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Son Serra de Marina

NorthSanta MargalidaAbout 70 min from Palma

SANTA MARGALIDAARTÀ Son Serra de Marina

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Living here

On the eastern curve of the Bay of Alcúdia, between Can Picafort and Colònia de Sant Pere, Son Serra de Marina is a low-rise village of houses in the municipality of Santa Margalida. It has a small marina, an exposed beach popular with windsurfers and kitesurfers, and undeveloped coast on either side. It works best as a quiet holiday home by the sea.

This is the smallest of Santa Margalida’s three settlements, far smaller than Can Picafort or the town itself. A development on part of the old Son Serra de Marina estate was approved in 1953, and the first houses went up the next year on a grid of straight streets. Plots were kept small, so no hotels were ever built. It grew as a place of summer homes for families from Palma, Inca and other parts of the island. About 90 people were registered here in 1981 and 666 in 2025. Summer weekends are busy, and the rest of the year the village is very quiet.

The main beach, at the eastern end of the village, is short and open to the wind, with coarse sand, pebbles and patches of rock. Wind and waves make it popular with windsurfers and kitesurfers. Beside it, the Torrent de na Borges, one of Mallorca’s longest streams, ends in a protected, reed-fringed wetland with plenty of birds and marks the boundary with Artà. Beyond lies Sa Canova, nearly 2 km of natural beach whose dunes joined the Llevant natural park in 2023. To the west, the coast belongs to Son Real, a public estate with an Iron Age necropolis of more than 130 tombs by the shore.

Services are few. The public health unit on Carrer Llarg opens on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8am to 3pm, plus a short session on Monday mornings. It belongs to the Muro-Marines health centre in Muro, about 25 minutes away, which is open on weekdays, with urgent care at night and at weekends. Hospital care is in Inca. For a wider choice of shops and services, residents drive to Can Picafort, about 15 minutes west. The town hall is in Santa Margalida town. TIB bus 316 runs from the village through Can Picafort and Santa Margalida to Inca.

Summer also brings the village festes, which in 2026 filled the last week of July with a mass, a correfoc with devils from Santa Margalida and a sandcastle contest. Campervans used to gather along the seafront in summer, which neighbours complained about. Since November 2023 large vehicles may not park on the first line by the sea here or in Can Picafort, and in July 2025 the town hall opened a parking area for 21 campervans in the village.

Who buys here

Many houses are second homes of Mallorcan families, and the village keeps a low-key summer-house feel. It appeals to buyers looking for a quiet holiday home beside an open, natural stretch of coast, as well as windsurfers, kitesurfers, walkers and birdwatchers. Living here all year is possible, but most errands mean a drive to Can Picafort or further, so it is best for people who don’t mind a very quiet winter.

Property

Most homes are houses of one or two storeys along the grid of straight streets, and most buildings hold a single home. About 30 small buildings hold three to ten homes each, and there are no large apartment blocks. Cadastre records date nearly 30 houses to the 1950s, mostly at the eastern end, and most of the others to the 1970s onwards, with steady building into the 2000s and less since. Locals speak of an old part (Vella) and a new part (Nova). Anyone planning to rent the house out should check its holiday-let licence.

Getting around

Approximate times by car from the village, outside rush hour.

  • 70min

    Central PalmaAbout 67 km, inland past Santa Margalida, then the Ma-13 motorway from Inca

  • 70min

    Palma airportAbout 66 km, by country roads to the Ma-15

  • 15min

    Can PicafortAbout 10 km west, for shops and services

  • 20min

    Santa Margalida townTown hall, about 17 km

  • 40min

    Hospital Comarcal d’IncaThe public hospital for the area

Pros and cons

For

  • Low-rise village of houses, with no large hotels
  • Undeveloped coast at Sa Canova and Son Real on either side
  • Windsurf and kitesurf beach on the doorstep
  • Can Picafort’s shops and services about 15 minutes away

Against

  • A 70-minute drive to Palma or the airport
  • Winters are very quiet, and shops and services are few
  • Health unit open three mornings a week; hospital 40 min away
  • Exposed beach with coarse sand and pebbles, often windy

Questions buyers ask

Where is the town hall?

In Santa Margalida town, on Passeig des Pouàs, about 20 minutes away by car, because Son Serra belongs to the municipality of Santa Margalida. Can Picafort, the municipality’s largest settlement, is about 15 minutes west.

Is Son Serra de Marina lively in winter?

No. Only 666 people were registered here in 2025, many houses are summer homes and there are few shops and services. Summer is when the village fills up.

Where is the nearest doctor?

The village health unit on Carrer Llarg opens on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8am to 3pm, and on Mondays from 8 to 11am. Otherwise you go to the Muro-Marines health centre in Muro, about 25 minutes away: to the centre itself on weekdays, and to its urgent care point (PAC) at night and at weekends. The Hospital Comarcal d’Inca, the public hospital, is about 40 minutes' drive.

Can I rely on the bus?

Not for everyday life. TIB bus 316 runs from the village through Can Picafort, Santa Margalida and the Inca hospital to Inca, where trains leave for Palma. Check the current timetable before relying on it; a car makes things much easier.

Is the beach good for swimming?

It is short and exposed, with coarse sand, pebbles and some rock, and wind and waves are common, which is why windsurfers and kitesurfers like it. For a beach of fine sand, Can Picafort’s main beach is about 15 minutes away.

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