Wednesday morning we arrived in Palma, Mallorca. Now this is a GORGEOUS city! It reminded us of Santa Barbara. This was day 4 of our cruise and we let Austin stay on the ship as he has been taking an online class in statistics and needed to finish his homework. Bryce and Trey came with us to the island for the tour. Our first stop on the tour was Bellver Castle, which sits atop a hill overlooking the coast and the city. It is the only round castle in Spain.
This is an aerial view of Bellver Castle
They have concerts in this interior part of the castle
Gorgeous view from the top of the castle looking toward Palma and the Bay
This is a view from the castle and you can see our cruise ship docked in port in the distance
A Trip to Els Calderers
After touring the castle, we headed down to the city on the bus and got a feel for the sites. Then we headed inland, away from the coast, to see a Manor House in the countryside. The manor house is called "Els Calderers" and was built in 1285 near the town of Saint Joan.
This is the front gate and looks like it could be in Santa Barbara!
This video does a great job of showing all of the aspects of this beautiful manor house:
At the end of our tour of Els Calderers we sampled some of the local sausage and some nuts that had been grown on the property. More on that in my next post . . .
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