Mallorca in June
Cala Anguila — June travel guide
By June, the season is well under way, but peak-summer crowds are still to come. The sea has warmed, daylight lasts well into the evening and an early start can still find you space at the smaller coves.
Your month at a glance
What Mallorca feels like in June
Start → end of month
Sunrise06:24 → 06:25
Sunset21:11 → 21:21
Palma · local time 2026
Days are becoming hotter and the sea warmer. Leave room for beach breaks rather than packing too many outings into each day.
Keep the hottest part of the day free for a break.
Rounded monthly averages: air temperatures and sunshine for Palma, sea temperatures around Mallorca. Individual days and locations vary.
The figures and their sources →Twelve months, twelve different islands
2 further places do not yet have monthly ratings.
Worth a visit
The quietest places first
Ermita de Crestatx
A small pilgrimage chapel among pines near Sa Pobla, on the site of an older settlement. A paved path leads up to the church, with tables in the shade f…
Alcanada
A quieter alternative to Port d’Alcúdia, 3 km to the east. Low villas sit among pines beside a pebbly, sandy shore without rows of sunbeds. Just offshor…
Cala Brafi
A small, undeveloped bay with no kiosk or road to the sand. A rough path between dry-stone walls leads past a low wall to cross, the remains of a fisher…
Cala Moltó
A small cove beyond Cala Agulla, reached by a ten-minute walk over rocky ground. There is a narrow strip of sand between the rocks, sometimes boats offs…
Capocorb Vell
A Talayotic settlement beside the south-coast road, with five massive dry-stone towers and the outlines of twenty-eight houses. Follow the paths between…
Coves de Campanet
A quieter cave visit near Campanet, with limestone formations rather than a boat ride or colourful show. Allow around forty minutes underground, then en…
Muro
Sant Joan Baptista on 24 June is the area’s first big summer festival.
Platja des Carbó
A strip of white sand between Colònia de Sant Jordi and Mallorca's southern tip, reached on foot or by boat. The water is clear enough to see the seabed…
Porreres
Apricot harvest — a good reason to come now.
S'Estanyol de Migjorn
A small coastal settlement between Sa Ràpita and Palma bay, without hotels or a sandy beach. There is a marina, holiday homes, a shingle cove and a harb…
Son Corró
In summer, come in the morning if possible and bring water and sun protection.
Son Serra de Marina
A planned village of grid-pattern streets, no hotels and houses no higher than two storeys. In front lies a long, natural beach backed by protected dune…
Banys Àrabs
An 11th-century brick chamber in an old-town garden, with twelve columns, horseshoe arches and a dome pierced by round skylights. The Arab Baths are amo…
Cabrera
Cabrera lies around ten kilometres south of Mallorca and has been a national park since 1991. You arrive by boat to find quiet bays, walking paths and v…
Cala Figuera
A fishing village around a narrow, forked inlet, with boathouses and slipways tucked against its rocky sides. Come for a working harbour and a waterfron…
Canyamel
A sandy bay backed by pine-covered slopes, a handful of hotels and a golf course. Canyamel is one of the quieter beach resorts in the north-east, with t…
Capdepera
Founded by royal order in 1300, Capdepera rises beneath a large medieval fortress. Explore the stone lanes and walk the castle walls; in May, the Mercat…
Castell de Capdepera
Above Capdepera stands a former walled settlement, with walkable defensive walls, the Miquel Nunis tower and a medieval chapel. Its residents gradually…
Colònia de Sant Jordi
A former fishing harbour in southern Mallorca, now a holiday resort with several beaches close by. Boats leave for Cabrera, and you can walk along the c…
Colònia de Sant Pere
Founded in 1880, this small coastal town has a harbour, a short beach and a promenade with a handful of restaurants, backed by the mountains of Artà. A…
El Toro
A residential neighbourhood above a south-western bay, beside Port Adriano, the marina redesigned by Philippe Starck. A small sandy beach sits between t…
Ermita de la Victòria
A pilgrimage church on the Victòria peninsula, seven kilometres north-east of Alcúdia. The road ends at a forecourt beneath pine trees, looking across P…
Es Trenc
Pale sand, dunes and turquoise water: Es Trenc lies on Mallorca’s south coast between Ses Covetes and Colònia de Sant Jordi. Behind the beach are the Sa…
Esporles
