Right at the upper end of La Rambla, past the flower stalls and the shade of tall plane trees, a quiet garden waits behind a large stone gate. From June through September, Biblio Jardí, the reading garden of Palma’s Biblioteca de Cultura Artesana, opens to anyone who wants to slow down for an afternoon. This summer the garden reopened with a fresh redesign, and it looks better than ever. And as temperatures rise, places with shade and trees have become vital public spaces. A Garden Where…
Raixa: Mallorca’s Beautiful Secret
White clouds drift across a deep blue sky and mirror themselves in the still green water of a grand reflecting pond. Cypress trees stand like sentinels along stone terraces that climb, step by step, toward the mountains. And somewhere between the scent of earth, blossoms, and ancient stone, something slows down. The breath, the pace, the noise in the mind. Finca de Raixa, nestled at the foot of the Serra de Tramuntana near Bunyola, does that to visitors. It pulls them in quietly, and then it…







