S'Arenal de Sa Canova

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S'Arenal de Sa Canova
S'Arenal de Sa Canova 12.jpg
location Artà municipality
Geographical location 39 ° 43 '48 "  N , 3 ° 14' 44"  E Coordinates: 39 ° 43 '48 "  N , 3 ° 14' 44"  E
S'Arenal de Sa Canova (Balearic Islands)
S'Arenal de Sa Canova
length 1.7 km
width 30-100dep1
nature Sand , partly rocks
water Seagrass deposits possible
Surroundings natural
tourism
Visitor frequency moderate
Parking spaces in the village of Son Serra de Marina
monitoring in the far west (10 a.m. - 6 p.m.)
Nudism Yes
next hospital Hospital de Manacor (23.6 km)
next port Son Serra de Marina (2.1 km)
Beaches and bays in Mallorca

S'Arenal de Sa Canova is a long sandy beach in the northeast of the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca . It is located on the southeastern edge of the Badia d'Alcúdia ("Bay of Alcúdia "), the largest sea inlet on the north coast of the island.

Location and description

Located in the north-western part of the municipality of Artà , S'Arenal de Sa Canova can be reached from the east via Colònia de Sant Pere from the district of S'Estanyol on a coastal footpath. The beginning of the beach is s'Entrada ("the entrance") at Cape Punta de sa Barraca . The western edge of the beach is at the mouth of the torrent Torrent de na Borges , which expands to the S'Estany des Bisbe ('Bishop's Pond ') in front of the Son Serra de Marina settlement , which is already part of the municipality of Santa Margalida . When it rains heavily, the water that has previously accumulated in the pond breaks through the sand barrier and pours into the sea.

Location on the Badia d'Alcúdia
Western part of the beach on the outskirts of Son Serra de Marina
Bearing towers in the dunes

S'Arenal de Sa Canova is almost 1700 meters long and an average of 30 meters wide. At the mouth of the Torrent de na Borges, the sand surface extends up to 100 meters into the interior of the island. Sometimes the beach northwest of the Torrent, in the municipality of Santa Margalida, is added to S'Arenal de Sa Canova , which results in a total length of about 2000 meters. The name Platja de Son Serra de Marina is used for this area . However, there is another beach within the settlement 600 meters to the northwest, the Platja de s'Home Mort east of the harbor, which is sometimes also called Platja de Son Serra de Marina ("Beach of Son Serra de Marina").

Is named S'Arenal de Sa Canova after the countryside Sa Canova d'Arta , by the Badia d'Alcudia south to the main road MA-12 from Can Picafort enough to Arta. Since the area of the beach is not cleared out, it can, especially in the eastern part at s'Entrada to seaweed deposits come. In the middle, the beach is divided by the flat rock formation (ses Roquetes) from sa Regata des Llop . The western section at Son Serra de Marina is often visited by surfers (including windsurfers and kite surfers ), as you can park there without any problems next to the beach. With the exception of the western area, most of the beach is naked .

Behind the beach are the nature reserves Area natural Sa Canova and Na Borges of the type ANEI ("Àrea natural d'especial interès"), nature areas of particular value. They consisted of shrubs such as the western strawberry tree ( Arbutus unedo ), dwarf palm ( Chamaerops humilis ), stone linden ( Phillyrea spp. ), Wild olive tree ( Olea europaea var. Sylvestris ), Phoenician juniper (also called Phoenician cedar) and Aleppo pine . The extensive dune zone, the Marina de Sa Canova, stretches a few kilometers inland. Near the beach growing beach lily , beach thistle , beach bulrush , beach grass , make-up Wurz and sea breezes. Here the only buildings in the area protrude from the dunes, the old bearing towers ( Torres d'Enfilació ). They were used in military maneuvers with boats and submarines from 1941 to 1970 . With their rectangular floor plan and pyramid-shaped bodies, their construction is reminiscent of obelisks .

S'Estany des Bisbe
Seagrass deposits on the beach in the eastern part of s'Entrada

The pond S'Estany des Bisbe at the mouth of the Torrent de na Borges near Son Serra de Marina is a wetland with reeds ( Phragmites australis ssp. Australis ), beach rush ( Juncus maritimus ), sedge trees , tamarinds and tamarisks . The small brackish water lake , where samphire grows in some places , is home to various species of birds such as kingfisher , gray heron ( Ardea cinerea ) and purple heron ( Ardea purpurea ), common pond ( Gallinula chloropus ), mallard ( Anas platyrhynchos ) and coot ( Fulica atra ). The water level of the pond fluctuates according to the amount of rain at different times of the year. In heavy rain, its water flows into the sea.

