Towns and villages

Mallorca's towns off the beaten track

46 towns that mass tourism and the guidebooks have passed by, yet with plenty going on, ranked by our own measurement: calm, absence from 10 guidebook lists and local life.

Updated 30/10/2026Sources 2

By our measurement, Mallorca's least obvious towns are: Santanyí, sa Pobla, Felanitx.Our own measurement of 53 municipalities (OSM, our records, 10 guidebook lists), 2026-10-29. Permalink: https://mallorcaday.com/en/towns/off-the-beaten-track/#cytat

#	Town	Population	Calm	Overlooked	Score
1	Santanyí	13,067	78	100	78
2	sa Pobla	14,990	91	100	74
3	Felanitx	19,146	96	100	73
4	Muro	8,398	87	100	73
5	Sant Joan	2,336	100	100	69
6	Campos	12,485	80	100	68
7	Santa Margalida	14,056	85	100	68
8	Sencelles	3,973	83	100	68
9	Andratx	12,195	83	100	67
10	Bunyola	7,642	76	100	63
11	Lloseta	6,463	72	100	63
12	Vilafranca de Bonany	3,929	83	100	63
13	Algaida	6,357	61	100	62
14	Binissalem	9,350	74	86	60
15	Santa Maria del Camí	7,744	59	100	60
16	Alaró	6,121	35	100	59
17	Porreres	5,892	70	100	59
18	Santa Eugènia	1,902	67	100	59
19	Artà	8,629	63	57	57
20	Consell	4,521	43	100	57
21	Selva	4,326	30	100	57
22	ses Salines	5,248	50	100	57
23	Llubí	2,589	57	100	56
24	Petra	3,231	52	100	56
25	Mancor de la Vall	1,692	33	100	53
26	Puigpunyent	2,049	48	100	53
27	Sant Llorenç des Cardassar	9,231	54	100	53
28	Capdepera	13,135	17	100	52
29	Maria de la Salut	2,461	39	100	52
30	Campanet	2,859	28	100	51
31	Montuïri	3,289	37	100	51
32	Búger	1,215	26	100	50
33	Esporles	5,264	41	100	50
34	Sineu	4,537	46	71	49
35	Escorca	199	4	100	47
36	Lloret de Vistalegre	1,691	33	100	47
37	Pollença (Pollensa)	17,807	65	29	47
38	Ariany	1,072	13	100	43
39	Banyalbufar	573	7	100	43
40	Son Servera	12,417	15	100	43
41	Costitx	1,591	20	100	42
42	Estellencs	369	2	100	42
43	Fornalutx	743	0	71	33
44	Deià	741	9	43	29
45	Sóller	13,882	24	0	27
46	Valldemossa	2,038	11	14	23

Not ranked (the most touristy): Inca, Llucmajor, Manacor, Marratxí, Calvià, Alcúdia.

Questions and answers

Which towns in Mallorca are off the beaten track?

Top of our measurement: Santanyí, sa Pobla, Felanitx, Muro, Sant Joan. Places that mass tourism and the guidebooks have passed by, yet with plenty going on.

How do we measure it?

Three groups of measures, each as a rank among 53 municipalities: calm (few beds per resident), absence from 10 guidebook lists, and local life (food, monuments, events, markets).

Sources

OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
INE

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