Cales de Mallorca, the main hotel and therefore tourist area of the municipality of Manacor, has been demanding urban planning reception for decades. Born in the 60s as a private promotion of apartments and hotels to meet the demand of the first sun and beach boom, it has since incorporated a stable population that, despite paying taxes and fees for municipal services, receives almost no maintenance in return.

If you haven't been numbed by yet another alarming and sensationalist headline, I think we can agree that the overall appearance of the beach is quite different from what we all have after a few decades, as can be seen in the attached photographs (we don't know history, and personal memory is very reputable). Unfortunately, this is not a phenomenon exclusive to Portocristo, and many coves in our area are already suffering the effects of coastal regression to a greater or lesser extent. As with the vast majority of phenomena, this situation is not due to a single cause; multiple factors influence, interact, and magnify it.