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Nocturnal visit: Consolat de Mar and La Lonja

Consolat de Mar y La Lonja

Palma‘s former bourse of maritime trade is one of the most beautiful buildings on Mallorca. Whenever the impressive wooden doors of La Lonja are open, I love to drop in for a few moments. Visiting the official residence of the Prime Minister of the Balearic Islands however is something else. So it is all the more exciting that you can now enjoy a guided tour of both the Consolat de Mar and La Lonja. But my true highlight of the nocturnal visit is the roof terrace of La Lonja.  Starting in the…

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Wheels in the sky: Windmills on Mallorca

Windmills on Mallorca

They have been on every picture postcard for decades. The windmills on Mallorca are landmarks, if not trademarks of the island. In particular the iconic windmills with the typical bicolor rotors. White painted metal with contrasting blue, green or red. Standing on the brown soil, fertile thanks to the groundwater that the mills pump up with the power of the wind. Or the wooden wheels of the larger windmills used to press oil or grind grain. Hardly any other place in Europe has as many windmills…