Lineker's Bar Magaluf — Iconic Sports Bar Right on the Strip
When the terrace music winds down at midnight along Punta Ballena and the resident DJs take over, Lineker's hits its stride. The sports bar on the island's most famous party strip is no ordinary holiday dive — it carries a genuine brand story: Wayne Lineker, entrepreneur and younger brother of English football icon Gary Lineker, started building his empire in 1988 with his first bar in Tenerife, a formula of beer, big screens and British holiday spirit that now spans the Spanish mainland, Mallorca and Ibiza.
The Magaluf venue sits on or directly beside the strip — with a rear opening toward Magaluf beach, giving it a standout position among all the neon-lit bars. Out front: the rowdy strip with fast-food stalls and lads'-holiday groups rolling in. Out back: the sound of the sea. Few bars on the strip can say that.
Beer, Sport and Community
The beating heart of Lineker's is its big screens. Multiple flat-screens and giant screens cover every corner so no seat has a bad view — which matters when a penalty drops in the 90th minute. Football leads the bill naturally, joined by cricket, boxing and other British sporting favourites. For anyone wanting to catch a major tournament — a Premier League clash or a World Cup last-sixteen tie — this delivers a proper crowd atmosphere rather than a lonely hotel room.
The drinks are exactly what the strip drinks: cold beer, shots on the house (group deals and stag-night packages included), cheap cocktail-jug rounds, no-nonsense long drinks. No champagne theatrics, no elaborate cocktail programme — that's intentional. Lineker's is committed to honest partying: loud, cheerful, open to everyone. For those who get hungry, there's a solid pub-grub menu covering breakfasts, sandwiches and chicken dishes.
Worth singling out is the shisha corner: multiple guides pick out Lineker's as one of the best shisha spots on the entire strip — a detail that lifts it above the purely beer-driven crowd and draws a slightly broader audience.
The Vibe — Sports Bar by Day, Party Den by Night
Lineker's operates at two tempos. During the day the mood is a more relaxed pub atmosphere: holidaymakers lingering over a breakfast beer, the TV running the afternoon match, the terrace filling up at an easy pace. Come evening, the tempo shifts. The bass goes up, the DJ steps in, and the sports bar becomes one of the loudest party stages on the strip. Stag groups pile in, hen parties pile on the next round, and the energy builds into the small hours.
Karaoke is a fixture — anyone brave enough to grab the mic gets a roar from a room full of cheerfully lit Brits. The crowd is mostly young, mostly British, but not exclusively: the strip draws Irish, German and Scandinavian party tourists too, and Lineker's reflects that mix.
Location: Heart of the Strip
Carrer Contralmirante / Contralmirall (Ferragut / Pou) 2 — the exact address varies slightly depending on the source, but the location is unmistakable: right in the thick of Punta Ballena, Magaluf's nerve centre. Mulligans, Stereo, Alex's, Coco Bongos, JD and Tiger Tiger are neighbours. BCM, Bananas and Tokio Joe's — the big clubs running into the early hours — are within walking distance. That makes Lineker's a natural starting point for the night: a beer or two over a match, build the mood, then hit the strip.
Magaluf itself sits within the municipality of Calvià, roughly 30 to 40 minutes from Palma airport, tucked between Palma Nova to the north and Calvià Beach to the south. The main season runs April to September, with absolute peak season from June to August. Anyone arriving outside those months will find a quiet strip — like virtually all strip bars, Lineker's is a seasonal operation.
