Fandango Pollença: Handmade Ceramics With Rhythm
Follow the narrow lane through Pollença’s old town, and you will soon reach a corner shop with open doors and shelves full of ceramics. Right in front of it, a man sits at a potter’s wheel on the street. His name is Antonio Méndez Martínez, but everyone calls him Teo. Passersby slow down, step closer and watch. Meanwhile, the vases, cups and bowls in the windows behind him are born in this very spot. Every piece of pottery in the store of Fandango Pollença comes straight from his hands, and…
Església Nova Son Servera: The Church Without a Roof
Feeling closer to heaven is at the very heart of what a church is. But nowhere does the sky come as close as at the Església Nova in Son Servera. It is called the new church, yet it has stood unfinished for almost a century. And that is exactly why this church without a roof draws visitors from near and far. It’s tucked away in the heart of this charming little town in northeastern Mallorca. Still, the moment you step through the entrance gate, the view opens up, and you take in the sheer…
Neni Es Trenc Serves Balagan by the Sea
Picture a wide terrace above the sea, with salty air, swaying palm trees and that soft Mallorcan light that makes everything look a little cinematic. Below, the coast of Es Trenc stretches toward Cap Blanc, while orange and white striped…
Hiking with Andreu Borràs: The Tramuntana Is My Home Office
Ask Andreu Borràs where he works, and he doesn’t point to a desk. He points up. “The Tramuntana is my home office,” he says, grinning. Indeed, at seven in the morning, the limestone ridges above Sóller look a lot like a corner office with a…
Nit de l’Art 2026: Thirty Years And Counting
Tonight the old town of Palma breathes differently. Doors are wide open, light spills onto cobblestones, and strangers strike up conversations in three or four languages within the same five minutes. That’s the pulse of Nit de l’Art 2026. This…
Paella on Mallorca: 10 Restaurants You Should Know
Paella remains one of Spain’s most iconic dishes. On Mallorca, it has taken on a distinctly Mediterranean identity of its own. Expect just-caught seafood, farm-raised chicken, smoky sobrassada, and occasionally a splash of squid ink turning…
Museu Marítim de Mallorca: Stories from the Mediterranean
For most of us today, the sea is a place we long for. A backdrop for holidays, a horizon to gaze at, a reason to slow down. For the people of Mallorca, though, that longing is a fairly recent invention. Not so long ago, life by the sea meant…
Seaview Restaurants on Mallorca: 12 Tables with a View
Some meals stay with you because of what happened around the plate, not just on it. Mallorca has no shortage of restaurants that pair the food with a proper backdrop, and the range is wider than most people expect. Barefoot chiringuitos in the…