When Palma was Medina Mayûrca

In this walk we’ll have fun as we find out about a past that is all too often forgotten. For almost three and half centuries Palma was an Islamic city. The way this period of the history of Mallorca ended is surprising as well as tragic. Even so the Islamic era left a significant and long-lasting influence on the city that is definitely worth recalling. Find all about this period when Palma was outside the Christian sphere.

Evoking the medieval Jewish Palma

In this guided tour we will visit the old Jewish quarter of Palma. In the Middle Ages, it was inhabitated by a highly diverse community, comprising a culturally advanced minority that attained great acclaim. Another small group excelled in the creation of highly dynamic economic networks. An end marked by tragedy, now just a memory with very few tangible remains. Come and experience a story where the vicissitudes of the Jewish Community really were stranger than fiction.

Aristocratic Palma, wonder and inequality

In this guided walk we’ll admire the often prodigious majesty of the stately homes built by the historic ruling classes in the centre of Palma. This grandeur will allow us to understand the inequalities of political, economic and social power that for centuries marked the relations between the city of Palma and the rest of the island. Find out more about the conditions that allowed the local aristocracy to accumulate their massive fortunes.

À la carte visits to the old town

Palma’s old town is highly evocative, packed with fascinating traces of a past, that just like in a good story, are packed with unexpected connections, surprising facts, symbolic details and extra-ordinary characters. This à la carte guided visit has been created so that you can choose the combination of tours that you find most interesting.

Monumental Palma: civil and religious buildings of great architectural value

Palma rebuilt: decisive transformations in the XIX and XX centuries

Time detained: a tour around the houses and patios of aristocratic Palma

Palma’s Call Major: traces of the Jewish Community

Islamic Palma: contrasts with another civilization and unacknowledged influences