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It was a week to remember for 30 staff members of First Mallorca who travelled to Thailand to celebrate the New Year, a complimentary holiday offered by the company ... |
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Several hundred guests attended the First Mallorca Autumn/Winter brochure launch and the official opening of a new First Mallorca venture “ApartmentBörse”, in Puerto Andratx on the 28th of September ... |
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At the tender age of four, knowing the difference between red and white is something we all learn at school. When speaking of the fermented kind, ... |
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When talking of what best to accompany a morning coffee, nothing surpasses the ensaïmada. This traditional spiral shaped breakfast pastry ... |
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At the end of the road where impregnable mountains meet the sea less than 10 minutes west of Puerto Andratx, is San Telmo, Sant Elm in Catalan ... |
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Comments on Mallorca's Real Estate Market |
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Puerto Portals Marina, on the south coast of Mallorca and just west of Palma, was inaugurated in 1986 and is regarded Mallorca's most fashionable marina ... |
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The city of Palma is Mallorca’s centre of business, culture, and politics, but beyond the vibrancy and modernism ... |
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A trip to Bangkok over New Year, travels for the best sales persons: First Mallorca increases its volume in sales. |
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An interview with Robert Maunder - Managing Director of First Mallorca |
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Hidden delights of San Telmo - Mallorca
 At the end of the road where impregnable mountains meet the sea less than 10 minutes west of Puerto Andratx, is San Telmo, Sant Elm in Catalan.
This small fishing village, facing south and west, is protected by a small islet a few hundred metres off shore and the larger island of La Dragonera. The wild but magnificent Dragonera, a location of stunning summer sunsets and rare creatures, was declared a nature reserve in 1985.
 The charm of this pleasantly simple village are the fishermen's houses built directly at the sea's edge, many acting as a break between the Mediterranean Sea and this westerly most corner of Mallorca. Today the livelihood of the resident villagers is based on the sea and its harvest as much as the income from tourist revenue on a small scale from the limited hotel and apartment accommodation available. San Telmo is famed for its fish & paella restaurants and during the summer weekends yachts from around the south west coast can be seen anchored just off shore whilst owners and friends enjoy a land based meal. Small wooden built boats anchored in the sanctuary of the small island and those pulled up slipways are proof of a living fishing village. Here you find fishermen putting to sea with baited 'long lines', fish hooks, lobster pots and as evening darkens, oil lamps to attract during darkness the popular squid.
 During summer boats bring visitors from Puerto Andratx and Santa Ponsa to spend a few hours in San Telmo others will step ashore for refreshments from excursion boats visiting La Dragonera. San Telmo has a delightful sandy beach and close-by beach view cafés. For those wanting the intimacy of seclusion there are small sandy coves whilst others might sunbath on one of many of the rock outcrops that reach out into the beautifully crystal clear water of this part of the undisturbed Mediterranean. Waterfront homes seldom come on the market and those owning such gems, whether in need of modernisation or not, must bear the gaze of envy from those promenading the pedestrian walks. Sant Telmo is a hidden treasure that buzzes in summer with happy locals and individual visitors alike and falls into a gentle November to Easter sleep.
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