Calvia

After Palma de Mallorca, Calvia is probably the wealthiest municipality (county) in Majorca. The area accounts for a large proportion of Majorca's tourist industry with the hugely popular resorts of Magaluf, Palma Nova, Santa Ponsa and Portals Nous to name a few.

Many of the resorts in the area were developed during the 60's and 70's in an attempt to reap the benefits of the increasingly popular 'package holiday'. The developments worked and during the 70's, 80's, 90's and even to this day, Magaluf and Palma Nova are synonymous with the phrase 'package holiday'. However, the area really is geared towards all types of tourist nowadays, from the bargain basement getaways in Magaluf and Palma Nova, to the multi-millionaire hideaways of Portals Nous.

A number of golf resorts and clubs have sprung up in the area too, giving evidence that Calvia, and Majorca in general, is not just a favourite destination for beach dwelling sun lovers.

Calvia covers around 145 square kilometres (approx 56 sq miles) at the southern end of the Sierra Tramuntana mountain range.