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Cala Sant Vicenç

NorthPollençaAbout 55–60 min from Palma

POLLENÇAAlcúdia old town Cala Sant Vicenç

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North · Pollença · 55–60 min from Palma

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Living here

Four small coves below the jagged Cavall Bernat ridge make up Cala Sant Vicenç (Cala San Vicente in Spanish), a resort on Mallorca’s north coast about 7 km from Pollença town, in the same municipality. Villas, hotels and holiday flats climb the slopes behind the water. Think of it as a quiet home by the sea, for people who don’t mind driving for most errands.

The resort is built around four coves. From west to east they are Cala Barques, Cala Clara, Cala Molins and Cala Carbó. Cala Barques is a sandy beach with a small jetty. Cala Clara is small and takes its name from its pale sand. Cala Molins lies between cliffs, with a gently shelving seabed. Cala Carbó is the least visited, with stones and gravel and no beach services. The bay opens to the north, so a north or north-east wind soon makes the sea rough. To the east, the Cavall Bernat ridge, about 350 metres high, ends at the sea in cliffs.

People were burying their dead here long before the tourists came: close to the resort is a group of twelve burial caves that the town hall dates to about 1600 to 1300 BC. Until the mid-20th century this was a small fishing spot, and painters came early. Santiago Rusiñol and Joaquín Sorolla both painted here, Sorolla in 1919. Between 1940 and 1942 a camp for Republican prisoners stood here, and its inmates worked on the road out to Coves Blanques. The resort itself grew from the 1950s.

The town hall describes Cala Sant Vicenç as a low-density summer resort, and about 373 people were registered here in 2025. There are hotels, holiday flats, restaurants and a few small shops, but no school or health centre. Pollença town, about 10 minutes away, has the health centre with out-of-hours urgent care, schools and the Sunday market, and Inca’s public hospital is about half an hour away by car. TIB bus 321 runs all year on a loop from Cala Barques to Pollença and Port de Pollença. There are free car parks by Cala Barques and Cala Molins, but spaces can run short in summer.

Who buys here

Cala Sant Vicenç is above all a place of summer and second homes. Couples and retirees looking for a small, quiet base by the sea fit in well, as do swimmers, walkers and owners who plan to spend long summers here. Across the municipality, Britons form the largest foreign community. Families with school-age children face a daily trip to Pollença or Port de Pollença for school.

Property

Homes are mainly detached houses and villas on rocky, often sloping plots, with hotels and holiday flats among them. At Cala Molins, homes and holiday lets come right down to the shore, and holiday and residential buildings also surround Cala Barques. Most of the resort dates from the 1950s onwards. It is built on several levels, some of them steep, and steps lead down to the coves. Anyone counting on rental income should look closely at the holiday-let licence, because as of 2025 Mallorca was no longer registering new flats for holiday lets.

Getting around

Approximate times by car from Cala Barques, outside rush hour.

  • 55–60min

    Central PalmaMa-2203 and Ma-2200, then the Ma-13 motorway past Inca

  • 60min

    Palma airportMa-13 motorway and Palma’s Ma-20 ring road

  • 30min

    Hospital Comarcal d’IncaThe nearest public hospital

  • 10min

    Pollença townTown hall, health centre, schools and the Sunday market

  • 10–15min

    Port de PollençaHarbour, long sandy beach and the Wednesday market

Pros and cons

For

  • Four small coves below the Cavall Bernat ridge
  • A small place that is very peaceful out of season
  • Pollença town and its services about 10 minutes away
  • Bus 321 runs all year to Pollença and the port

Against

  • Palma 55–60 min, the airport an hour; hospital in Inca
  • No school or health centre; most errands mean a drive
  • Coves open to the north: rough sea on windy days
  • Steep streets and steps; parking is tight in summer
  • Only a few hundred people live here through the winter

Questions buyers ask

Is Cala Sant Vicenç a municipality of its own?

No, it belongs to Pollença. The town hall is in Pollença town, about 10 minutes inland, and the municipality also takes in Port de Pollença and Formentor. Schools, the health centre and most shops are in the town or the port.

Is Cala Sant Vicenç a year-round place?

Only in a small way. About 373 people were registered as residents in 2025, and the town hall calls it a summer resort. Bus 321 runs all year, but for doctors, schools and most shopping, residents go to Pollença or Port de Pollença.

Which cove is best for swimming?

Cala Barques and Cala Molins have sand and, in the summer season, lifeguards and sunbeds. Cala Clara is a small sandy cove without services, and Cala Carbó is stony with none. The bay opens to the north, so after a north wind the sea can be rough.

How do I get to Palma and the airport?

By car it is about 55 to 60 minutes to central Palma and about an hour to the airport, via the Ma-2200 and the Ma-13 motorway. Take care where the Cala Sant Vicenç road meets the Pollença to Port de Pollença road: the local press calls that turning a notorious accident blackspot. By bus, take line 321 to Pollença and change to line 301 for Palma.

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