Four hours across the Bay of Palma on a catamaran capped at twelve, leaving from a marina you can walk to from the old town. Tapas are made on board, the water toys come with the fare, and the deck stays flat.
Two hulls instead of one, so the deck stays close to level under sail. If somebody in your party is nervous about the motion, this is the shape of boat that answers it.
Twelve guests, a skipper and a host. Reviewers keep using the same phrase about it — that the boat never felt crowded.
Fresh tapas rather than a snack bag, plus a welcome drink and water. The paid bar beyond that is optional, and yours to ignore.
SUP, floats and snorkelling gear all come with the fare, along with the fuel surcharge, taxes and insurance.
La Lonja Marina sits on the Muelle de la Lonja, a few minutes from Palma's old town and a short ride from the cruise berth. No hire car needed.
You meet the skipper and host at the marina gate fifteen minutes before the start, and they walk you in. The catamaran clears the Muelle de la Lonja and turns along the bay, with Palma's cathedral standing over the seafront behind you for the first stretch. Somewhere out in the bay it anchors, and that is when the gear comes out: the paddleboard goes over the side, the snorkelling masks are handed round and the swimming stop begins.
The tapas are made on board while you are in the water, and the welcome drink is poured when you get back on deck. Then it is the return leg, at whatever pace the wind allows. Four hours, one anchorage, no rush.
The fare covers a welcome drink, freshly made tapas and water. It does not cover the bar: cocktails, spirits and juices are sold separately on board, and that is worth knowing before somebody orders a round assuming otherwise. You also may not bring your own food or drink aboard, and smoking is not allowed anywhere on the boat. Those are the operator's rules and they are enforced.
Meet the skipper and host at the marina gate, fifteen minutes before your start time. The marina is on the Muelle de la Lonja in the middle of Palma; the operator publishes a map link and two parking options, and the walk from the old town is short enough that most people do not drive at all.
One thing catches people out. After you book, you are asked to send passport details. That is a boat-registration requirement under Spanish maritime rules, applied to the vessel rather than invented by the operator, and the sailing needs it. Send them when the message arrives and it is a two-minute job.
You want a polished day on the water with food included, you are travelling as a couple or with people you already know, and you would rather not hire a car to get to a marina. Twelve guests is small enough that the crew learn your names and large enough that the boat has a proper host as well as a skipper.
If you are travelling alone and you want the day to keep moving, this is not the one. The boat anchors in one spot and stays there, which is fine in company and long on your own — two travellers make exactly that point in their reviews. If that is you, the Cala Figuera coves trip is under way almost the whole time and costs half as much, and the jet boat out of Magaluf never stops at all. If you want a full lunch rather than tapas, the five-hour catamaran cruise out of the Port of Palma serves a barbecue buffet.
And if the wind has turned and you would rather be inland than afloat, the day trips into Valldemossa, Deià and Sóller run whatever the sea is doing. If it is the south-east coves you actually want, those leave from Cala Figuera rather than Palma — about fifty minutes away, and the map shows the drive.
At the marina gate, not the boat. The crew walk you in from there.
Requested after booking, and required for the sailing. Do it when the message arrives.
The welcome drink is included; cocktails and spirits are not.
Own food and drink are not allowed aboard, and neither is smoking.
There is one anchorage and you will want to be in the water for it.
Boarding is from the pontoon, and the listing is explicit about it.
★★★★★
The boat never felt crowded, which is the thing we had worried about. Bryan and Milady explained everything, and Milady took photographs so the two of us could actually sit and enjoy it. The tapas came out fresh rather than pre-packed.
Norma F. · couple · September 2026
★★★☆☆
Friendly staff and a comfortable boat, but we anchored in one spot and stayed there. If you are travelling with people you already know that is fine. On my own it was a long stretch in one bay, and I would have liked more of the coast.
Sasha S. · solo · August 2026
★★★☆☆
It was fine, and not much more than that for the price. One stop rather than two, the food went quickly, and drinks beyond the welcome one are charged. The one real plus was how few people were on board.
Samantha R. · traveller · August 2026
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