Tourist information - Alcudia
Alcudia, located over a neck of land separating two large, sheltered bays, the site's strategic value was first recognized by the Phoenicians, and then by the Romans, who built their island capital, Pollentia, here in the first century AD, atop the earlier settlement. In 426, the place was destroyed by the Vandals and lay neglected until the Moors constructed a fortress within 800, naming it Al Kudia (On the Hill). As soon as the Reconquest, Alcudia grown as a principal trading centre, a role it performed well in the 19th century, when the town slipped into a long and gentle decline - until tourism refloated its economy.
It only takes an hour or so to walk throughout the antique lanes of Alcudia's centre, and also to discover the town walls as well as their fortified gates.
Buses to Alcudia halt near the town walls on Plaça Carles V; there isn't any tourist office. For refreshment, there are lots of good cafes
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