Majorca (Mallorca) is one of Spain's Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean. It's known for beach resorts, sheltered coves, limestone mountains and Roman and Moorish remains. The capital city of Palma has plenty of nightlife, and is home of the Moorish Almudaina royal palace and 13th-century Santa María Cathedral. The most popular resorts with the Irish holiday maker, tend to be Santa Ponsa, Palma Nova and Magaluf on the South Western coast, Porto Colom and Cala Ferrera on the South Eastern coast, and Puerto Pollensa and Alcudia in the North.