A Tramuntana town whose main street was built above a stream: a long, tree-lined space beneath plane trees, with green-shuttered houses on either side.…
Estellencs
Four hundred residents on a steep west-coast hillside, stone lanes and a fortified church tower. Below, a small rocky cove has a boat slipway. The route…
Gordiola
A family glassworks dating back to 1719, beside the road to Manacor in a castle-like building. Watch glassblowers at work downstairs, then explore the c…
Jardins d'Alfàbia
At the foot of the Sóller pass, this garden has irrigation rooted in Moorish times. Palm groves, a pergola with hidden water jets and a manor house make…
Monestir de Miramar
Ramon Llull founded a school for Eastern languages here in 1276. Six hundred years later, Archduke Ludwig Salvator bought the estate and began helping p…
Necròpolis de Son Real
A Talayotic burial ground right beside the sea between Can Picafort and Son Serra de Marina. Around 110 tombs occupy eight hundred square metres, where…
Palau de l'Almudaina
The royal palace beside Palma cathedral began as a Moorish alcázar, later converted into a residence for Mallorca’s kings by Jaume II. Reopened on 29 Ju…
Palau March
The March family's city palace between the cathedral and the Almudaina: a terrace filled with 20th-century sculpture, historic living rooms and an 18th-…
Palma Aquarium
A large aquarium on Playa de Palma, with Europe's deepest shark tank. Open all year, it is a reliable option for a rainy day with children.
Platja de Muro
A long sandy stretch of the Bay of Alcúdia, with protected dunes and pines at Es Comú rather than a continuous hotel frontage. S'Albufera lies behind it…
Porto Petro
A kilometre and a half from Cala d'Or, but a different world — a natural harbour where fishermen still unload their catch, small sandy coves and a quiet…
Portocolom
One of Mallorca's largest natural harbours, with a quieter atmosphere than many east-coast resorts. Fishing boats line up outside colourful boathouses,…
Puerto Portals
The marina is full — a good time if you've come to see the boats.
Sa Ràpita
A marina on the flat south coast, with an old watchtower and a beach strewn with seagrass rather than loungers. From here, you can walk along the shore…
Salines d'Es Trenc
Around 170 hectares of salt pans between Campos and the coast produce roughly ten thousand tonnes of sea salt each year. The pools glow pink, flamingos…
Ses Covetes
A small coastal settlement at the western end of Es Trenc, giving access to the natural beach. The unfinished apartment blocks were demolished in 2013.
Cala Agulla
A broad sandy bay north-west of Cala Ratjada, backed by pine woods and dunes. Pale sand fills the centre, with rocky shelves in the shallow water at eit…
Cala d'Or
A resort planned in the 1930s by an Ibizan who brought the style of his home island with him. Low white buildings surround turquoise coves and a marina,…
Cala de Sant Vicenç
Four small coves beneath the dramatic cliffs of Cavall Bernat, rising around 300 metres above the coast. Houses and hotels cluster around the water, in…
Cala Fornells
Around two kilometres from Paguera, Cala Fornells feels quite different. Rocky shores and small patches of coarse sand meet turquoise water, with terrac…
Cala d'en Marçal
Golden sand, gently shelving water and a nearby bus stop make Cala d'en Marçal Portocolom's convenient family beach. It is easy to enjoy — and understan…
Cala Mesquida
A broad stretch of pale sand with protected dunes behind it and a wooden boardwalk crossing them. Cala Mesquida faces north, so waves and currents can b…
Cala Millor
Nearly two kilometres of pale sand, a car-free promenade and hotels behind it. Cala Millor is an unmistakable holiday resort, with a few more year-round…
Cala Mondragó
Three beaches within a natural park — S'Amarador, Ses Fonts de n'Alís and small Caló des Borgit. Pale sand lies between pines and rocks, reached by walk…
Cala Ratjada
A working fishing harbour and lively holiday resort on Mallorca's north-east coast. Three different beaches are within reach on foot, with a 19th-centur…
Cala Santanyí
Pale sand and gently shelving water in a rocky-sided bay, with hotels close behind. Cala Santanyí is a practical family beach and a useful starting poin…
Can Picafort
A small fishing settlement first recorded in 1860 has become a busy holiday resort. Come for the beach, the promenade and everything within walking dist…
Coves d'Artà
Try an early or later visit, checking available tour times.
