Tag: Sant Elm

Food

Es Raor Restaurant: Go West

Es Raor

A narrow, winding road leads to Sant Elm, the westernmost village on Mallorca. And this is where it ends. If you want to travel any further, you have to take a boat. Or you let your eyes wander from the terrace of Es Raor Restaurant. The former fisherman’s house located right next to the pier offers a marvelous vista of Sa Dragonera.  Es Raor restaurant not only occupies the spot but continues the tradition of the famous El Pescador. The kitchen is popular for its broad range of rice, paella…

Outdoors

Of Dragons and Vultures: La Trapa

La Trapa

Did you ever wonder where Isla Dragonera, the small island just off the southwest coast of Mallorca, got its name? Because it is inhabited by hundreds of lizards, will usually be the answer. But if you hike from Sant Elm to La Trapa and see Sa Dragonera from above, you’ll realize: it actually looks like a sleeping dragon.  For the first part, the path to La Trapa leads upwards through scented pine forest, stone men are guiding the way. But soon the wood opens up, revealing the first great views…