Destinations · Spain · Palma de Mallorca
The Casco Antic and its patios
The Gothic maze behind the cathedral, and sixty private courtyards left half-open.
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Behind the cathedral, Palma keeps a medieval street plan of narrow lanes, and the architectural signature of the city hides inside it: more than sixty patis, the courtyards that mediate between the street and the houses of the old merchant nobility.
Most of the houses are private, but the iron gates are usually left ajar — enough for stone staircases, Renaissance columns and interior gardens. Can Oleza, Can Vivot and Can Bordoy are the ones people cross town for. Admission arrangements for the Arab Baths within the quarter publish once the operator’s own source is verified.