This was the fish chips house from the 13th century and it's still with the bishop stays today…read more The palace dates back to the 13th century. The museum is located in the mansion popularly known as "Casa de la Gran Cristiana". In 2015, a section opened as a museum. It is housed in a segment of the city wall in Palma de Mallorca is the ES Baluard museum. There are exhibition rooms on 3 floors where we admired contemporary art. A highlight is the impressive light installation entitled "Light caught in the belly of the whale".

An interesting find, this decently sized museum is not more than a block or two from the famous…read moreCatedral and is well worth a visit. It includes items dating from the time of the Catalan conquest of 1229 and goes through the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. The museum is on three floors with collections that show the history of Palma and Mallorca, displaying archaeological artifacts, fine arts and a large number of Gothic panels. The museum has works by Francesc Comes and Joan Rosat (Gothic painters), as well as the Spanish-Flemish artists Pere Terrencs and Baltasar Buira, and the Renaissance artist Mateu López , all active in Mallorca. Most of the exhibits had captions and explanations in English, Catalan and Spanish.

Es Baluard is the former armory that has since been converted to Palma's contemporary art museum. I…read morestopped by in the evening and had a lovely time exploring the building and enjoying the artworks. On this particular evening, admission was "you decide" which I thought was a nice concept and I put several Euros into the collection box. The museum was established in 2003 and the permanent collection is based on 400 works that were ceded by the chairman of the foundation. There are also a number of temporary exhibits that tour. The building itself is a former 17th century military fortress and is part of the remaining old city walls that once surrounded all of Palma. It's a very interesting building in the way it incorporates the walls and at the same time allows patrons to take ramps up and down including to the roof level. Lots of Joan Miró but also Léger, Dali and a Mapplethorpe. A unique audio exhibit in the elevator, which is recorded sound. Of the elevator! In many cases, "contemporary art" goes right over my head. Not so much today at Es Baluard. Well worth your time to soak up some culture.

With all of our day-tripping practically all around Mallorca eating Paella, grilled seafood, Almond…read morecake and sightseeing, my husband and I included this Sóller olive oil tour to explore the unknown of 'how olives get to the olive oil stage', learn about the olive oil making process and to taste them. For whatever reason when I called, Tomaeu (Bartomeau) asked if I can reach him on WhatsApp instead ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. In any case, I reserved over the phone. Do know, unlike other olive oil tours where you reserve AND pay online, you pay the €20 when you're here. Tafona de Can Det's bread and butter is their 400 yr legacy producing olive oil, but there's and orange grove and almonds. The tour is broken into segments starting with a brief gathering about the arbor's significance in the terrace. We gradually moved into the family greeting room and briefed on the cool temperature of the space. He explained access to his own water well across the street- yet the public can also drink and use the water(?). The tour also included a visit to the cellar and the production line. Do know that since olives are in their growth stage during the summer, there's no way anyone would be able to tour the grove- because the main event and harvest happens between Oct-Jan. The only thing we went by was a video on Can Det's olive picking by hand, olives being pressed, etc. Still informative though. Light meal consisting of Mallorquin bread, their own fresh squeezed oj using oranges from their grove, their own pressed olive oils for dunking and homemade almond cake using their on-site almonds, followed. The entire tour is supposed to be an hour- but it went past a bit- which wasn't a problem. This was a wonderful piece of history. Tomaeu and his assistant(?) Ana were super pleasant and informative. We saw, tasted, smelled, touched, heard and bought some oil I've oil to bring home.

It looks small and maybe not very exciting. Stay more than 15 minutes and you'll be in love…read more From the road it looks like a small garden, vaguely going downhill, something possibly converted from an old house nobody could afford any more - and there are no glasshouses. Something happens as you start walking about, getting lost in the nonchalant paths that are at the same time deep labyrinths and simply logical: there is an inherent charm to these gardens that makes you want to stay and take your time. If you're used to botanic gardens, you'll find plants sorted according to the 'normal' categories: wet, dry, sunny, exotic, etc. Yet for once the distinction between each of them is done so sweetly that the garden moves away from being a simple catalog, to becoming a place where you're simply enjoying yourself. Other visitors seem to be on the same wavelength and everybody moves about as if in a dream. How long will it take you to realise that it's the same water trickling down from the top terrace to the one at the bottom? If it's springtime, how long can you resist before you stick your nose into one of those orange trees in full blossom? How guilty will you feel when you snatch that plump, ripe mandarin from that tree when nobody is watching, and want to cry when you compare with what you've been eating so far? The garden may be small, and far away, but spend an hour there and it feels like you've spent a week-end at someone's place who is going to be your friend forever. It's quite easy to find, specially if you took the old wooden train from Palma: right out of the station as you head towards the city square, turn left into the first street marked with a one-way sign, going against the traffic (Carrer d'Isabel II). Walk for five minutes until you get to the church then turn right into Cami de son Pons - a small street that soon joins up with a bigger road. Keep walking for three minutes and you'll find the garden on the right handside.

Small modern art collection. Painting and sculpture…read more Nice, but only two small floors. Beautiful domed stairway. Gift shop. Free! Don't try the "take the elevator to the top floor and walk down the stairs" plan. Top floors seem to be work areas.

Down a shopping street, the museum is free and offers an excellent selection of artwork and…read moresculpture ranging from Picasso, Dali and Miro to other less famous artists. Over three floors, it's a great break from the main streets.

Amazing spot! It's a stone/pebble beach which takes a bit of patience to get to. But once you do…read moreit's so worth it. The drive is amazing, but for the insecure driver it could be scary. Once you arrive there it's a paid parking with a lot of spaces, and to get to the biggest beach, torrent service Paris is a shorter walk through another beach, restaurants and through some cliffs (so cool!). The view is amazing, great snorkeling. You can cliff jump up to 9m if you can climb a bit. It's adventurous, beautiful and a picture perfect place for the adventurous. Not great if you just want to lay down tanning for a day. You need to swim here. The beach is very small and crowded, but there is a lot of space in the area close to the water.

Free museum with a workshop, posters, huge oyster shells ending in an expensive gift shop much…read morelarger than the museum.

Mallorca is famous for pearls and so here's this Pearl Museum that has a number of interesting…read moredisplays dedicated to the pearl industry. Among the exhibits are pictures of famous people wearing pearls, a bunch of pearl jewelry and even what looks like a pearl jeweler's workstation complete with machinery, tools and pearls. A looped video showing how pearls are grown and harvested is interesting. The museum is completely free and low key. Unless you cross over to the other side where the (very expensive) pearls are for sale, you'll be clear from any hassle. I thought it was interesting and worth the ten minutes of walking around to check it all out.