Platja Arenal d'en Castell — Attraction in es Mercadal

This is a fine, clean beach, but gets very congested. You'd be lucky to find a space during peak times of the day....and if you do take your own sun shaders. The ones to hire are expensive. A very agreeable alternative to this beach is the little one at the end, separated from the main beach by some rocks (see Google map for details). It is often less busy, and more secluded....some locals may try to tell you it is a private beach but it isn't. ..ignore them and get yourself some spot down here. The waters are lovely but be a bit careful if you swim near the rocks as there are some jagged pieces just under the surface which could injure...

Lovely beach to visit and enjoy when staying nearby. The rocky area near the cliffs are great to feed the fishes that swim around the rocks on the right side of the bay (we didn't go to the far left side of the bay) Watch out for the jellyfish who get washed in rough weather. The depth of the beach changes daily so all check your surroundings when swimming especially with young children.

25€/hr for the slide pedalo is well worth the experience. Make sure to use the Lifejackets for children and young teens.

The walk down from the street is a bit of a mission if not staying at one of the hotels.

Safe to leave your towels and bags...

I went a few years ago and got sun loungers on the left side of the beach (looking towards the sea) you can swim to a small beach just over the other side of the rocks which is a good race place, lots of fish over there too, you can swim further towards the opening of the bay being careful about the pedalos and see even more, the was a couple of jellyfish we saw but someone got stung and seemed just fine, they were beautiful to look at and very easy to see, nice restaurants and shops and big waves to play in in the middle of the beach, if you come in the early morning there's hundreds of fish, really...