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Reading oasis: BiblioJardí opens again

BiblioJardí

As much as I love Mallorca’s countryside, the sea and the mountains I’m a real city dweller. That’s why I live in Palma. Yet, every once in a while I long for a calm shady garden where you can sit under tall trees and get lost in a gripping piece of writing. In the summer months, the BiblioJardí is such a wonderful place. The library garden is situated right in the heart of Palma, next to the cultural center of La Misericòrdia. Libraries are quiet and sometimes rather stiff places. At…

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War and peace: Castillo de San Carlos

Castillo de San Carlos

When my friend Rapha was raving about the Museo Militar in Porto Pi I was puzzled. A memory site for guns and weapons? Definitely not my thing. But after centuries of fighting and bloodshed the location of the museum is a peaceful, almost magic place, today. And the view from Castillo de San Carlos over the bay of Palma just spectacular. Towards Palma’s cathedral and as far as Puig Major. Or out to the sea. The peculiar star-shaped fortress has a long and eventful history. Some of which is told…