{"id":5476,"date":"2015-06-01T13:59:10","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T13:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/test\/?p=5476"},"modified":"2015-05-26T15:07:21","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T15:07:21","slug":"five-fun-facts-you-might-not-know-about-pollenca-mallorca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/five-fun-facts-you-might-not-know-about-pollenca-mallorca\/","title":{"rendered":"Five fun facts you might not know about Pollenca, Mallorca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Puerto Pollenca is one of Mallorca\u2019s most popular holiday resorts and with good reason. With quality restaurants, bustling bars, great beaches and plenty of activities for all ages and tastes, there is never a dull moment in Pollenca.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shutterstock_136300172.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shutterstock_136300172.jpg\" alt=\"A street in Pollenca\" width=\"700\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shutterstock_136300172.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shutterstock_136300172-375x248.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you are heading to this beautiful horseshoe-shaped bay this year or are thinking about it, check out Vintage Travel\u2019s five fun facts you might not know about this vibrant North Mallorcan town.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Puerto Pollenca was originally a fishing village<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It might be one of the liveliest and most popular destinations on the whole of Mallorca but once upon a time Puerto Pollenca was a small and simple fishing village. You can still see some of the traditional \u2018flauts\u2019 that were used to catch fish in Pollenca\u2019s sophisticated marina.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Puerto Pollenca\u2019s market<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The market at Puerto Pollenca takes place each Wednesday morning. This lively market attracts a large number of locals and visitors each week, keen to get their hands on fresh produce and quirky homemade items for reasonable prices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A great base for walking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Being at the foothills of the Tramuntana Mountains, Puerto Pollenca is a great place to stay if you\u2019re keen to explore Mallorca\u2019s beautiful countryside on foot. The Tramuntana Mountains are home to incredibly diverse landscapes and a number of peaks above 1,000 metres.<\/p>\n<p>At Puerto Pollenca, the Tramuntana\u2019s wonderful gullies, gorges, cliffs and peaks are within striking distance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Puerto Pollenca\u2019s military base<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Puerto Pollenca has its own military base to the north of the town which is home to several amphibious firefighting aircraft. The aircraft can often be seen flying across the bay on exercise missions.<\/p>\n<p>During the Spanish Civil War the Puerto Pollenca air base was used to support the National Spanish Seefliegerstaffel aircraft from the German Condor Legion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The bronze bust of Hermenegildo Anglada<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the most popular walks around Puerto Pollenca is known as the Pine Walk, which winds round the town\u2019s coastline. Along the Pine Walk is the bronze bust of Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa, Balearic painter of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Puerto Pollenca is one of Mallorca\u2019s most popular holiday resorts and with good reason. 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