Porto Colom, Mallorca
Traditional beach resort on the east coast of Majorca

This fishing village, once the port for Felanitx, was named in honour of Christopher Columbus, who is said - without much evidence to have been born here. Until the late 19th century Porto Colom was busy supplying wine to France; but when phylloxera killed the vines, its role as a post diminished and it has only recently discovered a new life as a tourist resort.

Popular with Mallorcan and Spanish visitors and set inside a deep natural harbour, it still has the feel of a small fishing port with boats around the quay and pastel-coloured houses lining the Waterfront, each with its own anding-stage. Cala Marcal, 2km south, has a wide sandy beach leading to a narrow rocky cove.