Coves dels Hams
Check early or later visit times to avoid the busiest arrivals.
Es Baluard
Free admission on 28 June for Sant Pere, the neighbourhood’s patron saint.
Mirador Es Pontàs
A freestanding rock arch in the sea, one of the south-east coast’s best-known views. The viewpoint lies between Cala Santanyí and Cala Llombards, costs…
Hafen von Palma
The Balearics' largest harbour sits in the city, in front of the old town. Cargo quays, cruise terminals, marinas and fishing boats share the waterfront…
Passeig del Born
Palma's grand promenade between Plaça de la Reina and Plaça del Rei Joan Carles I. It follows the bed of a torrent diverted out of the city in 1613, tak…
Platja de Palma & S'Arenal
From early June, the resort runs at full pace — ideal if that is what you came for.
Pollença
A small town at the northern end of the Tramuntana, set inland because the sea brought pirates for centuries. Climb 365 cypress-lined steps to the Calva…
Port d'Alcúdia
Combine the beach and promenade with a visit to Alcúdia's old town.
Port de Pollença
Reliable thermal breezes and good sailing conditions.
Porto Cristo
A town with two different daily moods. From ten until four, coaches bring visitors to the Coves del Drac. Before and after, Porto Cristo is a quiet harb…
Santanyí
A town built from its own stone. Golden marès quarried locally has been used across Mallorca. There is a medieval town gate, a Baroque organ brought fro…
Cala Anguila
Good for swimming. The small bay and limited parking make an early arrival worthwhile.
Cala Bona
Walk north from Cala Millor and the seafront stroll becomes a wander around the harbour. In Cala Bona, little boats are moored right beside the cafés an…
Cala Mandia
Good for a beach day. Arrive early in fine weather, especially by car.
Costitx
A coffee, a few lanes and a church at the heart of the village: Costitx lies north-east of Sencelles in central Mallorca. It makes a lovely short stop a…
Es Calderers
An old country estate near Sant Joan where it’s easy to stay longer than planned. Behind the substantial walls are furnished living rooms, a private cha…
Es Fortí
Es Fortí stands on the rocky headland at the entrance to Cala Llonga in Cala d’Or. Behind its thick walls is a small courtyard, with a ramp leading up t…
Església de Nostra Senyora dels Dolors
On sunny days, look closely at the stained glass. The effect changes with the sun’s position.
Església Nova
A church without a roof stands in the middle of Son Servera. Beyond Església Nova’s iron gate, garden paths pass between high walls and pointed arches,…
Finca pública de Son Real
Old farm buildings, gnarled olive trees and a museum about earlier life on Mallorca. Son Real lies between Can Picafort and Son Serra de Marina. Explore…
Manacor
Manacor is a town for wandering, shopping and watching everyday life. Café-lined squares open between shops, narrow lanes run through the old centre, an…
Mancor de la Vall
Old stone houses, narrow lanes and a coffee at the foot of the Tramuntana. Mancor de la Vall is worth a quiet village walk or a stop on a cycle ride or…
Mirador Son Real
A few steps onto a wooden platform reveal the coast of Son Real. A dolmen lies beside the viewpoint, with the necropolis and distinctive red-and-white n…
Museu d'Història de Manacor
Behind the Rafa Nadal Sports Center is a museum worth taking time over. Inside Torre dels Enagistes, the galleries explore the history of Manacor and it…
Santa Magdalena
A small chapel and a wide view across Mallorca. Santa Magdalena stands on a hill near Inca. The winding climb is short but has steep sections for cyclis…
Ses Païsses
Visit during opening hours; closed on Sundays and public holidays.
