Ábaco
A Baroque palace filled with fruit, flowers and opera — the least minimal bar in Spain.
Documented
Destinations · Spain · Palma de Mallorca
Palma de Mallorca
A Gothic cathedral on the waterfront, and an airport that moves 33 million people.
Palma is the Balearic capital and a rare case of a mass-tourism gateway that is also a genuinely good city: La Seu cathedral on the seafront, a Miró foundation, and a historic centre that survives its own airport. Tourism accounts for roughly 45% of the islands’ economy.
33.3 million passengers through Palma airport2024
Worth the trip in Palma de Mallorca
- La Seu cathedral
- Royal Palace of La Almudaina
- Bellver Castle
- The historic centre and La Lonja
- Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation
- Passeig Marítim
- Parc de la Mar
- Best months
- April–June and September–October
- Places listed
- 16
Places in Palma de Mallorca
Bar Bosch
The corner where Palma agrees to meet — and the llonguet that goes with it.
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Brassclub
A ceiling of glass bottles and a seasonal list — the island's technical bar.
Documented
Can Bordoy Grand House & Garden
A sixteenth-century house with the largest private garden in the old town.
Documented
Can Joan de S'Aigo
Ensaïmada, thick chocolate and almond ice cream under crystal chandeliers.
Documented
Castell de Bellver
A circular Gothic castle in a pine wood, with the whole bay — and your ship — laid out below.
Tue–Sat 10:00–19:00 in summer · Sundays and holidays 10:00–15:00 · closed MondaysDocumented
Catedral de Mallorca (La Seu)
Mediterranean Gothic on the sea wall — with Gaudí over the altar and Barceló in a side chapel.
April–November Mon–Fri 10:00–17:15, Sat 10:00–14:15 · December–March Mon–Sat 10:00–15:15Documented
Celler Sa Premsa
Giant oak barrels, paper tablecloths, and Mallorcan cooking that ignores fashion.
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Fornet de la Soca
Recipes recovered from old notebooks — a bakery run as culinary archaeology.
Documented
Hotel Cort
On the square with the thousand-year-old olive tree — the compass point of the centre.
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La Rosa Vermutería
Tiles, tinned fish and a house vermouth on siphon — midday ritual restored.
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Marc Fosh
A seventeenth-century convent, and the island's reference kitchen inside it.
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Mercat de l'Olivar
The mother market: Balearic fish, farm sobrassada, and oyster counters between the stalls.
Mon–Fri 07:00–14:30 · Sat to 15:00 · closed SundaysDocumented
Palau Reial de l'Almudaina
A Moorish alcázar turned royal palace, sharing a wall with the cathedral.
Tue–Sun 10:00–19:00 in summer · closed MondaysDocumented
Sant Francesc Hotel Singular
An 1860 mansion on the quietest square in the old town, with the cathedral from the roof.
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The Casco Antic and its patios
The Gothic maze behind the cathedral, and sixty private courtyards left half-open.
In verification
Sources
- visitpalma.comEditorial
- walktuk.comBest months
- portsdebalears.comScale
Last checked 2026-08-27