Portinatx sits alone at the top of the island, separated from the rest by a range of mountains.
It is one of the most beautiful coves on the island and a natural harbour, being horse-shoe shaped with beaches of fine white sand encircled by pine woods - quite pretty then?
Until the road over the mountains was completed it was almost impossible to reach in bad weather, except by sea. Similarly, when the weather was bad it was also the only safe haven for boats on the entire rugged northern coast.
Nowadays this isolated little refuge from the occasional Mediterranean storm is a flourishing summer family tourist resort.
Printer Friendly Page
