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Patios in Palma: Where Past and Present Meet

August 24, 2025August 24, 2025

Hidden in the maze of old town, behind locked gates and whispered thresholds, the patios in Palma unfold like stories waiting to be told. As sunlight filters across sandstone arches and history murmurs from walls, each courtyard reveals a moment frozen in time. Stroll through the narrow streets and silent alleys, peek through iron gates, and step into courtyards where past and present meet. Can Vivot: Once Upon a Time in Palma Behind a wrought-iron gate lies a world unchanged for 300 years, the…

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Kids Museums on Mallorca: Grasp the Island

April 22, 2025August 30, 2025

Museums can be a wonderful place to experience and literally grasp the world. If you want to inspire children to visit a museum, choose places that appeal to their curiosity. Places they can explore, exhibits they can touch, the opportunity to get active themselves or try out interactive concepts. That’s what makes the following 12 recommendations the best kids museums on Mallorca. 1. Caixa Forum The façade of this extraordinary Modernism building in the heart of Palma is famous in itself. But…

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Museu d’Art Sacre: The Power of Image

December 20, 2024December 20, 2024

Once there was a fierce dragon that lived in the maze of narrow streets behind the cathedral in Palma. It only attacked at night, terrifying the entire neighborhood. Finally, a brave knight managed to kill it with a determined stroke of his…

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Mallorca Shoe Museum: Museu del Calçat i de la Indústria

September 2, 2024September 3, 2024

Mallorca is a great place to get a new pair of shoes. In fact, footwear has been made on the island for centuries. Today, traditional manufacturers and young creative designers can be found here next to a global player of the industry. The…

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Museu de Mallorca: Images of an Island

August 10, 2024August 10, 2024

Picture the history of Mallorca as a graphic novel. Yet not drawn by one illustrator but told in paintings and sculptures by artists of the respective time. Exhibited in a splendid Gothic palace in the Calatrava district of Palma. Pass a large…

Art, People

Miró Mallorca Revisited: Café con Antònia Maria Perelló

June 21, 2024June 21, 2024

Most of us are familiar with Joan Miro’s paintings and sculptures. And know that the great artist used to live and work on Mallorca for almost thirty years. His studio and garden are part of Miró Mallorca, today, and belong to a unique museum. …

Art, Outdoors

Marivent Palace Gardens: A Mediterranean Oasis

June 7, 2024

When the King of Spain comes to Mallorca the official receptions are held at La Almudaina next to the Cathedral in Palma. The residence of the royal family on the island, though, is the Marivent Palace. Even if you haven’t been on the list of…

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Museums in Palma: Discover Mallorca

March 29, 2024June 2, 2024

A typical rookie mistake is to visit Palma on a rainy day. When the city is completely overcrowded you may easily overlook the beauty of the old town. And all the fantastic museums in Palma. It is not only the broad range of great exhibitions…