Sa Calatrava

Sa Calatrava is the old town's quiet eastern edge, the former Jewish and tanners' quarter pressed between the cathedral, the Arab baths and the surviving stretch of sea wall. Its steep, narrow lanes have stayed residential and largely free of the crowds a few streets over, with washing lines, small workshops and a strong sense of being lived in. The handful of restaurants here trade on exactly that intimacy — discreet rooms where high-level cooking happens away from the main currents of the city. It is a neighbourhood for people who already know where they are going.