The best things to do in Alcudia for families

A beach day is the perfect family-friendly activity while on holiday. Everyone can enjoy their own space – building sandcastles, playing beach games, swimming or just relaxing with your other half in the sunshine – while still making fantastic memories as a family. Alcúdia beach couldn’t be dreamier. It’s around ten kilometres of pristine, white sand with a shallow, sandy-bottomed sea and with plenty of facilities along the beach. It’s especially popular because of its Blue Flag rating and lifeguards.

You can rent shade and loungers, and pop over to the restaurants, hotels, or chiringuitos located behind the beach. If you aren’t staying at a beach-front hotel, many of the venues do day passes, so you can use the pool, showers and hotel bar and restaurants for a day. Find your perfect spot on the extensive beach by driving down the Ma-12 beach road and exploring the full length. Discover the stunning beauty of Majorca! Don't miss our page on the best beaches in Majorca to find your perfect spot for sun, sand, and relaxation.

The Hidropark is one of the best things to do in Alcúdia for families. The multi-pool park is largely geared towards younger families, with dozens of colourful slides, activities and shallow splash zones perfect for smaller visitors. The dedicated tots areas include mini slides, model animals to play on and fun fountains.

Older kids and adults will enjoy the larger slides, the kamikaze drop, and the immensely exciting side-by-side race slides. There’s also a wave pool for all the family. You can pitch up for the day in one of the sunbathing zones or the shady green area and enjoy the meals, drinks, and ice creams from the small cafes dotted throughout the park.

Majorca is home to some pretty stunning geography, with miles of caves filled with marvellous stalagmites, stalactites, crystals and underground lakes; what could be more magical? It’s an educational and fun thing to do for families in Majorca, and there are plenty of options close by Alcudia. The closest option – just 22 minutes away – is Campanet Caves, a stunning inland complex of caverns dripping with stalactites. An audio-guide tour will lead you around a 500m, winding and paved route lasting approximately 40 minutes, and afterwards you can grab some drinks and lunch on the café terrace, shaded by bougainvillea.

The Caves of Drach, Hams’ Caves, both near Porto Cristo, and Caves of Arta are all around an hour’s drive. They all have equally impressive formations inside, and all have around the same size of accessible space to visit, so you can’t go wrong. You can enter Hams’ caves for €16/10 without a guide and enjoy them at your own pace, while at Arta Caves you’ll get a 40-minute tour for €12/8. Drach caves is also guide-led, taking in the impressive underground lake called the Sea of Venice. You can also catch stunning light shows here.

Nature-loving families staying in Alcúdia won’t want to miss the s’Albufereta nature reserve. It’s a protected bird reserve and wetlands area is interlaced with paths, cycle trails and observation platforms, where you can catch fantastic views of the sea and distant mountains, as well as the birds of course.

You might spot falcons, osprey, herons, cranes and many other birds, as well as semi-wild ponies and cows. It’s also a fantastic place for a family walk and picnic, where the kids can feel adventurous and explore on their own, without getting lost. It’s the ideal place to rent bikes as a family too, since there are no cars, it’s flat, and the atmosphere is peaceful.

Families visiting Alcúdia with older children or teenagers should take the opportunity to make some amazing memories and book some water-sports fun. On Alcudia main beach, you’ll find companies offer parasailing, jet-skiing, kayaking and banana boating. If you fancy something more sedate, you could also book a boat trip together, like a catamaran, glass-bottomed boat or sunset cruise from Port d’Alcudia.

Alcudia Sea Explorer offers tours of the marine nature reserve, Formentor beach and lighthouse, as well as sunrise and sunset tours, and dolphin-watching and NoFrills Excursions has boats of various sizes where you can see sunset, dolphins and more. Alternatively, Pollença Bay which is just 5km away, has ideal conditions for kitesurfing, windsurfing and SUP, and plenty of places to rent the gear and take a lesson.

Despite being at opposite ends of the island, it’s very easy to get between Palma de Majorca, the capital, and Alcudia. Either a 45-minute drive or just under an hour’s bus ride will land you in the heart of the pretty capital, ready to explore. You can visit the cathedral, the castle (Castell de Bellver) and wander the fascinating, tree-lined streets, or you can use the hop-on hop-off bus to get between sights, all while getting a great view in between.

You could also visit the aquarium or the S'Hort del Rei palace gardens – perfect for a break from the midday heat, and fascinating for kids to explore. Arty families should make a beeline for Es Baluard Modern Art Museum. It’s set in the old city walls, so has an element of history and has plenty of sculptures (indoors and outdoors) and pieces that are quirky enough for kids to enjoy too, and they get free entry. While here, enjoy a walk along beautiful walls, the unusual outdoor sculpture of an upside down church, and a small play park.

The nearby Parc de Sa Feixina is another shady spot for a break from the heat. For families with small children, there’s another play park just outside the cathedral and very good one just outside the centre at Carrer de Jesús, 29, 07010.

The Formentor peninsula is one of the most picturesque spots in Majorca and a place to make great family memories. A road trip along this fabulous cape is one of the top things to do as a family in Alcudia, particularly with older children, since it’s only a twenty-minute drive from Alcudia to the first exciting view point – Es Colomer. Here, you can take a fabulous picture together, admiring the rugged dragon’s back shape of the rocks, before you continue on the Ma-220 to Formentor beach for a swim and refreshment.

The road continues through the nature reserve past two more notable beaches; Cala Murta is accessible only after quite a walk through the woods, and Cala Figuera, which still feels adventurous, but should be easy to reach with older children. Your epic road trip is complete as you reach the lighthouse at the end of the cape and snap an unforgettable family photo.

Families can dip into the history of this beautiful area by visiting the ruined Roman city of Pollentia, located just beyond the Alcudia town walls. The ruins date back to 123 BC and includes a forum, amphitheatre and residential area and you can also visit the Museu Monogràfic in town to see many of the artefacts found and excavated at the historic site.

Kids will enjoy playing and imagining in the extensive ruins, while grown-ups will enjoy the information boards and appreciate the historical significance. It’s easily accessible on foot if you’re staying in Alcudia old town (where the bi-weekly market is), and a very short bus from Alcudia beach area. There’s also ample free parking at the site.

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