It is a town with a long tradition, with a defined identity and a heritage built throughout the centuries. The several changes this town has suffered along the years evidences it. It began being called San Felipe, later, during the English domination it was called Georgetown and during the Spanish reconquest by Carlos III, Real Vila de San Carlos o Villacarlos, until modern times named Es Castell.
Es Castell today is: an open town, dynamic, modern, attractive, full of history and interesting places, a meeting point besides a town where to live.