Palma de Mallorca | Things To Do in MALLORCA

Palma de Mallorca | Things To Do in MALLORCA

We’re talking about Palma, the capital of Mallorca, full of architecture and art; culture and history. Let’s start with our favourite part: the old Arab quarter. Firstly is Palma’s cathedral, ‘La Seu’. It was built on the site of a mosque which, in turn, was built on the site of a Roman citadel.

Building began in 1229 and didn’t finish until 1601. The whole area around La Seu is actually really beautiful. Parc de la Mar is a river and some greenery. It’s definitely worth a walk around. It actually looks a little bit like the Notre Dame.

Second up is right next to La Seu and this is the Royal Palace of La Almudaina. – This Arabic palace used to be right on the sea front, so all around here is actually reclaimed land that was built up in the 1950s. And apparently the ships would bring all their good and produce

Right up to here, and it would be brought up and taken in to the palace, where the Arab king or Sheikh would live. Speaking of beautiful, the tree-lined promenades of La Rambla and Passeig des Born are packed with newspaper sellers and florists… It makes for a picture-perfect stroll I think.

When it comes to nightlife, La Lonia is probably the most popular area. It has tonnes of bars and restaurants. But if you’re looking for a boogie, nightclubs and late-night bars can be found at the marina. The morning after, when streets are being cleaned and everyone’s sleeping off that

Night before, is a really good time to head just outside the city to Bellver Castle, Castell de Bellver, which we think is one of Palma’s hidden gems. It’s about a 10 minute drive in a taxi or you can get a bus there too.

And just a little nerdy castle fact for you, it’s one of the few round cake castles in Europe. Like a bundt cake. It’s like a circular shape. We were just wondering why it’s built in a circular shape and so I looked it up and

Apparently it’s inspired by the Herodium in the West Bank [Judaean Desert], which was obviously built by King Herod back in the day. Which is pretty interesting. One recommendation is that you come early in the morning though because it does get

Really busy. So come as soon as the doors open. It’s a little cooler as well. So here’s another example of pre-Teleotic culture, as you can see that iconic ‘M’ which still resides in today’s culture… The McDonald’s sign… We can’t forget to mention Palma’s urban beach. And if you’re on the beach you have

Some great views back to the castle, as well as to La Seu. We absolutely loved Palma. I’d definitely go back. – Yeah, I’d absolutely second that. It’s beautiful. So thanks for watching and obviously, Mallorca doesn’t begin and end at Palma so do check

Out our video about things to do on the whole of the island. And don’t forget to subscribe. Thanks for watching! Bye!

Mallorca has far more going on than just the resorts of Cala D’Or, Holiday Village or Cala Millor… The capital city, Palma de Mallorca, satisfies the historian, the sunbather and the party-goer in you, all within a few square miles!

Kate and Sian-Amy show you all the best bits of the city in just a few minutes and give you some handy tips to take away with you 🙂

Here are the cathedral opening times: http://www.catedraldemallorca.info/principal/en/horariosvisitaslat

Check out our video about Alcúdia (another lovely town in Mallorca) here: https://youtu.be/RsIc60DWsrM

And here’s a playlist about Tenerife, in case you haven’t quite settled on your Spanish island of choice: https://goo.gl/9upJ1V

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Transcript:

We’re talking about Palma, the capital of Mallorca, full of architecture and art, culture and history.

Let’s start with our favourite part: the old Arab quarter. Firstly is Palma’s cathedral, ‘La Seu’. It was built on the site of a mosque which, in turn, was built on the site of a Roman citadel.

Building began in 1229 and didn’t finish until 1601. The whole area around La Seu is actually really beautiful. Parc de la Mar is a river and some greenery. It’s definitely worth a walk around. It actually looks a little bit like the Notre Dame.

Second up is right next to La Seu and this is the Royal Palace of La Almudaina. – This Arabic palace used to be right on the sea front, so all around here is actually reclaimed land that was built up in the 1950s. And apparently the ships would bring all their good and produce right up to here, and it would be brought up and taken in to the palace, where the Arab king or Sheikh would live.

Speaking of beautiful, the tree-lined promenades of La Rambla and Passeig des Born are packed with newspaper sellers and florists… It makes for a picture-perfect stroll I think.

When it comes to nightlife, La Lonia is probably the most popular area. It has tonnes of bars and restaurants. But if you’re looking for a boogie, nightclubs and late-night bars can be found at the marina.

The morning after, when streets are being cleaned and everyone’s sleeping off that night before, is a really good time to head just outside the city to Bellver Castle, Castell de Bellver, which we think is one of Palma’s hidden gems. It’s about a 10 minute drive in a taxi or you can get a bus there too.

And just a little nerdy castle fact for you, it’s one of the few round cake castles in Europe. Like a bundt cake. It’s like a circular shape.

We were just wondering why it’s built in a circular shape and so I looked it up and apparently it’s inspired by the Herodium in the West Bank [Judaean Desert], which was obviously built by King Herod back in the day. Which is pretty interesting.

One recommendation is that you come early in the morning though because it does get really busy. So come as soon as the doors open. It’s a little cooler as well.

So here’s another example of pre-Teleotic culture, as you can see that iconic ‘M’ which still resides in today’s culture… The McDonald’s sign…

We can’t forget to mention Palma’s urban beach. And if you’re on the beach you have some great views back to the castle, as well as to La Seu.

We absolutely loved Palma. I’d definitely go back. – Yeah, I’d absolutely second that. It’s beautiful.

So thanks for watching and obviously, Mallorca doesn’t begin and end at Palma so do check out our video about things to do on the whole of the island. And don’t forget to subscribe. Thanks for watching! Bye!