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2020 favorites: Your Top 10 on Estilo Palma

January 9, 2021January 16, 2021

2020 was a challenging year, no doubt about that. But sure, there were highlights nonetheless. And for starters I want to share not one of my own Best-of lists but yours. The topics trending on Estilo Palma last year, the most-read stories on this digital Mallorca Magazine. So here’s Your TOP 10 on Estilo Palma – the most popular articles of 2020. For you to click on and reread. We began the year with a workshop visit at Teixits Vicens in Pollença. The family-run manufacture is one of the last…

Outdoors

Big Valleys: Cycling on Mallorca

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020

Cycling season on Mallorca ends in May and starts again in September. The summer months are dry and calm, however, nobody wants to pedal in the blazing sun. But this year we missed the road for many weeks. And if you get up early, it’s not too hot for a ride in the mountains. Only few rental cars will get in your way, right now. One of my favorite tours in the southern Tramuntana is what I call the three peaks tour. Sure, I like the spectacular descents through most beautiful valleys even more…

Style

Compra local: Support your local

May 17, 2020May 18, 2020

You don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone. During the weeks of confinement the way to the nearest supermarket lead through a ghost town. Now that life returns to the streets of Palma we realize even more what we missed. The encounter of…

Outdoors

Sleeping beauty: Winter on Mallorca

February 9, 2019February 12, 2019

February on Mallorca is always a miracle to me. The air is still crisp, the sky deep blue and the silhouette of the Tramuntana clear cut on the horizon. The Mediterranean sea that has been rough from the Northern winds is reflecting the low sun…

People

Café con Rosi Andrade: It’s all about people

July 13, 2018August 20, 2020

**** This summer, Rosi and her family left Mallorca again. But Casa Caimari still hosts walkers and cyclists from all over the world who come to Mallorca. **** Rosi Andrade, owner of a guesthouse in Caimari and teacher of Spanish as a foreign…

Getaways

Ciutadella vs. Maó: Menorca (II)

June 27, 2018January 8, 2019

People often wonder whether to stay in Ciutadella or Maó. The former capital of Menorca and her successor are about the same size. But they are almost as different as their location on the island. Both are built around sheltered natural…

Food

Lost and found: Don Pedro

April 23, 2018August 23, 2018

A friend recommended Don Pedro when we talked about Port de Sóller last year. While he usually gets there by boat in the summer I love the picturesque bay any season. For a stroll along the sunny promenade, an ice cream at Fet a Sóller, or a…

Outdoors

Aim high: Galilea

March 20, 2017March 20, 2017

It takes a bit of an effort to get to Galilea but it’s sure worth a visit. The small town with the biblical name is the highest on the island, not Deià or Valldemossa as you might expect. Southwest Mallorca is the perfect region to start the…