2018-07-18 Puerto Sòller to Cala Es Calo, Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain
After a week in Puerto Sòller we finally make our departurePuerto Sòller is one of our favourite ports in Mallorca. The town at the port and also the town inland both are really delightful. Being able to anchor and swim in the port is fabulous. It is the only port on the western side of the island to give shelter when the sea rough and the wind is strongHeading out of the entrance we turn right and continue north east up the coast
As we continue up the coast we pass Cala Tuent which has wide sandy and stone beach and surrounded by mountainsThe next bay is the well known Cala de la Calobra which is accessed by either boat, ferry or by roadHigh, almost vertical cliffs and a small narrow beach to the bay, the spectacular Cala de la Calobra is an amazing destination to visit. Tourists arrive in hoards by ferry and are delivered to a nearby hotel pier and other visitors arrive by car. Behind the cliffs by the sea there is a large valley of sand with a lagoon and a stream which is quite spectacularAs we have visited Cala de la Calobra a couple of times before we continue up the dramatic rugged coastPunta Beca looms above the sea
Mirrored headlands look striking in the afternoon sunLooking back to the dramatic coastlineWe reach Cabo de Formentor the northern most point of MallorcaWe enter Cala Formentor which used to be a good anchorage however now the bay is filled with mooring buoys which are expensive to pick up if one was availableWe decide to head south east and cross Bahia de Pollensa and Bahia de Alcudia in the north east of the islandWe approach the headland Cabo FarrutxWe arrive in the anchorage of Cala Es CaloA day tripper boat visits for an hour or so on its excursion around the bays of the areaWe drop our anchor and it doesn’t take us long to go for a swim in the crystal clear water of the bayWhile swimming we discover there were quite a few rocks where we had anchored so we decided to move a little further along the bay
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