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Mallorca Neighborhoods

Each corner of Mallorca tells a different story. Explore our curated guide to the city's most captivating neighborhoods.

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Santa Catalina
Old market, design-led, late tables

Santa Catalina

Palma's old fishermen's quarter turned the city's densest run of chef-driven kitchens and wine bars.

Covered Mercat de Santa Catalina at its heartTasting menus alongside natural-wine bars
4 places
Santanyí
Sandstone town, market-led, unhurried

Santanyí

A honey-stone market town in the south-east where serious, produce-led cooking keeps a slow rhythm.

Famous Wednesday and Saturday marketsHoney-coloured local sandstone everywhere
4 places
La Lonja
Gothic lanes, tapas, late nights

La Lonja

Old Palma's medieval trading quarter, now its densest run of tapas counters, plazas and late bars.

Beside the Gothic Llotja exchangeTight medieval lanes and small plazas
3 places
Centre
Pedestrian core, everyday, varied

Centre

Palma's pedestrian commercial heart, where everyday city life and quietly excellent kitchens share the same blocks.

Plaça Major and the main shopping streetsCafés and patisseries on the daily route
3 places
Passeig Mallorca
Leafy avenue, residential, destination dining

Passeig Mallorca

A broad tree-lined avenue on Palma's old seam, home to grown-up, destination dining.

Tree-lined boulevard with raised central walkSeam between old and nineteenth-century Palma
2 places
Sa Calatrava
Old walls, intimate, hidden kitchens

Sa Calatrava

The old town's quiet eastern edge by the sea wall, where high-level kitchens hide in discreet lanes.

Former Jewish and tanners' quarterBelow the cathedral and Arab baths
2 places
Sant Jaume
Hushed patios, genteel, aperitivo

Sant Jaume

A genteel old-town pocket of patios and antique shops, suited to refined lunches and aperitivo.

Around the medieval Sant Jaume churchFamous shaded old-town patios
2 places
Deià
Mountain stone, artistic, terrace views

Deià

An ochre-stone mountain village above the sea, where a few serious kitchens cook to a famous setting.

Tramuntana village between peaks and seaLong artistic and literary history
2 places
Banyalbufar
Stone terraces, remote, cliff views

Banyalbufar

A terraced Tramuntana village over the sea, with simple Mallorcan cooking on cliffside terraces.

Moorish dry-stone farming terracesWestern Tramuntana coast
2 places
Canyamel
Pine coast, calm, destination dining

Canyamel

A calm north-east bay of pine and villas hiding a couple of the island's most ambitious kitchens.

Broad sandy bay backed by pineNear the Coves d'Artà caves
2 places
Playa de Muro
Wide beach, relaxed, sea air

Playa de Muro

A long white-sand beach on the Bay of Alcúdia, where dining means beach clubs and easy shoreline lunches.

Long white-sand beach and dunesBeside the S'Albufera wetlands
2 places
Artà
Hilltop town, authentic, rooted

Artà

An authentic inland town below a hilltop sanctuary, with rooted bakeries and refined country kitchens.

Sant Salvador sanctuary crowning the townLively Tuesday market
2 places