Velo Mallorca: Where The Road Begins
You could tell something was going on when fashion boutiques started displaying road bikes in their shop windows. Back then, most bike stores looked more like greasy repair workshops. But road cycling was gaining momentum. And not just on Mallorca. Here, however, the conditions are ideal. So the cool bikes made their way out of the fashion boutiques and onto the streets. And the shops that sell them today? They now look like fashion stores themselves. At Velo Mallorca, for example, right in…
Clara Carvajal: Ways of Fixing Time
Photography and geology share a strange quality. Both capture what has been. A rock bears within it the layers of millions of years, each layer a silent record of pressure, heat, and movement. A photograph does something similar. It freezes a moment, makes it permanent, saves it from oblivion. And yet both lie in their own way. The rock conceals what happened between the layers. The photograph chooses what to show—and what not to. It is precisely within this tension between preservation and…
Penyal des Migdia: The Highest Hike on Mallorca You’ve Never Heard Of
The early morning light hits the limestone in pale gold. The forest is quiet. And somewhere above you, hidden behind a curtain of rock and ridge, the highest point you are legally allowed to reach on all of Mallorca is waiting. Most people on…
XTANT Nomad 2026: The Art of Craft Comes to Life in Palma
Step through the portal of Palau Can Vivot and suddenly the noise of the world feels very far away. Courtyard air carries the faint scent of natural dyes. Somewhere nearby, hands are pulling thread through cloth. Voices drift in from a dozen…
o96 Restaurant: Bold Flavors and Big Views
Sea view or shaded patio? Mediterranean or Mexican? At o96 in Alcúdia, the question never quite resolves. And that, it turns out, is exactly the point. This cantina on the road between Alcúdia and Port de Pollença sits where two worlds fold…
Sant Jordi in Palma: Books and Roses
Spring is in the air, and the city is showing off. Today, April 23 is the day of Sant Jordi in Palma. Book stalls and rose vendors line the streets of the old town. And by mid-morning, it feels like all of Palma has turned out at once…
Three Peak Hike: Sa Rateta, Na Franquesa, and Puig de l’Ofre in One Epic Day
Some hikes feel like a day out. Others feel like a different world entirely. The three-summits route through the heart of the Serra de Tramuntana belongs firmly in the second category. Up here, among the highest peaks on the island, the…
Sāntal Café: The Coffee Mill in Santa Catalina
There’s something poetic about grinding coffee in a place that was built for grinding. Sāntal Café has found its home inside one of Santa Catalina’s old mill buildings and the fit feels almost inevitable. Step through the door and the history…