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After you’ve revved up at Port de Pollença’s pubs, then strolled around the promenades and central square to check out the endless stream of attractive young people, this is the place to make for next. Nothing unusual about it, but it’s the disco of choice for the 20-something cognoscenti – at least for the moment – who come here to dance till dawn, go back to the hotel for 40 winks, then hit the beach (see Mulligan’s, Port de Pollença).

There’s a cocktail bar atmosphere here, with red lights, Marilyn Monroe-theme images, Mexican touches and splashy contemporary art on the walls. Tuesday night features 1960s to 1980s music; Thursday, come for Latin music.

These apartments are located amid pines on a picturesque curve of the bay, near shops and scintillating nightlife.

Enter through a hanging forest of sausages! Every artisanal foodstuff made on the island is here, including sobrassada , fig loaves, cheeses, brandies, wines, fruits, nuts, sauces and pickles.

The town has a handful of modest hotels, a few restaurants, a pretty beach and an interesting harbour. Many people come here with the sole purpose of catching a boat to nearby Cabrera (see Illa de Cabrera), which, according to Pliny, was the birthplace of the famous Carthaginian leader, Hannibal. The town’s other main attraction is the nearby salt lake, from which huge quantities of salt were once extracted – the main source of the town’s wealth.

With its perfect location at the end of the curving cove and its more or less exclusive beach, this hotel offers just about everything for a quiet holiday. Colour schemes reflect the setting: sky blue, pale green and gold, enhanced with graceful Indonesian motifs.

Participants dress up as eagles and perform the Ball dels Àquiles (“Dance of the Eagles”) in Pollença’s town square. What exactly this has to do with the miracle of Transubstantiation during Holy Communion is not really explained, thus scholars suspect the celebration’s origins are pre-Christian.

A quaint cluster of rough stone buildings set against verdant rocky promontories plunging into an azure sea, this quality hotel provides simple yet comfortable accommodation. Features include a lovely pine grove extending down to the shore, abundant gardens, a pool, tennis court and minigolf.

Byzantine general who defeated the Vandals here in 533.

This pretty little waterside cave is incorporated as part of the return trip to the island of Cabrera (see Illa de Cabrera). Like it’s famous forerunner on the Isle of Capri in Italy, this Blue Grotto offers the amazing spectacle of the outside light being filtered up through the aquamarine waters, creating a ravishing luminosity that seems at once spectral, gem-like, and visually delicious. You can swim here, too.