Outdoors

Outdoors

Shine a light: Lighthouses on Mallorca

It started with a system of fortified surveillances located at strategic places along the coast. Talaies, watchtowers in sight of each other, so that the news of approaching invaders would be passed from one to the next. With increasing commercial shipping the vessels needed safe orientation. Especially since pirates liked to use false fires to lure them into shallows or onto rocks in order to rob them. Today, 13 lighthouses on Mallorca point the way to the next port or around the island. Built…

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Valldemossa treasure: Ermita de la Trinitat

Ermita de la Trinitat

Long ago, before insta, it often was the monks who knew the coolest spots. Places in unspoiled nature with spectacular vistas and heavenly peace. Like the Ermita de la Trinitat, the small monastery near Valldemossa. The moment you enter the patio with the cistern you’re in a different world. All you hear in the tranquility is the wind, the birds and humming insects in the beautiful, well-kept garden that provides the hermits and monks with the bare necessities until today.  A paved path leads…