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FROM THE AIRPORT
Car Hire :
Take advantage of the special easyJet inflight rates. Visit the Europcar desk or call +34 (0)971 455 200. Open from 7am-midnight seven days a week.
Airport Transfer :
Pre-book your door-to-door transfer online with easyJet's transfer partner A-T-S. From Palma airport to the major island destinations, A-T-S operates a private taxi service.
Bus :
Line 1 links Son San Juan Airport to central Palma from 6.10am-2.15am, with about four services an hour. Tickets: €1.80.
(6 Emperatriz Eugenia, Local 32. Tel. 971 750 421) Great Mexican food at very reasonable prices. Enchiladas and a beer costs about €13. The Renoir cinema next door regularly shows films in English.
(11 Plaza Progreso. Tel. 871 964 965) A trendy restaurant with an interior courtyard. The sampling menu is great value, with seven dishes, including fried shrimps with lime and lamb in red curry sauce.
(Local 7, Monte Aneto, Nova Santa Ponsa. Tel. 971 692 129) This Italian restaurant has a fantastic garden terrace to enjoy the freshly made pastas. Specialities include turbot on squid risotto, and spinach and ricotta ravioli.
(Hotel Melia de Mar, 7 Paseo Illetas. Tel. 971 402 511) This five-star restaurant sits by the Mediterranean, making it the perfect setting for a classy, romantic meal. Specialities include calderata (lobster casserole), chateaubriand and sole meunier.
(3 Paseo Maritimo. Tel. ) This Irish-themed pub serves great Guinness. It also shows major sports events on TV, and hosts live music on Thursday and Sunday nights.
(5 Apuntadores, La Lonja. Tel. ) Hosting local, national and international jazz acts from Wednesday to Saturday nights. Expect great music and a warm welcome.
(29 Paseo Maritimo. Tel. ) Open until 5am, this club hosts dance and trance nights, as well as live entertainment, indie cinema, guest speakers and much more.
On the ground
Shop
Matahari specialises in hand-crafted, original home furnishings, everything from fine silks to earthenware bowls (30 Avenida San Fernando. Tel. 971 286 997).
Insider Tip
Spanish artist Miró and Maljorca are intimately connected. One of the best contemporary art centres on the island, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca, is west of Palma, in Cala Major. It's open from 10am-6pm (10am-7pm from 16 May) Tuesday-Saturday and 10am-3pm (10am-7pm from 16 May) on Sunday.
Key Area
On the outskirts of Palma, Poble Espanyol is an unusual theme park, where the attractions are reproductions of famous buildings from Cordoba, Toledo and Madrid, including the famous Alhambra Palace in Granada. Quite bizarre but worth a visit (39 Carrer Poble Espanyol. Tel. 971 737 075).
This month
Real Mallorca take on Osasuna in a crucial match on 7 May. Will the local football team stay in the top flight for another season? See www.rcdmallorca.es tickets.
Day Tripping
Sóller
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The Sóller train has connected Palma with the small northerly town since 1912. It winds its way through the Tramuntana mountains, before reaching the town and scenic port, filled with shops, cafés and restaurants (www.sollernet.com
No way!
In 1960, Majorca had 500,000 tourists. In 2001, more than 19 million people passed through Son Sant Joan airport.