Away from the beach, about two kilometers inland and about 150 meters from the road between Artà and Colònia de Sant Pere, are the remains of the Talaiotic settlement of Sa Canova , the foundations of two prehistoric towers of a settlement of the Talaiot culture . They are on the Sa Canova de Morell estate , part of the Sa Canova d'Artà area .

Access

Artà municipality

From the MA-12 road to Son Serra de Marina to the coast, then right to the end of the development at Torrent de na Borges . Another option from the road via Colonia de Sant Pere to the district of S'Estanyol . Then continue on foot along the coast.

Others

In the 80s, the Urbanització Ravena , a holiday complex for more than 30,000 residents, a golf course and a sports boat harbor with corresponding facilities were planned on the beach and on a 60 hectare property behind it, which is now the landscape protection area the campaign “La Canova contra Ravena” was prevented by environmentalists and the Balearic environmental association GOB in cooperation with the municipal administration of Artà.

In October 2012, the municipality of Artà announced that Belgian investors were planning to build a new holiday complex with 200 luxury bungalows behind the beach area. Since the Tourism Act came into force on Mallorca in the summer of 2012, urbanization of the zone appeared possible again. The investment of 70 million euros is intended to create around 120 to 150 new jobs. The mayor of Artà, Jaume Alzamora, spoke out against the project in the protected landscape area.

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 , Son Serra de Marina - Sa Canova, p. 108 (Spanish: Aeroguía del litoral de Mallorca . Translated by Gabriele Grauwinkel and Susanne Pospiech).
  • Miguel Ángel Álvarez Alperi: Comprehensive Beach Guide Mallorca + Cabrera . 1st edition. Ediciones El Cohete, Gijón 2001, ISBN 84-87933-08-4 , Platja Sa Canova, p. 179 .
  • Belén Menéndez Solar: Guide de Playas de Mallorca . 1st edition. Ediciones El Cohete, Gijón 2008, ISBN 978-84-87933-11-0 , Arenal de Sa Cánova, p. 135 (Spanish).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Miguel Ángel Álvarez Alperi: All the beaches of Mallorca . 262 treasures to discover. 1st edition. Laluzenpapel, 2012, ISBN 978-84-938783-1-3 , north coast: Bay of Alcúdia II, p. 107 (Spanish: Todas las playas de Mallorca . Translated by Meike Schirmeister).
  2. ↑ Na Borges (LIC-Lugares de Importancia Comunitaria) ES5310029. Govern de les Illes Baleares, accessed 9 September 2014 (XarxaNatura de les Illes Baleares).
  3. ↑ Information brochure for stage 3 of the Colonia de Sant Pere - Son Serra de Marina hiking trail. (PDF) Consell de Mallorca, accessed on August 26, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Information brochure for stage 3 of the Colonia de Sant Pere - Son Serra de Marina hiking trail. (PDF) Consell de Mallorca, accessed on August 26, 2014 .
  5. ^ Joan-Antoni Adrover i Mascaró: 600 questions about Mallorca. The Hoopoe Travel Guide, Campos 2006, ISBN 84-611-0886-8 , p. 12.
  6. ↑ Information brochure for stage 3 of the Colonia de Sant Pere - Son Serra de Marina hiking trail. (PDF) Consell de Mallorca, accessed on August 26, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Michael Maier: Pearl in the north of the island . In: Mallorca Magazin . No. 34/2011 . Palma August 25, 2011, p. 62 ( online [accessed August 21, 2014]).
  8. ↑ Projecte de gestió de Sa Canova i It Canons. (PDF) PDF file. Retrieved September 9, 2014 .
  9. ↑ New holiday complex planned near Artà. A Belgian investor group wants to build 200 bungalows. Mallorca Zeitung (www.mallorcazeitung.es), February 15, 2013, accessed on August 21, 2014 .
  10. ↑ Jaume Alzina Mestre, Jaume Guiscafrè Danús: Artà, living cultural heritage - The beach of La Canova ( Memento of April 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) , Edicions de Turisme Cultural. Illes Balears, ISBN 84-95572-15-X .
  11. ↑ Mallorca: Trouble in Artà. (No longer available online.) Www.travel-one.net, archived from the original on August 21, 2014 ; Retrieved March 11, 2013 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.travel-one.net
  12. ↑ New holiday complex planned near Artà. A Belgian investor group wants to build 200 bungalows. Mallorca Zeitung (www.mallorcazeitung.es), February 15, 2013, accessed on March 11, 2013 .

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