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Palma de Mallorca

By rtroyer4 , August 3, 2015 in Spain and Portugal Ports

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xxoocruiser

If first time to Palm De Mallorca you may actually consider and enjoy taking a city tour.

http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Spain/Balearic_Islands/Palma_de_Mallorca-258946/Things_To_Do-Palma_de_Mallorca-TG-C-1.html

http://www.getyourguide.com/palma-de-mallorca-l1260/

Thanks so much! Anything special we should see? Also, would we be able to do a quick tour in the morning and then go to a beach club? Would there be enough time? But has anyone gone to any of the beach clubs there? If so, which one would you recommend? My wife and I really like trendy party type resorts.

cymru cruiser

Hi there is a taxi rank right outside the port terminal and a board with a list of rates to varying different resorts. We headed to Palma nova 15 minutes by taxi which was €20 each way. We had the afternoon on the beach and shopping in the resort's many tourist gift shops. Also found a lovely ladies dress shop where Mr MasterCard came out lol

In the evening (we where there 1pm-1am) we went for a lovely stroll a long the pedestrian part of the marina from the port all the way to the cathedral.

Lots of bars and restaurants.

There is plenty to do just in the Palma bay area without travelling too far.

First of all go to Palma and visit the Cathedral and the old town. Very nice and all in walking distance!

If you want to drive outside town to quite and more elegant beaches and the really big private yachts go to the west from Palma to Portals Nous, San Caliu or even further to Port D`Andratx.

If you want to go to the Party beaches go east from Palma to Playa de Palma and Arenal. Good for drinking and music but not that nice for Sightseeing.

little britain

If you have never been the Palma and the old town and Cathedral are beautiful spots. Ideal for tapas in the evening and people watching. I would not just go to the beach as I feel you would miss out on a little gem.

When we were there we were luckily docked overnight so we caught the #1 bus from the port to town for €1.25pp. It dropped us right at the train station where we took the "Ferrocarril de Soller" – a wooden train up to Soller. The train left at 1.30p from it’s own station which is to the left of the main station as you look at it though the art-nouveau style entrance arch. (there was an earlier one at 12.15 and if you rushed by cab from the ship you may just make this if you are off as soon as you docked at noon). The train cost €10pp one way (€17pp return) and took an hour up through the hills to the pretty town of Soller. From there we took the tram down the hill to the port area for €4pp where we had a great lunch by the sea. We then caught the #211 fast bus back to Palma for €2.90pp which ended at the bus station which is directly under the train station! Back on the #1 to the ship – time to freshen up and then we went out again that night for a spot of tapas in town.

I agree with the recommendations to visit the huge, impressive, Gothic Cathedral and surrounding old town area. There are many chapels inside the Cathedral; don't miss St. Peter's Chapel, which has an amazing installation by contemporary artist Miquel Barceló telling the biblical story of the miracle of the loaves and the fishes. Cracked ceramic covers the walls, with fish and loaves emerging from them. It's fantastic (in the true sense), and mesmerizing. This is just a very small detail:

Here's a night photo of the Cathedral as we were leaving port. Have a great trip!

(photos by turtles06)