Destination and activities guide
Palma city walls: how the city turned them into a promenade
written by ES PRINCEP / November 04, 2026
In 1901, Palma City Council chose the plan that would bring down the city walls. It was drawn up by the engineer Bernat Calvet and carried a line from Virgil as its motto...
Gastronomy and cooking
All Saints’ Day in Palma: bunyols, rosaris and panellets
written by ES PRINCEP / October 29, 2026
Mallorcan pastry chefs tell a story from the 17th and 18th centuries. Some people, they say, left instructions in their wills for small loaves to be placed on their grave...
Gastronomy and cooking
Esclata-sangs: when Mallorcan autumn reaches the plate
written by ES PRINCEP / October 23, 2026
On 24 October 1536, in Sóller, someone was reported for picking mushrooms on land that wasn’t theirs. The document survives in Sóller’s municipal archive, and the mushroo...
Destination and activities guide
Arrels: Katharina Grosse transforms La Llotja in Palma
written by ES PRINCEP / October 16, 2026
A seven-tonne pine tree lies on the floor of La Llotja in Palma. It has fallen, its roots exposed, and it is painted in colours no forest has ever known. Around it, dyed...
