Palma, Mallorca – the perfect “mini metropolis”
I recently came back from Palma, the capital of Mallorca. I didn’t write about it for a few days as I contracted some horrendous lurgy in the hotel’s dirty swimming pool (brown bubbles – nice), but with a week or so’s reflection, I’m able to put the place into some perspective.
Feeling like a Seville-by-the-sea, the city combines miles of beaches with stunning medieval architecture and the sort of forward-thinking infrastructure that makes moving about easy. There are loads of buses, an ace little metro that connects the north east of the island with the capital and a wondrous cycle path that traverses all of the Bay of Palma (see final pic). In short, it works.
Reading this month’s Monocle magazine I was pleased to note that they’ve opened another one of their shops there. The store is located in Santa Catalina (above), which is Palma’s most hip quarter, a grid of roads to the west of city centre lined with low-rise terraces, many of which house bars, boutiques and excellent restaurants. It’s like Hoxton with better weather and less wankers.
The pictures here show a little of what this city offers. Give it a try.
I recently came back from Palma, the capital of Mallorca. I didn’t write about it for a few days as I contracted some horrendous lurgy in the hotel’s dirty swimming pool (brown bubbles – nice), but with a week or so’s reflection, I’m able to put the place into some perspective.
Feeling like a Seville-by-the-sea, the city combines miles of beaches with stunning medieval architecture and the sort of forward-thinking infrastructure that makes moving about easy. There are loads of buses, an ace little metro that connects the north east of the island with the capital and a wondrous cycle path that traverses all of the Bay of Palma (see final pic). In short, it works.
Reading this month’s Monocle magazine I was pleased to note that they’ve opened another one of their shops there. The store is located in Santa Catalina (above), which is Palma’s most hip quarter, a grid of roads to the west of city centre lined with low-rise terraces, many of which house bars, boutiques and excellent restaurants. It’s like Hoxton with better weather and less wankers.
The pictures here show a little of what this city offers. Give it a try.
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