Porto Colom
The resort of Porto Colom is the principle coastal development of the municipal district of Felanitx, on the southern half of the east coast of Majorca. The municipality as a whole covers an area of around 170 km2, and along with the administrative town of Felanitx encompasses a handful of picturesque inland villages, and the two other coastal resorts of Cala Ferrera and Cala Serena.

Porto Colom is the site of one of the most important, and best preserved, "Naveta" or prehistoric burial sites on Majorca, and for this reason in 1996 the Department of Prehistory of the University of the Balearic Islands established the archaeology project known as "Projecte Closos of Can Gaià", in an attempt to further understand the ancient civilisations of the island.

Porto Colom still remains a small traditional fishing village, that has so far resisted full scale tourist commercialisation. The main feature of the town is the large natural harbour, which is the home to a number of small fishing boats and an ever increasing number of leisure craft. From the harbour looking inland on a clear day, it's also possible to see the Sanctuary of Sant Salvador in the distance.

Around the harbour area there is a fair selection of shops for the everyday holiday essentials, along with more souvenir shops behind the beach at Cala Marcal. The resort is very popular with British visitors who aren't looking for mass commercialisation in a resort, such as water parks and countless karaoke bars, many of which who have subsequently fallen in love with the resort and bought second homes in the area.

Porto Cristo
The resort of Porto Cristo is part of the municipal district of Manacor and is situated on the east coast of Majorca approximately 65km or 40 miles to the east of Palma and the airport.

There are two popular theories on how the town got it's name, which literally translates as "The Port of Christ." The first comes from a legend that in 1260AD, around the time of the earliest Christian conquest of the Island, a fishing boat carrying a crucifix was washed ashore here. The other is, two oxen who were carrying an icon of Christ to Palma, stopped here and refused to move any further. So the icon stayed, and the town was renamed in its honour.

Unlike so many of the other municipalities of Majorca, the economy of Manacor is not solely dependent upon the the tourist. Porto Cristo is still a very typical Spanish fishing village, whilst Manacor has a long tradition with the manufacture of quality furniture and is also the centre of the island's pearl industry. These artificial pearls are produced in a special process that somehow combines glass and pulverised fish scales. The resulting article is then barely distinguishable from the genuine article.

The focus of Porto Cristo is it's natural harbour, which along with nearby Porto Colom is one of the largest along the east coast. Over the years it has provided a safe mooring for both fishing boats and in more recent years an ever increasing number of leisure craft.

During the evening Porto Cristo is a very quiet resort, perfect if you want to retreat and get away from it all, but still within easy reach of the more lively Cala Millor which is only a short taxi ride away. During the day the resort can become very busy with tour buses due to the close proximity of both the Caves of Drac and Caves of Hams, which between them are possibly the biggest tourist attractions on the island of Majorca.