Talaiots de Son Fornés
On a low hill near Montuïri are the remains of a settlement founded almost 3,000 years ago. Massive talayots, low passages and the foundations of many b…
Son Fred
Son Fred is a well-preserved talayot near Sencelles, a round tower built from enormous stone blocks. Duck through its low entrance to reach the massive…
Worth considering — check the details
Ariany
Mallorca’s youngest municipality, Ariany only separated from Petra in 1982, after two unsuccessful attempts. This ridge-top village in the Pla has a chu…
Búger
One of Mallorca's smallest municipalities: around a thousand people on a hill surrounded by almond and carob trees. No big attraction, souvenir shopping…
Caimari
Around eight hundred people live at the foot of the Tramuntana, among rough stone lanes and olive groves. The old pilgrims' path to Lluc starts here, an…
Ermita de Bonany
A pilgrimage sanctuary on the Puig de Bonany above Petra, 317 metres above sea level. Hermits lived here until 1990. On clear days, the terrace looks ac…
Es Capdellà
A quiet village inland from the coast, just ten minutes from Peguera but with a very different feel: stone houses, a shop and a church square, with the…
Església de Son Serra
A church among the pines, beside the old Son Serra estate with its towers and farm buildings. A glimpse of the rural countryside behind Son Serra de Mar…
Llubí
The caper harvest begins.
Maria de la Salut
Just over two thousand people live on this rise in the Pla, with a substantial fieldstone church and a long square beneath plane trees. There’s little a…
Montuïri
A hilltop village in the Pla, with eight old windmills along one street and steps climbing to the church. It’s best known for a dance tradition that has…
Pina
Around 450 residents, a Baroque church, an old well and natural-stone lanes, plus a convent whose religious community spread across Mallorca from 1856.…
Sant Joan
Two thousand residents on a rise in the Pla, a church with a hefty tower and a town hall with a figure on its gable. Above the village stands the Consol…
Sant Jordi
A village in the Prat de Sant Jordi, the flat plain east of Palma, between fields, farm tracks and the airport flight path. Aircraft climb away above th…
Sant Miquel de Campanet
One of Mallorca's oldest churches, standing alone among the fields outside Campanet. Built on the site of a mosque after the conquest of 1229, it served…
Santa Eugènia
A rarely visited village halfway between Palma and Inca, with stone houses, a shady square and a hillside church — plus views across the plain that you…
Santuari de la Consolació
A small 15th-century sanctuary on a 205-metre hill near S'Alqueria Blanca, rarely busy and with views over the east coast. Getting up is the challenge —…
Santuari de Consolació
A small pilgrimage church on a hill above Sant Joan, reached by a broad stone staircase. There is a well, shade beneath the pines and picnic tables, wit…
Santuari de Santa Llúcia
A pilgrimage church on a rocky ledge above Mancor de la Vall, documented since 1275. The terrace looks across much of inland Mallorca, and even in summe…
Selva
A village at the foot of the Tramuntana on the road to Lluc. Sant Llorenç church stands above a broad outdoor staircase lined with cypresses — the lovel…
Sencelles
A quiet village between Palma and Inca, birthplace of Sor Francinaina Cirer, who was later beatified. Her house remains a place of pilgrimage and explai…
Son Carrió
A village inland from Sa Coma and Cala Millor with a church that seems far too grand for its size. Sant Miquel has an arched entrance, a fan-shaped wind…
Algaida
Most people know Algaida only from the sign on the Palma–Manacor road. It’s the turn-off for Puig de Randa, but the village itself has old windmill towe…
Binissalem
Mallorca’s wine town, at the heart of the Balearics’ first designated wine-growing area. Golden sandstone manor houses, a substantial church and Septemb…
Campanet
A village below the Tramuntana with a large church and a broad, tree-lined square. Nearby are two very different natural sights — the caves and Fonts Uf…
Campos
Caper harvesting begins in the area.
Ermita de Betlem
A hermitage founded in 1805 in the hills of Artà, reached by a narrow, winding road. The last resident hermits left in 2010. You can also walk up from t…
Es Llombards
A village of six hundred people between Santanyí and Mallorca’s southern tip, built from local sandstone. A few lanes, an arched gateway and dry-stone w…
Galilea
One of Mallorca’s highest villages, 460 metres above the sea. Two hundred residents, a white church with a red tower roof, a café on the square and, in…
Orient
Forty residents in a high Tramuntana valley, reached by a road with seventeen hairpins. Rough-stone houses, ivy-covered façades and no shops, with walki…
Es Jonquet
No shade on the plateau; uncomfortable at midday.
