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We’re talking about Alcúdia in Mallorca, it’s the main tourist resort in the north
of the island.
We went to the beach which is super family-friendly. The water is really shallow, there are loads
of bars and shops and restaurants right alongside the beach. - Yeah, and next to the beach is
the harbour, which is very very pretty…
We’re here at the harbour and it’s all a bit more upmarket around here. You’ve
got the stunning yachts and the big boats all on this side of you and the quite posh,
slightly more upmarket restaurants over on this side.
I don’t know if this is too far but it feels a little bit like Cannes, south of France.
But not all of Alcúdia is tourist-heavy. Actually, our favourite part was the old town, which
is surrounded by a medieval wall. - Yep, it’s a little bit inland so maybe a taxi journey
or a bus ride away. You can even get a tourist bus that will take you there. This medieval
wall is really cool, you can actually take the steps up to the top and walk around nearly
the whole of the city.
So this is the old town but it looks like it’s been renovated quite recently. It’s
immaculately clean and it just has all these little boutiques selling local goods, a few
souvenirs, hand-made crafts… You can buy your very own cushion with somebody who looks
like they may have colonised the island at one point.
We did explore some Roman ruins, which are just outside the city wall. Now, back in the
Roman period, this was one of the most important towns of the Balearics, because of its position
between Alcúdia and Pollensa.
It cost us €3 to get in. It felt kind of cool to be exploring a Roman excavation site.
So that’s Alcúdia. We liked it because it was a really good mix between touristy stuff
as well as the historical side of things, so it meant that you could tick off both boxes
in a week’s holiday and really enjoy yourself.
But if Alcúdia’s not your thing, check out our video on Palma. It’s the island’s
capital and we also loved it. Yeah, really loved that one.
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