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Jardins d’Alfàbia
Jardins d’Alfàbia A legacy of the Moorish talent for landscaping and irrigation, the Jardins d’Alfàbia were probably designed by Benhabet, a 13th-century Muslim governor of Inca. The pleasures of...
Budget Tips
Budget Tips 1 Off-Season Bargains Coming out of season is by far the best way to make your holiday money go further in Mallorca. Prices plummet as the throngs of July and August become only a faint...
Alcúdia
At the base of a peninsula, this delightful walled town was originally a Phoenician settlement and the capital of the island under the Romans. It was later destroyed by the Vandals, then rebuilt by...
Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró
The artist Joan Miró lived and worked on Cala Major for 40 years. After his death in 1983, his wife converted the house and former studio into an art centre. This modern edifice, nicknamed the...
Palau de l’Almudaina
1 Function of the Palace Standing directly opposite Sa Seu, in an equally prominent position that actually obscures the cathedral’s main façade from all but close-up view, this ancient palace adds a...
Valldemossa
This small, picturesque town in the mountains is arguably where Mallorcan tourism began one cold winter in 1838, when the composer Frédéric Chopin and his lover, the female writer George Sand,...
Getting to Mallorca
Getting to Mallorca 1 By Air from the Mainland Scheduled flights and charters connect with all major Spanish and European cities. Visitors from the US will have to make the connection somewhere in...
Monestir de Nostra Senyora de Lluc
The monastery at Lluc is the spiritual centre of Mallorca and has been a place of pilgrimage for over 800 years. The main point of interest is the little statue of the Virgin (La Moreneta), which,...
Sa Seu: Palma Cathedral
Sa Seu: Palma Cathedral The 14th-century cathedral is an imposing pile, with its Gothic buttresses, finials and bosses softly glowing in the sun. Legend has it that King Jaume I ordered it built in...