Petra
A golden sandstone village in the Pla, birthplace in 1713 of Juníper Serra, whose name is especially familiar in California. His small, low house still…
Puigpunyent
A village below Puig de Galatzó, twenty minutes from Palma yet rarely visited. Plane trees overhang the road, the church overlooks a square, old olive p…
Randa
A village of a hundred people at the foot of Puig de Randa, with a stone cross at the fork in the road and lanes of rough stone houses. The climb to the…
S'Alqueria Blanca
A quiet village between Santanyí and the coves that most people drive straight through. An unusually large church, a few sandstone lanes and the road up…
Sa Pobla
June brings the Fira Nocturna de la Patata, an evening potato fair.
Santa Margalida
The inland village at the highest point of a municipality that also includes Can Picafort and Son Serra de Marina. A Baroque church rises above the roof…
Santuari de Gràcia
The middle of the three religious houses on Puig de Randa, built beneath an overhanging cliff that extends right above the roof. Cypresses fill the fore…
Torre de Son Jaumell
Come early in the morning; there is no shade along the route.
Alaró
Start the climb early in the morning.
Andratx
The main town of the south-west was built inland from its harbour to keep it safer from corsair raids. Sandstone houses climb the hillside towards a for…
Artà
A small north-eastern town beneath a fortified hilltop sanctuary, surrounded by some of Mallorca’s least developed countryside. Nearby Ses Païsses is on…
Bunyola
A village at the foot of the Tramuntana with a lovely old railway station. The wooden Sóller train stops here before disappearing into the long tunnel b…
Castell de Santueri
A rocky hilltop fortress 408 metres above sea level near Felanitx, its walls rising directly from the cliff edge. Explore the ruins and cistern, then lo…
Far des Cap de ses Salines
Mallorca’s southernmost point has a lighthouse built in 1863, flat coastal rocks and open sea, with the uninhabited island of Cabrera on the horizon. Th…
Felanitx
A working town in the east, with a church above a broad flight of steps, locally grown capers and wine, and two hills rising beyond it, Sant Salvador an…
Inca
Mallorca’s third-largest town has long been shaped by leatherworking. It has the bustle of an inland commercial centre, the island’s largest market on T…
Llucmajor
The independent Kingdom of Mallorca ended on the fields outside this town in 1349. Today Llucmajor is a working town with broad squares shaded by plane…
El Terreno & Bellver
On the hillside west of the harbour, beneath Castell de Bellver and a pine forest in the middle of the city. Mallorca's nightlife centre in the 1960s, f…
Pollentia
The remains of an important Roman town just outside Alcúdia. An urban centre developed here after the conquest of 123 BC. The forum, theatre and Sa Port…
Raixa
A country estate near Bunyola, transformed by an 18th-century cardinal into an Italian-style villa. A terraced staircase, stone lions and cypresses fill…
Santuari de Sant Salvador (Artà)
A fortress with a church inside, high above Artà. Walls with nine towers surround a courtyard of palms, an old well and the pilgrimage church. The climb…
Santa Maria del Camí
A wine village on the old Palma–Inca road, with traffic passing straight through. Sunday brings the market, the surrounding estates belong to the Biniss…
Santuari de Cura
A monastery estate on the highest point of the Pla, 548 metres above the plain. Ramon Llull retreated here in the 13th century. Today, there is a cloist…
Ses Salines
A village of golden sandstone on the road to Mallorca's southern tip, named after the coastal saltworks. In the centre, a lane forks around a tall windo…
Sineu
Harvest time; afterwards the plain stays golden until autumn.
Alcúdia
Busy from ten onwards. Come before nine or after six in the evening.
Banyalbufar
Coaches travelling between Valldemossa and Estellencs stop here. Before ten, the village is still quieter.
Cala Llombards
Pale sand between high rocky sides, clear water and boathouses built into the shore. Cala Llombards is no secret, but outside the busiest weeks it still…
Cala Pi
A narrow inlet reaches roughly 400 metres inland, ending in a small sandy beach. Old boathouses line the water, while a watchtower built in 1663 stands…
Cala s'Almunia
Around 110 steep steps lead down to fishermen's cottages, boathouses, rock and a tiny strip of sand. Cala s'Almunia is quite different from a convention…
Camp de Mar
A compact sandy bay in the municipality of Andratx, surrounded by pine-covered slopes. A wooden footbridge leads out to a small rocky island with a rest…
Can Pastilla
At the western end of Playa de Palma, ten minutes from the airport by car: a marina, a rocky waterfront promenade and the start of the long sandy beach…
Cap de Formentor
Seasonal vehicle restrictions apply; plan your visit around the bus timetable.
