I'm not surprised by the decline in traffic on this forum. It's happened on every forum I know (not just travel related ones), over recent years. Many folk now use Facebook or Twitter as their primary source. Sorry to say but I think forums are in terminal decline. But, seeing as I'm here, this is my report on our recent trip (originally posted to the Tripadvisor forum)
"I can’t remember when we first came on holiday to the Pollensa area. Sometime in the 1990s, though. On that trip, we stayed in the Port at an apartment complex (which, looking at StreetView, I don’t think can exist anymore). Can’t recall its name or exact location, other than it was a road or two inland from the Hobby Club complex. On subsequent visits, we’ve rented villas out in the countryside and have had the benefits of a hire car. But, for a various reasons, we felt we wanted to be more central for this trip, which is a first return to the area since 2016.
Comparatively, little seems to have changed in the Port since then. Businesses have closed, of course and others have opened. But it still has the same relaxed general ambiance, enhanced since our last visit by the traffic free main drag in the evening. Of course, as everywhere, bikes and motorised scooters seemed to be exempt from the restrictions and whizz along wherever they please with the presumed intent of mowing down an elderly tourist no longer agile enough to leap out of their way (rant ends). It’s not a late night place with many restaurants emptying out by mid evening and relatively few people strolling along the Pine Walk. I had forgotten just how British a resort it is. Other than locals, folk speaking other languages seemed very few and far between. It seemed a bit odd to not often hear the voices of Northern or Eastern Europe, as you do in many other Spanish resort areas.
Flights from Manchester were with Ryanair, which had a one hour delay outbound and about thirty minutes delay inbound. We’d booked a transfer with Taxis Conde, who were waiting for us when we arrived (confirming he was there with a text as we waited for bags). Details for our return trip were confirmed by text the day prior and, again, the driver was waiting for us at the pickup time. Thoroughly recommended.
We stayed in one of the Maricel 1 apartments. Check in is at the Miramar Hotel which owns the apartments. Good location. Nice clean apartment, generally well furnished.
We like holidays where you’re on the move , whether a touring holiday or a cruise.. They are always interesting and enjoyable, if not necessarily the most relaxing. So, there’s a place for “fly and flop” holidays like this one. I walk more than at home. Read more. Sleep more. And eat more. We really didn’t do much. The Wednesday market was as exciting as it got – bought some nice fruit and some wildly expensive olives
Speaking of eating, we ate somewhere different every night, with the occasional breakfast and lunch out. Noting the comments on the forum that taxi availability can be an issue, we chose not to visit favourite restaurants in Pollensa and Alcudia ( like 365 at the Son Brull and Jardin in Puerto Alcudia), so just ate in the Port. It was no hardship and we generally had nice food. Some places were new to us and some we’ve gone to for years. Here’s the list. I’ve posted reviews of all of them so, if anyone is interested, go to my profile page and click from there.
Breakfast – Bocchoris
Lunch – El Posito, Moll de Bellagio, Miramar
Dinner – Cappuccino, Dos Kanallas Street Gourmet, Celler La Parra, Can Ferrra, La Llonja, Bar Coral, Los Faroles, Osteria N15, IRU, Stay.
It was a good holiday and we’ve came back relaxed and rested. We arrived on 16/9, staying for 10 nights. Weather was generally good. Very hot the first couple of days and we had a couple of so days where it was cloudy or just hazy sunshine. We’re now ready for our next holidays (a winter sun trip to Tenerife, as usual and a transatlantic cruise next year). But we will be back to the Pollensa area and hope that it won’t be as long a gap as this time. "
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