{"id":830,"date":"2013-09-14T10:12:49","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T10:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/?p=830"},"modified":"2013-10-08T12:32:09","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T12:32:09","slug":"amazing-alcudia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/amazing-alcudia\/","title":{"rendered":"In the spotlight: Amazing Alcudia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alcudia <\/a>is a pretty town located in the north of Majorca<\/a>. Nestled between two bays, Alc\u00fadia harbours some of the most outstanding beaches in the Mediterranean Sea. You’ll find a wide variety of beautiful sunbathing spots \u2013 from fine sand beaches, pebble beaches, to secluded little coves there\u2019s something for everyone. Here are some of the best\u2026don\u2019t forget your beach towel!<\/p>\n

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Hit the beach<\/strong><\/p>\n

Playa de Alcudia<\/a><\/p>\n

Cala Poncet<\/a><\/p>\n

Alcanada<\/a><\/p>\n

Es Farall\u00f3<\/a><\/p>\n

Coll Baix<\/a><\/p>\n

Sa Caleta des Capit\u00e1<\/a><\/p>\n

Sa Platgeta<\/a><\/p>\n

Sa Caleta<\/a><\/p>\n

S’Illot<\/a><\/p>\n

Sant Pere<\/a><\/p>\n

Sant Joan<\/a><\/p>\n

Es Morer Vermell<\/a><\/p>\n

Es Barcar\u00e9s<\/a><\/p>\n

Can Cap de Bou<\/a><\/p>\n

Alc\u00fadia is a great place for nature lovers thanks to its 30 km-long coastline of varied landscape \u2013 think hikes with astounding views and walking trails through stunning scenery and protected nature reserves. There is loads to do when it comes to outdoor activities, sport and sailing upon the azure sparkling sea. The whole family will enjoy everything on offer in Alc\u00fadia \u2013 a popular holiday hotspot<\/a> with great culture, food, weather and people.<\/p>\n

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Things to do<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Water parks, lots of sport and fun<\/a><\/p>\n

Boat trips<\/a><\/p>\n

A unique golfing experience<\/a><\/p>\n

Cycle tourism<\/a><\/p>\n

Nautical, water and underwater sports<\/a><\/p>\n

Land sports<\/a><\/p>\n

Aerial sports<\/a><\/p>\n

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Where to eat<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alc\u00fadia has a varied, original and delicious Mediterranean cuisine. The Balearic recipe book consists of more than 500 dishes, many of which are very laborious.\u00a0The main ingredients come from the sea and the land and they are mainly seasoned with the traditional olive oil and “sa\u00efm” (lard). The oil, which has a strong fragrance and taste, comes principally from the Tramuntana mountain range. \u00a0Alc\u00fadia\u2019s olive oil is so special that it has its own Designation of Origin. Lard, which comes from the pig, is a product resulting from the traditional matan\u00e7a (pig-killing).<\/p>\n

From the pig comes a wide variety of delicious charcuterie among which stands out the sobrassada, the butifarrons, the llonganissa and the camaiot.\u00a0One of the most characteristic dishes in Mallorcan cuisine is the Sopes Mallorquines (Mallorcan soups), made with fine slices of bread in a hot broth and accompanied by vegetables and a bit of meat.<\/p>\n

There are plenty of other tasty dishes such as\u00a0<\/strong>tumbet, tremp\u00f3, coques de verdura, cocarrois, panades, frit de matances o freixura, arr\u00f2s brut, conill amb ceba and porcella rostida. Among the fish dishes stand out molls, cap-roig, denton a la mallorquina, llobarro a la sal, llampuga o el arr\u00f2s de peix.\u00a0They’re all very tasty and original. Click here for great places to eat: www.restaurantsalcudia.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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When to go<\/strong><\/p>\n

Majorca is still warm and sunny<\/a> right now, so Alc\u00fadia is a good place to pinpoint for a perfect last minute getaway. Majorca, one of Spain\u2019s sunny Balearic isles, benefits from a typical Mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers and mild winters. Rainfall remains low throughout the year in Alc\u00fadia and you can expect to soak up plenty of sunshine. The warm and pleasant weather lasts right up until the end of October, although the rainfall does pick up by then. September in Alc\u00fadia enjoys of sunny days, although expect some cloudy days and some rain, too. Still, with an average daily temperature of\u00a0\u00a026\u00b0C and nighttime temperature dipping to only\u00a016\u00b0C\u00a0Alc\u00fadia is definitely going to deliver nicer than weather than back home!<\/p>\n

For more useful info, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alcudia is a pretty town located in the north of Majorca. Nestled between two bays, Alc\u00fadia harbours some of the most outstanding beaches in the Mediterranean Sea. You’ll find a wide variety of beautiful sunbathing spots \u2013 from fine sand beaches, pebble beaches, to secluded little coves there\u2019s something for everyone. Here are some of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"post_views_count":1497,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[113],"class_list":["post-830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays","tag-resort-alcudia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":840,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830\/revisions\/840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}