Cala Mandia is situated on the east coast of Majorca close to Porto Cristo. It is a small, quiet resort offering a relaxing holiday in the sun. There are a number of shops providing holiday essentials as well as bars and restaurants. The Resort lies around a pretty bay with clear blue waters. The bay is a deep inlet offering shelter to its long stretch of sandy beach. The beach shelves gently into the sea providing safe bathing for the kiddies. Cala Mandia is essentially a family resort and one that attracts older couples. It promises a sandy beach with safe bathing, a variety of restaurants and pleasant evenings spent eating and drinking while watching the moonlight over the bay. The holiday season in Cala Mandia begins in April and ends in late October. Temperatures range from twenty to mid thirty degrees centigrade.
Cala Mandia is only three kilometres from its neighbour Porto Cristo and there is a frequent local bus service between the resorts. Cala Mandia is very quiet and relaxed by both day and night. There are shops providing daily necessities as well as gifts and holiday souvenirs. There are numerous bars and restaurants offering a range of food and catering for most tastes. Although Cala Mandia has a limited number of leisure activities, a wider range, including water sports, can be found at neighbouring resorts. The nearest golf course is fifteen kilometres away.There are two popular attractions close by namely the Dragon Caves and the Hams Caves. Both of these have wonderful examples of stalactites and stalagmites and other formations all dramatically illuminated. At the end of the Dragon Caves there is a vast underground lake claiming to be the largest in the world. The cavern has perfect acoustics and as the excursion ends music is played from boats in the lake.
Much of the nightlife in Cala Mandia is hotel based with discos and karaoke. Entertainment in the resort is fairly low-key with bars and restaurants providing pleasant venues for evening drinks over dinner. There are a number of shops providing holiday essentials as well as the usual gift and souvenir shops giving plenty of opportunities for purchasing holiday mementos. Leather goods, embroidered linens, ceramics and glass goods are favourite purchases.
Cala Mandia has a good choice of restaurants serving traditional as well as international cuisine. Fish features prominently on menus and there are some excellent fish restaurants overlooking the bay. Tapas are a good way to sample local food as a variety of dishes is served in small portions, ideal as a first course or to fill the sometimes lengthy gap between lunch and dinner. Local wines are very pleasing to the palate and are inexpensive