Castell de Bellver
A striking circular Gothic castle, built above Palma between 1300 and 1311. Inside is a two-storey round courtyard; outside are views over the city, har…
Deià
An ochre-coloured village on the slopes of the Teix, long associated with writers and artists and now one of Mallorca's more expensive places to stay. R…
Fornalutx
The island’s steepest village, built from the rock it stands on. Stepped lanes replace streets, painted tiles line the eaves and terraces climb towards…
Gorg Blau
Mallorca’s largest reservoir sits in the heart of the Tramuntana beside the MA-10. Swimming is forbidden, there’s no café or proper car park, but the ro…
La Seu
Palma’s cathedral was begun in 1230 and built over several centuries. Its Gothic buttresses rise above the water, with one of the world’s largest rose w…
Mirador de Ricardo Roca
The first major viewpoint on the west-coast road after Andratx. Stone steps climb from beside a road tunnel to a rocky lookout with coastal views in bot…
Mirador Es Colomer
Come early in the morning or later in the afternoon if possible.
Peguera
Three sandy bays in a row, separated by pine-covered rocky headlands, with a plane-tree-lined boulevard behind that belongs to pedestrians in the evenin…
Palma
This is no oversized village passing as an island capital. Palma is a Mediterranean city with more than a thousand years of history, home to almost half…
Casc Antic
Palma's old town between the cathedral, Plaça Major and the old city walls: a Moorish street plan, major Gothic buildings, Renaissance courtyards and Ar…
La Llotja & Es Puig de Sant Pere
The strip between old town and harbour, named after the Gothic merchants' exchange Sa Llotja, one of Mallorca's finest secular buildings. Museums and qu…
Santa Catalina
A former fishermen's and craftspeople's district west of the harbour, now packed with restaurants. Two-storey terraces line a grid of streets, with a ma…
Palmanova
Broad sandy bays with pale, shallow water, right beside Magaluf but with a different feel. The quieter neighbour, and my choice for the beaches.
Platja de Formentor
Arrive early or take the boat.
Port d'Andratx
An upmarket natural harbour in a deep, sheltered bay, with fishing boats on one side, yachts on the other and villas covering the surrounding hillsides.
Port de Sóller
An almost circular, sheltered bay with a sandy beach, two lighthouses and a tram that has run down from Sóller since 1913. The north-west coast's princi…
Port de Valldemossa
A tiny fishing settlement beneath the cliffs, reached by six kilometres of tight hairpin bends. A few stone houses and boats on slipways sit beside the…
Sant Elm
Mallorca's westernmost village, a small seaside resort at the end of the road. The uninhabited island of Dragonera lies opposite. Beyond here, there is…
Santa Ponça
A large resort in the south-west with a broad sandy beach, marina and offshore islands. Jaume I landed here in 1229 — a stone cross above the bay marks…
Santuari de Sant Salvador
A pilgrimage church has stood here since 1348, 509 metres above Felanitx at the southern end of the Serra de Llevant. Today there are guest rooms, a res…
Santuari de Lluc
Mallorca's spiritual centre, a sanctuary at 525 metres in the heart of the Tramuntana, with guest rooms, a children's choir and a Rosary Way whose desig…
Sóller
An orange-growing town in a mountain-ringed valley, once easier to reach by sea than overland. Citrus trading brought wealth, French-influenced houses a…
Son Marroig
Archduke Ludwig Salvator's country estate above the west coast, with a white marble pavilion on the edge — the best-known viewpoint between Valldemossa…
Torre des Verger
A round 16th-century watchtower on an isolated rocky outcrop above the west coast. Climb the stone steps to the roof for one of the Ma-10's finest coast…
Valldemossa
Come before nine or after six for quieter lanes; the middle of the day is crowded.
Son Servera
The Friday market can be very busy. Choose another day for a quieter village walk.
Better saved for another month
These places have their appeal, but this month does not show them at their best.
Sa Calobra
A shingle cove at the mouth of the Torrent de Pareis, reached by a winding road completed in 1932 that is almost more famous than the destination. Twelv…
Caló des Moro
One of Mallorca's best-known small coves, with turquoise water below steep rocky sides. Reaching the tiny sandy area involves rough paths and a demandin…