On the move again today after a few days rest in Andraitx thanks to high winds and seas, but not without a visit to the bakery to buy the ensaimadas for breakfast (the local speciality, a bit like a round croissant!), Today we decided to do a short hop round into Palma bay and headed for a place called Portals which is close to Magaluf. I must say that Magaluf doesn’t look anything like as spectacular as Benidorm when passed from the sea, to be honest, it doesn’t look like much more than a few hotels on the coast line. Portals is similar, the marina is what we describe as a sardine marina, very small spaces!! We are moored between two motor boats and it is a tight squeeze! We look slightly odd, a sail boat in amongst a lot of motor boats…. Still we are only here for one night before we head further round the coast. This marina was not one for us, we didn’t really see any life on the many, many motor boats of varying sizes. There are lots of exclusive bars and restaurants which look very nice, but really not our cup of tea! We couldn’t wait to move on, although we did see some nice boats in the realm of “how the other half live”.
The Adventures of Gemini J 