Palma de Mallorca

Happy Saturday afternoon everyone!

In this third post of this blog, I want to tell you about the experience I had on my trip to Palma de Mallorca, a city I had the pleasure of visiting twice, during a cruise of West Mediterranean sea: the first time was Monday 1st September 2014, whereas the second more recently on Thursday 6th August 2017.

Palma is a wonderful Spanish city, capital of the island of Mallorca, that makes a part of the Balearic Islands along the coast of Eastern Spain. I was pleasantly surprised because, although it's famous for it's marine caves and fabulous beaches, Palma de Mallorca is a city that offers an interesting mix of history, culture and entertainment.

On both occasions I wandered through the city centre on foot, carrying with me as per usual the map of the city and the camera from which I'm inseparable.

The old city of Palma is a fascinating labyrinth of streets that recall it's Arabic history. With the exception of some streets and open squares, it's surrounded by a series of interesting buidings, the architecture of which is easily comparable to that of the streets of the best known Spanish cities. This compact historic centre extends from the commercial harbour to the hinterlands, and boast important buildings such as the Royal Palace and the Seu, or rather the Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria (of which I attach a photo of its external facade).

The latter is found deep in the Parque del Mar, which is the most popular place in Palma de Mallorca.

It's a park that extends from under the Cathedral, decorated with an artificial lake in which you can see reflections of the religious building, which creates illusions in the water, and it's surrounded by many palm trees. Here's a photo for you displaying all its beauty:

In the vicinity of the Cathedral there were also two flamenco dancers, dressed in traditional wear and waving fans, due to which I could take a nice photo to remember it:

On the way back to board the ship, I decided to take a long walk on Palma de Mallorca's promenade, which was very picturesque and from which you could see the imposing cathedral far away, as you can see in the following photo:

I hope you liked my account of my trip to Palma de Mallorca. I'll see you in another post in which I'll tell you about another city of the splendid country of Spain that I was lucky to have visited.

See you soon! (A presto! )

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