Ca'n Picafort 39° 46 02 N - 03°3 09 9 W

Ca'n Picafort is a tourist area with an important offer of accommodation, basically of beachside hotels. Contrary to many of the resorts on the island, it is not only a holiday resort. C'an Picafort is, additionally, a village with the peculiarities and the normal life of a small coastal town. Its history is documented since 1860, its centre being the oldest one, with its simple houses with wide terraces, that grew starting at the jetty, where nowadays the marina is located.The distance to Palma is 54 Km, half of which is a motorway, crossing the whole island right through its middle.

Located in the Northwest of the island of Mallorca, in the very centre of the Bay of Alcudia, the biggest bay of the Balearics, with 17 kilometres of beach. Preserved areas of woods extend towards the east, with only two small villages and hardly any tourist development. At this end of the bay is Cap Farrutx, one of the most beautiful areas of the island, with cliffs and pinegroves of difficult access by car, but not by boat or hiking.

Towards the west is the Natural Park of Albufera, Playa de Muro (2 Km.), Puerto de Alcudia (11 Km.), Alcudia (14 Km.), Puerto de Pollensa (22 Km.) and Formentor (31 Km.), all of them being tourist areas. The biggest in extension is Puerto de Alcudia and the less developed is Formentor. At the end of the bay is Cap de Formentor, of great scenic beauty, with access by road and with extraordinary vantage points.

Toward the interior, cultivated fields surround the village of Santa Margarita, the original nucleus of the population of the municipality.