Mallorca Magazine
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…
Rosi Andrade, owner of a guesthouse in Caimari and teacher of Spanish as a foreign language, about the adventure of learning and her trick with the salt shaker. Most of us associate learning a foreign language with cramming vocabulary and…
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…
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…
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…
**** Martí Dols Suau moved his store to Bunyola, recently. You find it on C/ del Pare Bartomeu, Caputxí, now. **** Ropa y material de aventura, says the sign above the door, and I have always liked the term „adventure clothing“. For me Refugi…
While everybody seems to go for the beaches these days I love to get up early, take my bike and head towards the Tramuntana. Leave the city behind and climb up to the Coll de Sa Creu, the shortest way into the mountains. The scent of the pine…
It was still dark when I woke up and I started just shortly after sunrise but was richly rewarded. The air still fresh, the sun low and partly hidden behind light clouds, and almost no traffic at all on my way through the Tramuntana mountains…