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Cala Figuera

SoutheastSantanyíAbout 60 min from Palma

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Southeast · Santanyí · 60 min from Palma

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Living here

Cala Figuera is built around a deep, narrow inlet that forks like a small fjord, about 5 km by road from Santanyí town on Mallorca’s south-east coast. Its harbour is still mainly a fishing port, and Palma is about an hour away. Lovers of boats and quiet will feel at home, provided they can do without a beach on the doorstep.

The inlet runs in from the sea for about half a kilometre, then forks into two arms. Caló d’en Boira, on the right as you come in, is the more exposed. Caló d’en Busques, on the left, is better sheltered and holds the harbour, which Ports IB, the Balearic ports authority, runs directly. It is mainly a fishing port, with a fish market and a fishermen’s guild, though it also keeps a sizeable fleet of leisure boats and has a few berths for visiting yachts. At the end of Caló d’en Busques, old fishermen’s houses have their own boat sheds, and the harbour has long drawn painters.

The cove is first recorded in 1306 and was once Santanyí’s harbour, where the town’s stone was shipped. On the cliffs at the mouth of the inlet stands the Torre d’en Beu, a restored 16th-century watchtower, with a small navigation light beside it since 1953. The first house was built in 1899 and the first church in 1938; the old church is now a restaurant. A quay and a small fish market followed in 1950. Tourism has grown since the 1960s, but building stayed more modest than in nearby resorts. The poet Blai Bonet, born in Santanyí, lived by the cove, wrote poems about it and died here in 1997.

Some 740 people are registered here. Small supermarkets, bars and restaurants cover day-to-day needs, but there is no school or public GP surgery, so residents rely on Santanyí town, about 10 minutes away, for the health centre, schools and the Wednesday and Saturday market. The inlet has no proper beach and few easy places to swim. The nearest sand is at Cala Santanyí, about 10 minutes by car, and a coastal path links the two. The beach at s’Amarador, in the Mondragó Natural Park, is a short drive away. On 16 July, the feast of the Mare de Déu del Carme, a mass is followed by a procession at sea.

Who buys here

Cala Figuera is a small fishing community, and its population rises in summer when the owners of holiday villas and apartments arrive. It is best for second-home owners, boat owners content with a small working harbour, and people who prefer a quiet cove to a resort. Families with school-age children will depend on the schools in Santanyí town.

Property

Most building here has been villas among the pines. It began around 1950 beside Caló d’en Busques, where the original hamlet stood, and took off in the early 1970s, when chalets and a few small hotels went up on the higher ground in the Tomarinar development. Some building also reached Caló d’en Boira, and large houses look over the harbour mouth. Apartments now stand on the site of the largest hotel, since demolished. Because no new apartments can be registered for holiday lets, check a flat’s licence before you buy; building work follows Santanyí’s Normes Subsidiàries of 1985, amended since.

Getting around

Approximate times by car, outside rush hour.

  • 60min

    Central PalmaMa-6102 to Santanyí, then the Ma-19 via Campos and Llucmajor

  • 50–55min

    Palma airportAbout 50 km via Santanyí and the Ma-19

  • 40min

    Hospital de ManacorPublic hospital, reached via Felanitx

  • 10min

    Santanyí townAbout 5 km on the Ma-6102: health centre and schools

  • 10min

    Cala SantanyíNearest sandy beach, also reached by a coastal path

Pros and cons

For

  • A working fishing harbour in a deep, fjord-like inlet
  • Small and low-key, largely spared mass tourism
  • Schools and a health centre 10 minutes away in Santanyí town
  • Coastal path to Cala Santanyí, and Mondragó Natural Park close by

Against

  • No proper beach, and few easy places to swim
  • No school or public GP surgery in the village itself
  • Manacor hospital 40 minutes away, Palma about an hour
  • Strong easterly storms can make the harbour entrance rough
  • No direct bus: Palma and the airport mean at least one change

Questions buyers ask

Is there a beach in Cala Figuera?

No proper one. The inlet is a deep, narrow harbour with few easy places to swim. The nearest sand is at Cala Santanyí, about 10 minutes by car or along a coastal path, and s’Amarador, in the Mondragó Natural Park, is a short drive away.

Can I get a berth in the harbour?

Ask Ports IB, which runs the harbour directly and keeps waiting lists for berths. It is mainly a fishing port with a sizeable leisure fleet and only a few berths for visiting boats. The visitors' pontoon, outside the breakwater, is exposed to winds from the north-east to the south-east, and strong easterly storms can make the entrance difficult.

Does a bus run to Palma?

Not directly. TIB line 516 runs all year between Cala Figuera, Cala Santanyí, Santanyí town and Campos, where line 501 continues to Palma and the A51 to the airport. From late March to October, line 515e also runs direct to Palma from Santanyí town.

Where do residents see a doctor or send children to school?

In Santanyí town, about 10 minutes away, which has the public health centre, a state primary school, a church-run state-funded school and the state secondary school, IES Santanyí. Hospital cases go to the Hospital de Manacor, about 40 minutes by car.

When are the Cala Figuera festes?

On 16 July, the feast of the Mare de Déu del Carme, the village’s patron. After mass there is a procession of boats at sea.

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