An Afternoon and an Evening in Palma

Mallorca is small enough that we could have started anywhere on the island in the morning to make our afternoon flight from Palma to Madrid. John thought it was a good idea to stay in Palma, and we are glad we did. Palma, a city of 300K+ residents, is lively, full of pedestrian streets in the old town, yet seems incongruent in my mind regarding its location on a smallish island (although it's the largest of the Balearic Islands). We made the rounds to the art nouveau/Spanish modernismo buildings, looked at some contemporary art, and admired the cathedral from the outside.

Our hostel was located near the train/bus transportation hub and several times we walked by the old Ferrocarril de Sóller Railway Station, still in use as a tourist train to Soller.

The Museu Fundación Juan March is housed in an old mansion and exhibits some interesting comtemporary art.

The cozy Plaza Mayor.

A striking Arte Modernista (Art Nouveau) building on a busy corner.

Palma seemed very busy. Maybe due in part to this cruise ship moored across from the Cathedral?

The Cathedral.

There were many garden-parks around town; for example, this one in a Moorish style.

Centro Palma is not flat.

The lower levels of another striking Modernista building. And check out those ubiqitous balconie on the adjacent buildings.

Balcony with reflection.

View from our room.

More architecture shots.





Scooter.

This awesome Modernista building faces a park.

The Es Baluard Museu d’Art, a repurposed military fortification, has contemporary art installations (one festures costumes and sketches from a Juan Miro theatrical production), and 360 views of Palma from its old defensive walls.

We ended our day with a walk in a biting wind in front of the Cathedral.