An old adage states that Mallorca ’s variegated landscape makes it more like a miniature continent than an island. Certainly, it’s surprising that a chunk of land the size of Norfolk can be home to such amazing diversity. Mallorca has a seaside and mountainside, as well as culture and agriculture.
It has a capital city (Palma) where urban life flourishes in medieval streets. Though a Mediterranean island, it has a mountain range (the Tramuntana) whose highest peaks are often snow-capped in winter. While continuing to live very well from the traditional beach tourism it largely invented, the island/continent increasingly attracts a new kind of visitor keen to experience its markets and museums, its new-wave wineries and chef-driven restaurants, its gardens and grand country houses.
The range of activities it offers, from cooking and clubbing to boating, biking, birding and hiking, is practically inexhaustible. Though it’s possible to be bored here, you’d have to try quite hard. Here are our favourite things to do in Mallorca.
Salt has always been produced on Mallorca’s south-east coast, but Flor de Sal d’es Trenc has raised the bar with its range of exquisite artisan salts flavoured with Mediterranean herbs and spices. The salt flats lie within a protected natural landscape of striking beauty. Wander among dazzling white “mountains” as you learn about traditional salt production, then visit the on-site café and shop to stock up on local olive oil and toasted .