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Portopetro

SoutheastSantanyíAbout 60–65 min from Palma

SANTANYÍCala d’Or Portopetro

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Southeast · Santanyí · 60–65 min from Palma

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Office in Portopetro

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Living here

The Ma-19 from Palma ends at Portopetro, a small fishing harbour in the municipality of Santanyí, 60 to 65 minutes from the capital. About 800 people live around its bay, the coves of the Mondragó Natural Park start just to the south-west, and Cala d’Or’s shops and GP unit are about 10 minutes away. Boat owners and walkers looking for a quiet base on the water are its natural buyers.

Portopetro lies at the head of a natural bay between Cala Llonga, the inlet that holds Cala d’Or’s marina, and Cala Mondragó. Its name appears in documents from the late 13th century. Corsairs came to take water from two springs by the anchorage, and early in the 17th century a defence tower, now a listed monument, was built on the point at the harbour mouth. The village began in the early 20th century, when part of the Sa Punta estate was sold as plots to people from S’Alqueria Blanca, Cas Concos and Felanitx. With 812 registered residents in 2025, up from 126 in 1981, it is still small.

The harbour is still mainly a fishing port, with a small marina, a private yacht club and moorings run by Ports IB, the Balearic ports authority. Bars and restaurants line the waterfront. Inside the bay, Caló des Homos Morts and Caló de sa Torre have small sandy beaches, and a navigation light marks the Punta de sa Torre. Sa Barca Trencada cove is just over 1 km to the south-west, and the Mondragó coves, s’Amarador and Cala Mondragó, 2 to 3 km. The park, protected since 1992, is free to enter, but a mid-August count in 2018 found its beaches well over capacity.

Shops in the village are few: a supermarket and a convenience store near the harbour. For the GP unit, the nearest primary school, pharmacies and more shops, residents drive about 10 minutes to Cala d’Or. When the GP unit is closed, the health centre in Santanyí town covers urgent care, and Manacor, 35 to 40 minutes away, has the public hospital. Around 24 June the Sant Joan fiesta brings a fun run, concerts, havaneres and a mass. In 2025 the town hall awarded works on a 20-space car park and a square with a viewpoint over the port, to ease a long shortage of public space.

Who buys here

Second-home owners, retired couples, boat owners and walkers drawn by the Mondragó park on the doorstep all fit in here, as long as they are happy to drive to Cala d’Or for everyday errands. Tourism is the main local business, and a few hotel complexes sit around the village. Across the municipality of Santanyí, Germans were the largest foreign nationality in 2022, with a smaller British community.

Property

Most of Portopetro was built in the 20th century. The first houses went up along the shore after the Sa Punta estate was split into plots, and in the 1950s former common land south of the harbour was earmarked for a development called the Colonia del Silencio. Today homes and a few hotel complexes spread around the bay and south-west to sa Barca Trencada. On a clifftop nearby stands Can Lis, built in local sandstone in the early 1970s as his own home by Jørn Utzon, the Danish architect of the Sydney Opera House. Check Santanyí’s planning rules and any holiday-let licence before buying, as new licences are very limited.

Getting around

Approximate times by car, outside rush hour.

  • 60–65min

    Central PalmaMa-19 via S’Alqueria Blanca, Santanyí, Campos and Llucmajor

  • 60min

    Palma airportSame route, dual carriageway from Campos

  • 35–40min

    Hospital de ManacorServes the whole municipality of Santanyí

  • 15min

    Santanyí townTown hall, health centre and market

  • 10min

    Cala d’OrGP unit, primary school, shops and marina

Pros and cons

For

  • A working fishing harbour with a small marina and a yacht club
  • Mondragó’s coves 2 to 3 km away, Sa Barca Trencada nearer still
  • GP unit, school and shops about 10 minutes away in Cala d’Or
  • A village of about 800 where the Ma-19 from Palma comes to an end

Against

  • 60 to 65 minutes to Palma, and 35 to 40 to Manacor hospital
  • Few services in the village: GP, school and most shops are elsewhere
  • Mondragó’s beaches get very crowded in high summer
  • Direct bus to Palma only from late March to October

Questions buyers ask

Is Portopetro part of Cala d’Or?

No. It is a separate, older village with its own harbour, though both are in Santanyí and the centre of Cala d’Or is only about 2 km to the north-east. Residents use Cala d’Or for the nearest GP unit and primary school and for most shopping.

Can I keep a boat in Portopetro?

The harbour has moorings, including berths for visiting boats, run directly by the Balearic ports authority, Ports IB, as well as a private yacht club. The larger Cala d’Or marina, in Cala Llonga, is a few minutes away.

What about doctors and schools?

The public GP unit is in Cala d’Or and opens on weekdays. Outside its hours, urgent care is at the health centre in Santanyí town, and for a hospital you drive to Manacor. Cala d’Or and Calonge have state primary schools, and the municipality’s only state secondary school is in Santanyí town.

Do buses run to Palma from Portopetro?

Yes, though for most of the year you change on the way. Line 515 runs all year from Cala d’Or through Portopetro to Campos, the interchange for line 501 to Palma and the A51 to the airport. From late March to October, line 515e runs direct to Palma’s intermodal station, and from late April to October line 521 runs to Cala Mondragó.

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