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Living here

Ses Salines is a small municipality of about 39 square kilometres in Mallorca’s far south, between Campos, Santanyí and the sea, 50 to 55 minutes from Palma. Its 5,248 residents (2025) live mainly in two places: the inland town of Ses Salines, with the town hall, and the harbour village of Colònia de Sant Jordi. Beaches, boats and village life all come on a small scale here.

The municipality is roughly a triangle, with Campos to the north and west, Santanyí to the east and the sea on its south and south-west sides. Gently rolling farmland of almond groves and market gardens surrounds Ses Salines town, which sits on a plateau looking out to sea and Cabrera. The coast mixes sandy beaches with rocky stretches, with small islets such as Na Guardis offshore. On Colònia’s northern edge, the s’Avall salt pans are still harvested by traditional methods each August and have been part of the Es Trenc-Salobrar de Campos natural park since 2017. Es Trenc lies just across the boundary, in Campos.

Salt has been worked here since ancient times, reputedly first by Punic traders and then by the Romans, and the area was once known as les Salines de Santanyí. The village became a parish in 1913 and broke away from Santanyí in 1925. Colònia de Sant Jordi began as a small fishing village, became a farming colony in the late 19th century on land split off from the Sa Vall estate, and grew with tourism from the 1940s. In 2025 Colònia had 2,971 registered residents and the town 2,230. The town hall is in Ses Salines, and Colònia has had its own district council since 2002.

Each settlement has a state primary school, a municipal nursery, a library, a pharmacy and a public GP unit attached to the health centre in Campos, which also provides urgent care out of hours. There is no secondary school in the municipality: pupils from both primary schools move on to IES Damià Huguet in Campos. The public hospital for the area is in Manacor. The weekly markets are on Thursday mornings in Ses Salines and Wednesday afternoons in Colònia. TIB line 517 runs all year between the town, Colònia, Santanyí and Campos, where you change for line 501 to Palma or the A51 to the airport.

Tourism is concentrated in Colònia, which fills up in July and August, when Es Trenc draws big crowds and parking there is paid. In winter some of Colònia’s hotels close, the first reopening around February, while Ses Salines town keeps its everyday rhythm. Festivals run through the year: Sant Antoni bonfires in January, Sant Jordi in Colònia in April, the fair that opens in the town on 1 May and runs for about three weeks, Colònia’s summer festes, Sant Bartomeu on 24 August with the Festa del Cavall horse parade soon after, and the ArtinSal art event in early October.

Who buys here

Many homes in Colònia de Sant Jordi are second homes for people from Palma, Campos and other nearby towns, while Ses Salines town has a more everyday, year-round feel, and several artists live in the municipality. In 2022 about 1,350 of its 5,039 registered residents were foreign nationals, with Moroccans and Germans the largest groups. The municipality suits beach and boating lovers, families who want a village school, and people happy to live about an hour from Palma.

Property

Both settlements have an old core zoned for special protection, with terraced houses built up to the street, ringed by later areas of mostly terraced housing. Colònia also has small blocks of flats, hotels on zoned plots and newer edges of detached houses in gardens, generally up to three storeys; in Ses Salines town, detached houses are limited to two. Old water-pumping windmills in the farmland are protected. East of Colònia, beyond Es Dolç, the largely undeveloped coast is backed by Sa Vall, a large private estate owned by the March family since 1919. If you plan holiday lets, have a lawyer check the tourist-rental licence before you buy.

Getting around

Approximate times by car, outside rush hour and summer traffic.

  • 50–55min

    Central Palma50 from Ses Salines town, 55 from Colònia, via Campos and the Ma-19 motorway

  • 45min

    Palma airport45 from both the town and Colònia, via Campos

  • 40–45min

    Hospital de ManacorVia Campos and Felanitx; 40 from the town

  • 15–20min

    CamposOut-of-hours urgent care, the secondary school and buses to Palma; 15 from the town, 15 to 20 from Colònia

  • 10min

    Ses Salines town to ColòniaAbout 6 km between the town hall and the harbour

How Ses Salines breaks down

  1. The inland town and seat of the town hall, with 2,230 residents in 2025, a primary school, a GP unit open every weekday and a Thursday market. Roman and Talaiotic remains lie in and around it, and the beaches are about 10 minutes away.

  2. The larger settlement, with 2,971 residents: a harbour with boats to Cabrera in season, Es Trenc and other beaches on foot, a primary school, a GP unit and a Wednesday market. Very busy in summer, much quieter in winter, and building work stops in July and August.

Pros and cons

For

  • Colònia’s beaches, Es Dolç and Es Trenc within about 15 minutes
  • Two lived-in settlements with schools, GP units and markets
  • Salt pans, a natural park and boats to Cabrera close by
  • Palma 50 to 55 minutes away, via the Ma-19 from Campos

Against

  • Colònia and Es Trenc get very crowded in July and August
  • Quiet coastal winters, with some hotels shut until about February
  • Secondary pupils and out-of-hours patients travel to Campos
  • Building work in Colònia is banned in July and August
  • No direct bus to Palma; line 517 connects at Campos

Questions buyers ask

Which places make up the municipality?

The inland town of Ses Salines, where the town hall is, the harbour village of Colònia de Sant Jordi, the hamlet of Cas Perets, and the farmland, salt pans and coast around them. It had 5,248 registered residents in 2025, a little more than half of them in Colònia.

Should I look in Ses Salines town or Colònia de Sant Jordi?

Colònia puts the beaches and harbour on foot but is busy in summer and much quieter in winter, and building work there stops in July and August. Ses Salines town, about 10 minutes inland, is calmer, lived in all year and has no seasonal limit on building work.

Do both settlements have a doctor and a school?

Yes. Each has a public GP unit, a state primary school and a municipal nursery. Out-of-hours urgent care is at the health centre in Campos, 15 to 20 minutes away, and secondary pupils also go to Campos, to IES Damià Huguet. The public hospital is in Manacor, 40 to 45 minutes away.

Is Es Trenc in Ses Salines?

No. The long beach lies in the neighbouring municipality of Campos and ends at the edge of Colònia de Sant Jordi, where Ses Salines begins, so you can walk to it from the village. The salt pans on Colònia’s northern edge have been part of the Es Trenc-Salobrar de Campos natural park since 2017.

How easy is it to manage without a car?

Not easy. Line 517 runs all year between Ses Salines, Colònia, Santanyí and Campos, where you change for Palma or the airport. There is no direct bus to Palma, so in practice you will want a car.

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