Artà suits couples and families wanting a town base in north-east Mallorca, with a Tuesday market and the Sant Salvador sanctuary. Most homes here have a private pool and sleep around six. Palma city is about an hour away by car, and the beaches mean a drive.
Artà is a town of about 8,600 people in the north-east of Mallorca, around 60 km from Palma, and the Massís d'Artà hills cover more than half of the municipality. At the top of the town the pilgrimage church of Sant Salvador stands inside a fortress wall with nine towers, reached by a Calvary staircase of 180 steps, and the streets below are steep and narrow. Every Tuesday a street market fills the Plaça del Conqueridor. The homes are scattered across the area around the town, and most have a private pool and a garden. Evenings are low-key.
A protected natural park in the north of the Artà municipality.
A dripstone cave in the neighbouring municipality of Capdepera, on the east coast.
A prehistoric Talaiotic settlement, one of the archaeological sites around Artà.
A hermitage in the hills, about 9 km north-west of the town.
Fly into Palma de Mallorca Airport. From Palma city, Artà is about 60 km and around an hour by car. You need a car for the coast, the sights and the countryside homes.
Yes, a street market runs every Tuesday on the Plaça del Conqueridor, except on public holidays. There is also a handicrafts market on Tuesday mornings in the grounds of Villa Na Batlessa.
It is a pilgrimage church at the top of the town, enclosed by a fortress wall with nine towers. A Calvary staircase of 180 steps leads up to it.
The municipality has about 25 km of coast, facing Menorca and bordered by the Bay of Alcúdia, with beaches including S'Arenal de sa Canova, Cala Torta and Cala Mitjana. Plan on driving to them.
It does. Ses Païsses is a Talaiotic settlement, and another, Sa Canova, lies near Colònia de Sant Pere, which also belongs to the municipality of Artà.
Written by the TrustedVillas team. Last reviewed October 2026.
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