Playa de Muro

Located in the town of Muro, Playa de Muro – also called Playa de Muro Beach, Platja de Muro, and Muro Beach – is a popular six-kilometers-long curve-shaped beach with white sand, multiple piers, and a nearby breakwater.  This beach is composed of four smaller beaches – these beaches are known as Sector 1, Sector 2, Es Comu (which is also known as Sector 3), and Ses Casetes des Capellans (which is also known as Sector 4 and Es Capellans).  Sector 1 is the northernmost part of this beach, while Ses Casetes des Capellans is the beach’s southernmost part.  The middle portion of Playa de Muro is part of a nature reserve named S’Albufera Natural Park.  Playa De Muro has been awarded a Blue Flag for its cleanliness.  This beach has been listed as one of the 25 best beaches in Europe by TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice awards in 2024.  In addition, it also has been listed as one of the best European beaches by Business Insider.

Es Comu – which is a part of Playa de Muro – is sometimes used as a nudist beach. 

Playa de Muro has lifeguards on a seasonal basis, usually in July and August.  In addition to lifeguards, the beach and the area near it have many other amenities including restrooms, showers, concession stands, rental facilities for watersports equipment, sunloungers, and beach chairs, benches, volleyball courts, playgrounds, changing rooms, hiking trails, and a nearby boardwalk.  Please note that most of the amenities here can be found in the beach’s northern portion and its southernmost end. 

Dogs are allowed here between November 1 and February 28.

Playa de Muro offers many fun activities including sunbathing, beachcombing, fishing, swimming, picnicking, surfing, kitesurfing, windsurfing, bodysurfing, bodyboarding, volleyball, skimboarding, boating, jet-skiing, surf-skiing, water-skiing, parasailing, snorkeling, scuba diving, kayaking, canoeing, and wildlife watching.

This beach is ideal for beginner swimmers because the mostly shallow and clear water here usually has gentle waves – it sometimes offers good kitesurfing waves.  If you are planning to swim, kayak, or kitesurf here, we recommend being careful because the water here is known to have unpredictable rip currents and dangerous waves.  Sector 2 and Sector 3 of Playa de Muro are ideal for visitors looking for a quieter beach experience because this beach sees fewer visitors as compared to other nearby beaches.  The beach and the area around it host many fun events including a religious festival named Fiestas Des Capellans and a fair named Fira Nocturna.  If you like shopping, there are many interesting shopping stores near Playa de Muro.  

If you like hiking, there is a nature reserve near Es Comu.  This reserve is named S’Albufera Natural Park and it has wetlands, sand dunes, and pine tree groves.  You can explore this interesting reserve through hiking and biking trails.  In addition, this reserve is also a popular bird-watching site, and you can see many kinds of migratory and resident birds here.  

The northern part of Playa de Muro offers wheelchair-friendly boardwalks for visitors with disabilities – these boardwalks are mostly located near Playa de Muro’s Sector 1 and Sector 2 and near Ses Casetes des Capellans.  

Getting to Muro Beach, Carrer de la Ginesta, Alcudia is easy – this beach is easily accessible from a local highway named Ma-12.  You can easily follow the street signs around Ma-12 that offer directions to Playa de Muro.  There are free and paid street parking spaces near the beach.  In addition, there are also a few free parking lots near the beach that are located near Ma-12 – two of these lots are located near the intersection between Carrer Arenes and Carrer Dunes and near an upscale hotel named Valentin Playa de Muro.  In addition, another free parking lot is also located near the town of Muro’s southern end. 

We recommend visiting this beach early during the summer because it can get crowded during this time.

If you like taking pictures with beautiful views, Playa de Muro offers amazing Instagram-worthy views of the northwestern Mallorcan shoreline and the Mediterranean Sea.  In addition, the name of one of the beach’s parts – Ses Casetes des Capellans – means “little houses of the priests” in the local Catalan language.  This part received this name because the area here earlier had small houses for local priests.

There are many attractions near Playa de Muro within a 25-minute drive.  Torre Major is a historic tower that was built in the Medieval era and it was earlier used to ward off pirates.  Alcudia Water Park is a waterpark that offers many fun rides including waterslides and water-based playgrounds – it also has multiple restaurants.  Museo Sa Bassa Blanca is a museum that is set in a Hispano-Moorish-style building – it offers interesting artworks including a collection of vintage children’s portraits, artworks from foreign cultures, and contemporary art.  This museum has a sculpture park, a rose garden, and an observatory.  The ruins of the Roman city of Pollentia are another popular attraction – this city was built in 123 BC by a Roman consul, and currently, you can see the remnants of a residential area, a forum, and a theater.  If you are looking for another attraction near the beach, Port d'Alcudia is a nearby port town that offers interesting shopping stores and restaurants – this port town also offers many interesting activities, including parasailing, paragliding, paddle boarding, water-skiing, and jet-skiing.  This town also has a boardwalk and kids’ playgrounds.

If you get hungry, there are many great nearby Muro Beach restaurants.  Numa Beach is a Playa de Muro beach club Mallorca and it offers amazing Mediterranean-Asian fusion dishes including sushi, burgers, Thai dishes, pasta, and seafood – it also offers live DJ performances.  Fusion 19 is an upscale restaurant that offers delicious gourmet dishes with local, Latin American, and Asian influences – this restaurant has also been awarded a MICHELIN star.  Restaurante Boy is known for offering grilled meat dishes including Spanish-style grilled meat and seafood – it also offers pizzas, soups, salads, and burgers.  CA’N PESCADOR is known for serving excellent seafood and it also offers paellas, pastas, steaks, sandwiches, and salads.  If you are looking for another good and affordable nearby restaurant, Smith’s Alcudia offers amazing steaks, pork dishes, chicken dishes, burgers, pizzas, and refreshing cocktails.

If you are looking for a hotel near Muro Beach Palma de Mallorca, there are many great nearby options.  The 5-Star Iberostar Selection Playa de Muro Village offers many amenities including multiple bars, multiple restaurants, a kids’ camp, a fitness center, a spa, a hot tub, a tennis court, and multiple pools.  The 4-Star Grupotel Los Príncipes & Spa is another upscale hotel that offers many amenities, including multiple pools, a spa, a gym, a solarium, a mini-golf area, a playground, a cycling center, a bike rental service, a bar, and multiple restaurants.  Another upscale hotel is the 4-Star Hotel Condesa, which offers many amenities, including multiple pools, a water-based kids’ play area, live entertainment, a gym, multiple restaurants, multiple bars, and a snack bar.  A more affordable hotel is the 3-Star Hotel Ivory Playa which offers many amenities including bike rental facilities, a gym, a spa, multiple pools, a garden, and a restaurant.  If you are looking for another good and affordable nearby hotel, the 3-Star Grupotel Amapola offers many amenities including a mini-golf area, bike rental facilities, a pool, a tennis court, a solarium, a bar, and a restaurant.