Platja de Formentor (Formentor beach) draws the attention of everyone who passes just 10 kilometres from Pollença port. As a result of its white sand beach, crystal-clear water and green pines, the Blue Flag has been flying there for many years in line with the quality of its water. With its 1-kilometre-long and only 12-metre-wide stretch, it is probably the most popular beach in the bathing areas in Formentor. This is partly due to the iconic Hotel Formentor, opened in 1930 at one end of the beach and which has been visited by famous personalities such as Charlie Chaplin, Winston Churchill and Scott Fitzgerald. It has also held top-level literary encounters since 1959, when Spanish writer Camilo José Cela began the then-called Conversaciones poéticas de Formentor (Poetic conversations in Formentor).
