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Outdoors

Blue is the warmest color: Cala Marmols

Cala Marmols

Cala Marmols is the picture postcard bay everybody dreams about. The flip side is that you are rarely alone on a paradise beach. But Cala Marmols can only be reached by foot and it takes a little while to get there. Out of season you may be lucky to have the bay all to yourself. The scenic route along the sea leads us all the way from the lighthouse at Cap de Ses Salines to the precious marble bay. Actually, it’s an easy walk. But the water looks such a deep mesmerizing blue here that you have…

Outdoors

The crown: Puig de L’Ofre

Puig de L'Ofre

Like giant sapphires, Cúber and Gorg Blau lie in the heart of the Tramuntana. Amid spectacular peaks that surround the reservoirs resembling prongs of a crown. Puig Major, Massanella, Tossal Verds, Cornador Gran. And the unmistakably pointed Puig de L’Ofre. The mountain top already in view my hike today starts with a stroll along the Cúber. Depending on the light, the water of the reservoir changes between intense turquoise and blue tones. And the wind sweeping through the karstic landscape…