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Created on: February 09, 2008   Last Updated: February 10, 2008

I've been visiting Puerto Pollensa on the north-eastern tip of Mallorca for 25 years now and I can quite categorically say, it's my favourite part of the world. Many a wonderful holiday has been spent there and each time I go, a flood of happy memories come to me like the gentle lapping of the water on the golden beaches. In all that time, I've seen a few changes but the essence of the place has remained unchanged. Thanks to frugal town-planning where only old buildings can give way to new, Puerto Pollensa has retained the charm that so enticed us in the summer of '82 and just about every year since.

First of all though, if you're reading this hoping to get an idea for your next stag or hen-party destination then move along please, there's nothing to see here. You won't like it. Go to Blackpool instead. For the rest of you who don't like their holiday being spoiled by drunken thugs in union jack t-shirts then read on

Where is it and how to get there?

Puerto Pollensa nestles at the foot of the Tramuntana mountain range approximately 1 hour by car from the capital, Palma. Thanks to a new motorway (completed 2005) that takes you virtually to Puerto Pollensa's doorstep, hiring a car and driving there has never been easier. Considering a taxi from the airport will cost around 50 British pounds or 80 Euros (and the same going back, obviously), hiring and driving is the sensible option. For a week stay and with a little shopping around, a small car can be had for about 100 quid. This not only costs the same as a return taxi-fare but you get the use of a car for a week. Compared to England, I would say driving in Mallorca has about the same 'fear' factor. The roads, on the whole, are superbly maintained until you start going down some of the minor routes. They can be rather tight and kerb-stones are non-existent - watch out for 6 foot drops or if you're driving in the mountains, thousand-foot drops.

If you *have* decided to drive from the airport, and I applaud you, simply leave the airport, join the motorway and take the second junction onto another motorway following the signs for Andraitx and Alcudia. Stay on that road until you get to the end. Following the signposts, Puerto Pollensa is a few miles further on and to the left a bit. Simple eh?

What can I do when I get there?

One word for ya' - relax. You're about to experience life the Mallorcan way. First of all, the beaches. One of the few concessions made to mass-tourism is the construction of approximately two miles

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