Calviá is a municipality in Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands. It is the busiest part of the island in where resorts like Magaluf or Santa Ponça provide the tourists with major services and infrastructure. There are long and neat beaches, hotels and hostels and a wide range of nightclubs, restaurants and shops all over, and also live shows.

Understand

Villa de Calviá

It is the second most populated area of the entire archipelago Balearic after Palma, with about 50,000 residents (2016). It has the largest number of tourists in the islands. Its population is scattered around the different urban centres created as a result of tourism development and 20th-century urbanisation.

Climate

Calvià has a mild Mediterranean climate with an average annual temperature of 19 °C and an average annual rainfall of 410 mm (16 in). It has a hot, dry summer with occasional rainfall, and a cool, wet winter. The coldest month is January, with temperatures from 3.5 to 15.1 °C, and the hottest is August, with temperatures from 18.2 to 31.0 °C.

See

Palma de Majorca

Among other things, you can book yourself in a submarine trip, hire parachutes, pedalboats, waterbikes, slide through the waterfalls of two different waterparks or enjoy a night out with dinner show at the casino..

El Toro

• Port Adriano, Urbanización el Toro, s / n. Marina.
• Mirador Isla del Toro, Avinguda de la Mar. Lookout point.

Santa Ponça

• Jungle Parc Mallorca, Avinguda del Rei Jaume I, 40A, 07180 Santa Ponça (Bus 104 Peguera - Magaluf - Palma), ☏ +34 630 94 82 95. The largest tree adventure park in the Balearic Islands. A 9-ha pine forest in Santa Ponsa, 500 m. Three circuits with a total of 134 platforms. You move from tree to tree, at varying heights from the ground, using bridges, ropes, vines and lots of long zip wires. There is a circuit for children of 4 years and above, and two circuits for adults. Adult: 1 course €19, two courses €25; child 4-12 years: €15. (updated Nov 2020)

Sleep

Santa Ponsa

• 1 Reverence Life, C de Lisboa 4, ☏ +34 971 031032. Bright clean place near Santa Ponsa beachfront. B&B double €100. (updated May 2024)
• Hotel Casablanca is opposite Reverence Life at C Gran Via Rei Sanxo 6.
• Plazamar Serenity Resort is central, at Av del Golf 4.
• H10 Casa del Mar is midway along the bay at C Gran Via Puig Major 2.
• Playas del Rey is a simple hotel on Av del Rei Jaume I 76.
• Plaza Santa Ponsa is a large adults-only hotel at Plaça Santa Ponça 2.
• 2 Iberostar Jardín del Sol, Huguet de's Far, ☏ +34 971 691312. Swish hotel on the headland, great reviews. B&B double €250. (updated May 2024)
• Punta del Mar is 100 m west of Iberostar on the headland.
• 3 Kimpton Aysla, Av del Golf 37, ☏ +34 871 555500. Luxury hotel edge of town by the golf course. B&B double €450. (updated May 2024)

Paguera

• 4 Hotel Palmira Paradise, C de les Gavines 24, ☏ +34 871 181613. Pleasant resort hotel east edge of village. B&B double €200. (updated May 2024)
• Valentin Somni was refurbished in 2024 but they've overdone the minimalism, eg no privacy for toilet. It's at C del Peral 3.
• Cupido is basic but clean, in mid-village at C Eucalipus 5.
• Neptuno is similar, next to Cupido at C Roser 2.
• 5 Fergus Hotel Europa, C de la Savina 16, ☏ +34 971 685335. Family-friendly hotel west edge of village, good entertainment but 15 minutes uphill from beach. (updated May 2024)