Port de Sóller viewed from hills to the south

A herring gull flying over the bay

Port de Sóller is a village (although twentieth century development has made it quite large) and the port of the town of Sóller in Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands, Spain. Along with the village of Fornalutx and the hamlet of Biniaraix they combine to form Sóller. The combined population is around 12,000. A tramway links Sóller to the port, running along the side of the beach.

The resort consists of restaurants and bars but is quiet and away from the heavy tourist areas such as Magaluf elsewhere on the island. There are a few large holiday hotels such as Hotel Eden and the Hotel Splendid located on the road that runs around the bay. The Splendid is now the Esplendido and has undergone major refurbishing.

Two lighthouses sit on the headlands on either side of the bay, La Badia de Sóller, and development on the east headland has been prevented by this land's use as training ground by the Spanish Army. The beach is being recovered in sand for summer 2009, as in its present state it is rather muddy and inhospitable, although clean.

The bay and the estuary of the river which comes to an end here attract little egrets, Muscovy ducks, huge flocks of herring gulls, Greylag geese, mallard ducks and hybrids between the latter two species. The diversity of breeds in the duck and goose population suggests that most of these are escapes from captivity.

A regular bus service links the resort to Palma.

[edit] External links

• Media related to Port de Sóller at Wikimedia Commons
• English-language home page of sollernet.com

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Coordinates: 39°47′55″N 2°41′37″E / 39.79861°N 2.69361°E / 39.79861; 2.69361