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A family on the north coast: rock pools at Cala Xarraca, pasta by eight. Four friends in Playa d'en Bossa who don't see daylight until Thursday. Same island, nowhere near the same trip. Every story on TravelPen is sorted by place and reason, so you get the version that fits the trip you're actually taking.
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Same island. Why are you going?
One island. Four reasons. Four completely different trips.
Two parents, two kids, one hire car
The day, roughly
Rough cost
≈ £2,300 for four, one week
Where they stayed
Villa with a pool near Sant Joan. Hire car essential
Four of us, one apartment, no daylight
The day, roughly
Rough cost
≈ £1,400 each, six nights
Where they stayed
Apartment in Playa d'en Bossa, walkable home at 6am
One person, a finca, and a phone left indoors
The day, roughly
Rough cost
≈ £1,100, seven nights
Where they stayed
Finca in the hills near Sant Llorenç, almost off-grid
Two of us, four nights inside the old walls
The day, roughly
Rough cost
≈ £980 for two, four nights
Where they stayed
Small hotel inside the walls of Dalt Vila
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Guides
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