Palma de Mallorca

Spain

Sun-kissed Palma de Mallorca on the Balearic island Mallorca (Majorca) is simply a Mediterranean hot spot of fabulously aged culture decked in wondrous medieval alleys dating back to the 13^thcentury, including the island landmark La Seu Cathedral, which dominates the seafront and took more than 400 years to build – completed in 1601. Add to this a plethora of smart galleries, museums, artisan boutiques, busy marina, vibrant nightlife and famed foodie haunts, and you begin to sense why Palma is loved by both the jet setters and culture junkies alike.

Moorish, Roman and Franciscan architecture weave a spectacular diadem of historic sites. Narrow alleys in honeyed stone, tiled courtyards, aristocratic mansions and baroque splendour throughout old-town Palma make this Spanish Balearic island both original and bohemian. Just 15 minutes from Mallorca’s international airport, Palma makes for a perfect urban pit- stop in combo with longer stays on the coast or in lovely slow-lane living of Pollença and the nearby Tramuntana mountains. Surf, turf & urban chill, this is Palma de Mallorca.

White concrete façade of the Taller Sert in Palma with red and yellow painted woodwork beneath its vaulted roof | The Aficionados

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Step into Artist Joan Miró’s Mallorca Studio

A modernist taller built by post from exile, a farmhouse covered in charcoal figures, and the Palma hillside where Joan Miró made a third of his work.

Sant Francesc Hotel's neoclassical stone facade on the plaza, with the friar statue of the basilica in the foreground, Palma | The Aficionados

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Across The Square From Llull

An 1860 Palma mansion turned boutique hotel, Sant Francesc pairs commissioned Mallorcan art, Lissoni and Hayón interiors and chefs Albaladejo and Forteza's Quadrat, minutes from La Seu.