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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…

Art, Outdoors

Marivent Palace Gardens: A Mediterranean Oasis

Marivent Palace Gardens

When the King of Spain comes to Mallorca the official receptions are held at La Almudaina next to the Cathedral in Palma. The residence of the royal family on the island, though, is the Marivent Palace. Even if you haven’t been on the list of guests visiting the estate in Cala Major, you have the opportunity to at least wander the Marivent Palace Gardens.  The Park The park is an example of a Mediterranean garden and an open-air museum at the same time. With twelve sculptures by Joan Miró…