literature
- Bartomeu Amengual Gomila: Mallorca's coasts from the air . Detailed and practical travel guide with aerial photos of Mallorca's coasts. 6th edition. Editorial GeoPlaneta, Barcelona 2000, ISBN 84-08-01821-3 , S'Illot, p. 74 (Spanish, original title: Aeroguía del litoral de Mallorca . Translated by Gabriele Grauwinkel and Susanne Pospiech).
- Miguel Ángel Álvarez Alperi: All the beaches of Mallorca . 1st edition. Laluzenpapel, Gijón 2012, ISBN 978-84-938783-1-3 , Sa Punteta beach / S'Illot beach - Cala Moreia, p. 171–172 (Spanish, original title: Todas las playas de Mallorca . Translated by Meike Schirmeister).
- Belén Menéndez Solar: Guide de Playas de Mallorca . 1st edition. Ediciones El Cohete, Gijón 2008, ISBN 978-84-87933-11-0 , Cala Moreira / S'Illot, p. 93 (Spanish).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Senderisme a Mallorca. Consell de Mallorca, accessed on September 3, 2016 (interactive map).
- ↑ Gabriel Pons i Homar: Archaeological Paths: S'Illot - Sa Coma . Guide and historical introduction. Ajuntament de Sant Llorenç des Cardassar, Sant Llorenç des Cardassar 1994, S'Illot, p. 8–11 ( digitized version [PDF; 455 kB ; accessed on September 3, 2016]). Digitized version ( Memento of the original from August 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Beach description (German)
- Beach description ( Castilian )