Cala Banyalbufar — Attraction in Banyalbufar

A couple tips for the best cala in Mallorca if you don't mind rocks (big round rocks with dry algae where you can lay on and another part with flatly cut cement where you can easily lay flat).

Never seen it exaggeratedly crowded.

Free parking down the steep road towards the beach (left side of road) but only if you come early

Payed parking up top in village (right side of road, goes down). But make proof! (pics or video) of: parking ticket position in window, and car position. Local police person is resentful of life and can give tickets to correctly parked cars (50 Eur)... Do not think this wont happen to you!

Some payed parkings needs coins, card usually fails

Reserve restaurants upfront (1 day or more) if you want to eat on a nice terrace with views (I recommend: Son Thomas)

Watershoes are helpfull but not needed

Waterfall is sometimes active

Jellyfish are random but check the water currents online so you can estimate the chances (if it flows towards inside the cala its worse than if it flows past it / sideways)

Roads are not the worst in mallorca but are still curvy...

As soon as I saw this enchanting cala (Spanish for "little bay"), I thought "this has to be the God of all the calas in Mallorca!".

To get there you have to go through a very steep and narrow road, so be careful while driving, also because the street is not one way.

Park your vehicle at the end of the road (or shortly before the end), walk for 100 meters ca. and BOOM, there it is, Cala Banyalbufar, with its ancient Greek temple's style, thanks to the huge pillars and the waterfall that comes from the above's creek. As always the water's quality is impeccable, where the sea floor is perfectly visible. For those who don't like to have salt in their skin, after swimming in the sea water, no worries, the waterfall provides a natural shower and it is very clean.

It's a rocky and cement beach without sandy, soft soil, so make sure to bring some soft shoes or, at least, something that covers your feet all the way. Even though I survived also on my flip-flops.

You will absolutely love Cala...

Here is our experience of this place. We took our car down and followed Google maps to get us down to the beach which proved to be the longest one and involved a lot more stairs. You ended up by the boats and it was hard to see through how you can end up at the cala, but we got through. The cala itself is rocky, it has a little manmade waterfall and as usual crystal clear Mallorcan sea. It is not for families with a buggie as you will need to carry it quite far down on the stairs. On our way up we came back where we should have come down : from the view point which is at the end of ’Camí es Molí’. So if you follow Google maps ignore what it says and follow this route to get down to the beach. You can park your car at the view point (there aren't many parking spaces there ), however also aren't many people visiting this beach. On the way up get ready for a very steep...