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The very popular holiday resort of Santa Ponsa, along with its more infamous neighbours Palma Nova and Magaluf, are all part of the municipal district of Calvia on the south west coast of Majorca/Mallorca approximately 20km, or 12 miles west of the capital Palma.
The resort of Santa Ponsa is very proud to have no less than three full size golf courses within a few minutes drive of the town, which are known by the less than original names of Santa Ponsa I, II and III. The sloping ground and roads to the NW and SW are generally more attractive, some offering panoramic views of the bay, and there is a secondary resort centre in the NW of town. The town is cheerful, easy going and is essentially a family resort, although little now remains of the original village that was Santa Ponsa before the onset of mass tourism in the early 1960's. On the southern headland is a narrow inlet leading to the nautical club and moorings. Near here you can find a stone cross commemorating the landing in 1229 of King Jaime of Aragon, who drove the Moors from the island. Locality: Santa Ponsa is located on the SW coast, in Calvia region. It is a deeply incised, gulf-like bay with fine sandy beach and large flat area behind; hilly pine woods to N and S. Developments have flourished on the steep flanks and extended to hill summits on edges of resort. |
