Outdoors

Outdoors

Jardí Botànic de Sóller: The Mallorca Garden

Jardí Botànic de Sóller

The path leads once across the entire island. Winds its way from the mountains to the coast. Through the fertile plains, dry and wetlands. Over stone steps, along landscaped beds and ponds, connected by an ingenious irrigation system. If Mallorca were a garden, it would be the Jardí Botànic de Sóller. More than one thousand species are growing here, among them every plant that can be found on the Balearic Islands. A Green Oasis Other than the pleasure grounds of Alfabia or Raixa, the Sóller…

Outdoors

Almond Blossoms on Mallorca: The Miracle

Almond blossoms on Mallorca

Year after year, nature performs a unique spectacle on the island. All of a sudden the first tiny flowers miraculously sprout on the dry and barren, seemingly dead trees. Although it is still the middle of winter the almond blossoms on Mallorca are about to unfold. For many, this is the most precious time of year, signifying a new beginning and the coming of spring. At first it’s just a single tree with a few tender blossoms. Growing on rich red soil, or amidst a meadow of small yellow flowers…