Manacor Mallorca

Porto Cristo comes under the Manacor Municipal ...

Manacor is located 50 Km from Palma de Mallorca, and with a surface area of 260.22 km2 and 30,000 inhabitants, it is one of the largest municipalities on Mallorca. It is the county administrative centre and is home to different public bodies which serve the region, such as the Inland Revenue office. It also serves as a commercial centre for all the surrounding villages. Manacor is famous for its artificial pearl industry. The first factory was set up in 1902 by Eduard Frederic Hug Heusch, a German industrialist, and in 1952 this factory introduced a new pearl called Majorica, which was of a much higher quality than the rest. Every day hundreds of tourists go on organised visits to see how the pearls are produced.

Manacor has everything needed from Es Brico ( B Q equivalent )  to Large Supermarkets shopping Centre etc,etc... Manacor has Industrial estates with all key main car dealers located .. As well as Builders merchants and everything expected in a larger Town .

It takes 15 minutes approx to drive by car from Porto Cristo to Manacor Centre, Public Bus services also run Hourly and under in the summer Tourist months..