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Portixol & El Molinar

PalmaPalma’s east coastAbout 10–15 min from the old town

La Lonja & BornNou Llevant Portixol & El Molinar

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Palma · Palma’s east coast · 10–15 min from the old town

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Living here

Portixol and El Molinar line Palma’s seafront from about 2 km east of the cathedral: a row of low houses facing a long promenade, with small harbours, a sailing club and town beaches in front. Once a quarter of fishermen and factory workers, it is now one of the city’s most sought-after areas. Buyers come for the sea at the door, with the old town a walk or bike ride away.

El Molinar (Es Molinar locally) takes its name from the flour windmills that once stood here, two of which survive near Can Pere Antoni beach. The barri grew from the mid-19th century around the small fishermen’s harbour of Portixol, where the Torrent de na Bàrbara reaches the sea, and runs east to the mouth of the Torrent Gros. Fishing families, tannery hands and factory workers lived here, and long-standing residents still keep a strong working-class identity. In the 1970s about a dozen families still lived from fishing; by 2024 only one fishing boat was left in the harbour.

A raised promenade runs the whole length of the shore, shielding the front row from waves on stormy days, and continues east towards Can Pastilla, while a cycle path leads west to the cathedral. Portixol is a marina, home to the Club Nàutic Portitxol, founded in 1928, with the sandy cove of Es Portitxolet next door. Further east, the Caló d’en Rigo is El Molinar’s own small harbour, where the Club Marítim Molinar de Llevant, often described as Mallorca’s oldest maritime club, was founded in 1917; its quay and clubhouse reopened after renovation in 2025. Can Pere Antoni, the city’s most central beach, lies at the western end.

There is a public health unit on Carrer Guayaquil, attached to the Coll d’en Rabassa health centre, and Son Llàtzer is the area’s public hospital. El Molinar also has a state primary school, a nursery, small supermarkets, football pitches and a parish church, El Remei, designed by Guillem Forteza and opened in 1928. Bigger supermarkets and state secondary schools are a few minutes inland across the motorway, and the small municipal Mercat de Llevant is about five minutes' walk from Can Pere Antoni beach. City buses run along Carrer de Llucmajor, and a bus interchange by the Palau de Congressos has buses on to the old town.

On weekdays the promenade belongs mostly to older residents out walking. On sunny weekends, winter included, it gets very busy and the harbour terraces fill up. In summer the beaches are crowded, and at busy times parking is very hard to find. The area has changed fast over the past decade: old houses are being rebuilt, there is building work on many streets, and long-standing residents and small-boat owners complain that it is turning into a place for the wealthy. In 2025 the Port Authority presented early plans for a new Portixol seafront with an underground car park.

Who buys here

Demand comes from well-off local buyers as well as foreign buyers and investors, and the island’s press counts Portixol-Molinar among the clearest cases of gentrification in Mallorca. Germans are especially well represented: many front-row houses are now in foreign hands, and estate agents here advertise in German. The draw is the promenade and the sea with the old town close by, handy for anyone working in the centre. Boat owners should know that Portixol’s low-cost public berths have a long waiting list.

Property

The front row along the promenade is a line of low houses. Some are restored fishermen’s and workers' homes; many others have been rebuilt as modern houses with large glass fronts. Between the sea and Carrer de Llucmajor, the old road through the barri, new buildings are limited to a ground floor plus one storey, and the few taller ones there are older. Across Carrer de Llucmajor the streets are plainer, with several tower blocks; many local flats date from the 1960s and 1970s. Larger sea-view apartment buildings stand by the Portixol harbour, some from the 2010s. Only one front-row building is listed, so check what neighbours could build.

Getting around

Approximate times by car from Portixol harbour, outside rush hour.

  • 10–15min

    Palma old town (Cathedral)Or about 30 min on foot and 15 min by bike along the seafront

  • 15min

    Palma airportVia the Ma-19 motorway

  • 10min

    Son Llàtzer hospitalThe area’s public hospital

  • 15min

    Son Espases hospitalThe island’s main public hospital, via the Ma-20 ring road

  • 10min

    Can PastillaStart of the long Playa de Palma beach

Pros and cons

For

  • Seafront promenade and cycle path into the old town
  • Health unit, primary school and small shops in the barri
  • Two small harbours, a sailing club and town beaches
  • Still home to long-standing local families

Against

  • Parking is scarce and narrow streets jam at weekends
  • Weekend and summer crowds on the promenade and beaches
  • Old houses being replaced; only one front-row building is listed
  • Holiday lets banned in flats, and new ones in houses too

Questions buyers ask

Where does Portixol end and El Molinar begin?

Portixol is the small harbour and the stretch of seafront at the city end, where the Torrent de na Bàrbara meets the sea. El Molinar is the larger former fishing and working-class barri that runs east from it to the Torrent Gros. Officially the area is split between the barris of El Molinar and Can Pere Antoni, both part of Palma.

Can I walk or cycle into the centre?

Yes. From Portixol it is about 2 km along the seafront to the cathedral, roughly 30 minutes on foot or 15 by bike on the cycle path. From the middle of El Molinar allow about 45 minutes on foot.

What are the beaches like?

They are small town beaches. Es Portitxolet is a sandy cove of about 100 metres, Can Pere Antoni is a longer sandy beach that gets very busy in summer, and El Molinar’s own shore is a mix of rock and small patches of sand between breakwaters. For a long sandy beach, Can Pastilla and Playa de Palma are about 10 minutes east by car.

Is parking a problem?

Yes. Streets are narrow, and on sunny weekends drivers circle looking for a space. In 2025 the Port Authority proposed an underground car park as part of a redesign of the Portixol seafront, but at that stage there was no budget or timetable.

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