Cala Millor is a tourist destination on the Spanish Balearic Island

Balearic Islands

The Balearic Islands are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.The four largest islands are: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain with Palma as the capital...

 of Mallorca

Mallorca

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.The next largest town after Porto Cristo

Porto Cristo

Porto Cristo is a small town on the eastern coast of Mallorca. It is 10 minutes away from Manacor.-Tourism:Though not a primary tourist destination in Mallorca, the local council of Porto Cristo promotes the small town and new roads have been built between it and Manacor to encourage foreign visitors...

 heading North. Cala Millor has a population of 5,665 inhabitants. It is the largest tourist development on the east coast of the island. It is situated on the island's east coast, it is now less than an hour's drive from the capital after completion of the Ma-15 highway and by-pass roads around Manacor and Sant Llorenca des Cardassar, Palma de Mallorca

Palma de Mallorca

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. Nearly all shopkeepers and receptionists speak some degree of English, with many also speaking a limited amount of German. Many UK

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 tour operator

Tour operator

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s sell package deals to the resort. Cala Millor (which means "Better Bay") is also situated close to the tourist resorts of Sa Coma

Sa coma

Sa Coma is a town on the eastern coast of the island of Majorca, Spain. It is close to the towns of Cala Millor and Cala Bona in the municipality of Sant Llorenç des Cardassar....

and Cala Bona ("Good Bay"). The nearby beach is popular.

The island's main airport, Son Sant Joan International, on the east side of Palma de Mallorca, is 70 kilometers south of Cala Millor.

The first tourist accommodation, the Hotel Eureka was built in 1933. At present the town has 61 hotels and about 65 self-catering apartments.

2010 - 2011 The Council is embarking on a major refurbish of the roads and the Streets estimated completion in 2012

Beach

The beach at Cala Millor is 1.8kilometre long.On average it has got an amplitude of 30m to 35m. The beach has all the amenities that you would expect on a tourist beach and many different people from many different countries come here to sample the warmth and sunshine of the biggest island in Spain.