Andratx: Sant Elm - la Dragonera Natural Park
La Dragonera Natural Park combines an uninhabited island wilderness with Mallorca’s settled southwest coast in a way that reflects its maritime position. Off Mallorca’s western edge, La Dragonera is a long, rocky island separated from Sant Elm by a narrow Mediterranean channel. The protected area includes the main island and smaller islets, including Pantaleu, with dry slopes and coastal cliffs that support native vegetation and seabirds. Sant Elm is a small seaside settlement in the municipality of Andratx. Inland, the Serra de Tramuntana forms Mallorca’s mountainous spine; its cultural landscape was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2011. Island, sea passage and rugged coast define this Balearic corner.
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Andratx is best known within Mallorca for CCA Andratx, a contemporary art centre on the town’s outskirts. Set at the southwestern foot of the Serra de Tramuntana, this inland town is the administrative centre of a municipality that extends to Port d’Andratx and the coast opposite Sa Dragonera, an uninhabited island protected as a natural park. The parish church of Santa Maria d’Andratx anchors the older centre, where narrow streets retain the compact form of a Mallorcan market town. The nearby Tramuntana range is a UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape, shaped by terracing and dry-stone work. Browse other webcams across Mallorca and the Balearic Islands to place Andratx in a wider geographic context.
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