Passeig Mallorca

Passeig Mallorca runs along the old torrent that once split Palma, a broad tree-lined avenue with a raised central walkway that marks the seam between the medieval core and the nineteenth-century city. It is calmer and more residential than the lanes behind it, a place of tall plane trees, handsome façades and a steady rather than frantic pace. The dining that has settled here is correspondingly grown-up: a destination tasting menu and a polished open-kitchen bar that draw people specifically rather than by chance. You come to this stretch with a reservation in mind, not to wander.