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Palma Slideshow
Palma
Travel Blogs from Palma, Spain and Canary Islands
Are we calling this hiking?
... we really want to make it happen today, and it looks good. We meet the rest of the party at the Brazilian "Acai" place and have our amazing power breakfast again. As luck may have it, it turns out that everyone that knows any of the hiking paths on ...
Good bye, Mallorca!
We have lived on Mallorca in Spain for 13 years. Now it is time for leaving the "homecountry" for Jonas, Thea, Maia and ...
Spanish blood runs in my veins
... get back to Palma where we had planned to go for a real Mallorquin dinner tonight. Meson con Pedro in Genova, just outside of Palma is a typical restaurant for tourists but also lots of locals eat there so the food has to be good. We ponder over ...
Laying low in Mallorca
... in the old city and explored. while trying to organize a van rental. We then moved to another Hostel that was much less private and promptly had a daypack stolen while waiting for a bus. In the pack was Ella´s wallet (with the cards to pay for the van) ...
Old Town
... is provided at the hostel. Coffee, juice, toast and cereal (cornflakes or cocoa puffs). It serves the purpose. I go to the Palma city center (20 minutes by bus). The historic area is OK. Cathedral is beautiful and there is a Moorish castle. Most of the ...
More Beaches!
I take a bus to the other side of Palma where there are some small, pretty beaches. Finding them is a little tricky but they are pretty, for city beaches and have a much more Spanish orientation. Some really nice beaches are supposed to be available but ...
closed on sunday
... a super market the next day and bought three baguettes, humus ("paste of garbanzos" according to spain), apples, oranges, and cheese. only 5 euros for this. palma is a very nice stepping stone from the bustling city of barcelona and is definitely worth ...
Sunday is the day of rest
... original destination for the day. Valldemossa is a tiny mountain village with about 2000 people that's only 14km from Palma. It's hidden behind windy roads and my guide book says if you haven't been to Valldemossa you haven't seen Mallorca at all. ...
Mallorca here we come!
... after levelling off the seatbelt light went out. 10 mins later the light went back on in preparation for our approach to Palma! The shortest flight i have ever taken. Once we landed and got off the plane our bags were waiting for us! ...
Mallorca
Crazy Island with (two) crazy ferry trips. It was worth the sea-sickness (nearly). Beaches and amazing views filled our two days there. Life was sweet (even if it doesn't get going until 11pm at ...
Mallorca: The 17th State of Germany
... 'ller. The hour long ride on a wood-paneled train built in 1912 takes you from Palma to the northwestern coast where luscious orange and lemon trees line the area. Unfortunately, the famous orange ice cream was a bit disappointing. ...
Change of plan
So today we should have been in Mahon but due to bad weatehr we get a half day in Palma Mallorca. Unfortunately teh weather here is not good eitehr so a quiet stroll round town after getting teh shuttle to teh cathedral and we are off to get dry!! ...
Let the sunshine in
... , no gears and you break pedaling back. So you can ride upright like they do in the old, romantic movies, and that all for meager five Euros a day. Off to Palma I am, this time on a bike it takes me a mere 20 minutes to get there. I am so ...
My Epic Owners
... my first super yacht experience with owners on board and as I have said it was really good. So they left on Friday and we are staying in Palma for a while longer than intended, which means that going back to France is not on the cards anymore. Now after ...
Last stop on the cruise
Today was our final port of call in Palma, Mallorca. Mallorca is where the King and Queen on Spain spend their vacation in August. We got off the boat and took a shuttle to the center of town. From there we walked along the narrow streets and ...
What's up with that?
... local KJ, a frantic search for a hostel began. Unfortunately, it seemed that everyone on the island had joined for the weekend in Palma and headed to the 3 hostels in Central Palma before Josh, Aaron and Ranan could get there. As they slowly realized the ...
Santa Cruz de La Palma
... of call that we hadn't been to previously, so we were looking forward to exploring this island. La Palma is the fifth largest of the seven Canary Islands. We had booked an excursion this afternoon to see some volcanoes and also (more!) wine ...