Palma’s old town is even more impressive from above. With the narrow maze of alleys and houses nestled tightly against each other the city looks like a colorful patchwork rug. Some terraces are lush with greenery. There’s laughter and clinking of glasses, on others only laundry is fluttering in the wind. Churches and monasteries stand out from the sea of houses. Their towers soaring into the sky. The roof terraces of Palma offer amazing views of the city and beyond. Where Heaven Meets Sky The…
Skywards: Santa Eulàlia
A narrow spiral staircase winds up all the way to the roof. Up here, the city sounds give way to the wind whistling around the pinnacles of the beautiful Gothic church just behind busy Plaça Cort. Lofty, but not so high above the city that you no longer feel part of it. Many people know the roof terraces of the Cathedral but the terraces of Santa Eulàlia are still kind of an insider tip. While you walk under the flying buttresses and along the large colorful windows of the nave, the grim…