Church · Balearic Islands
Palma Cathedral
Palma Cathedral (La Seu, the Cathedral of Santa Maria) is the Catholic cathedral of Mallorca, built facing the sea in Palma between the 14th and 16th centuries.
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Spain•City
Palma
Palma is a city on Mallorca and the capital of the Balearic Islands. XTOUR maps places in the city itself, such as the cathedral, the Almudaina palace, Bellver Castle and Es Baluard, and keeps places elsewhere on Mallorca, such as the Caves of Drach at Porto Cristo, apart from it.
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Spain
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City
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Historic site · Balearic Islands
Royal Palace of La Almudaina
The Royal Palace of La Almudaina is a royal palace opposite Palma Cathedral, shown to visitors by Patrimonio Nacional and used as the King's official residence during visits to Mallorca.
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Gallery · Balearic Islands
Es Baluard Museum
Es Baluard Museu d'Art Contemporani de Palma is a contemporary art museum in Palma, within the perimeter of the bastion of Sant Pere, part of the Renaissance walls that surrounded the city until the early 20th century.
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Fortress · Balearic Islands
Bellver Castle
Bellver Castle (Castell de Bellver) is a 14th-century castle of circular plan on a hill west of central Palma, and houses the city's history museum.
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Cave · Porto Cristo, Balearic Islands
Caves of Drach
The Caves of Drach (Coves del Drac) are show caves with an underground lake, Lake Martel, at Porto Cristo in the municipality of Manacor on Mallorca's east coast.
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Guides to Palma
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Travel Guide01
Spain's co-official languages and the place names on signs
Spain has one state language and several co-official regional ones, and the laws on place names differ from region to region. This explainer sets out what the Constitution and the statutes of autonomy say, which form of a place name is official in Catalonia, Galicia, the Balearic Islands, the Basque Country and the Valencian Community, and what that means for the names of the cities XTOUR covers.
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Travel Guide02
Spain travel guide: choosing regions and city bases
XTOUR plans Spain around city bases rather than regions: Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Granada, Córdoba, Valencia, Bilbao, San Sebastián, Santiago de Compostela, Palma and Málaga. This guide explains how Spain's autonomous communities relate to those bases, which community each base is in, and which XTOUR guide to read next for each.
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Destination information last verified: October 9, 2026
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