Many artists and celebrities have made Port de Pollença their home, or made short trips to the bay during their life. Famous painters such as the Argentinian Atilio Boveri and Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa lived in Port de Pollença and popularized the place. A number of Atilio Boveri's paintings can be seen at the Museum of Pollença. Famous writers such as Ruben Darío visited the place in the early 1900s and wrote a number of poems while on the island. Recently, the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa stayed at the Hotel Formentor. Hotel Formentor is also the backdrop to Màxim Huerta's 2018 novel, "Firmamento". Agatha Christie visited the town in the early 20th century and stayed at a hotel in the Pine Walk area, which she describes in her book Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories:  "... a small hotel standing on the edge of the sea looking out over a view that in the misty haze of a fine morning had the exquisite vagueness of a Japanese print."