DK Travel : Mallorca : Editor's choice

Mallorca : Editor's choice

Pâté

Another signature island dish is pork liver pâté.
Pickled and Cured

The easiest finger-nibbles: olives (sometimes very salty), miniature pickles and possibly pearl onions. A cured favourite is salted cod.
Plaça Cort

With its elegant façades, including the town hall, and ancient olive tree, this is one of Palma’s loveliest squares.
Platja de Muro

Just to the north of C’an Picafort and south of Port d’Alcúdia, this beach is a congregation point for gays.
Platja El Mago

Near Portals Vells and Magalluf, on the western end of Palma Bay, one of the island’s recognized nude beaches and popular with gays.
Platja Es Trénc

The island’s finest unspoiled beach, a place for nudists and alternative sun-worshippers of all sorts.
Platja y Dique del Oeste

Located at Porto Pi, near downtown Palma, this is a noted gay-friendly beach.
Pork Sausages

Mallorca’s most prized sausage, sobrassada , comes from the island’s famous small black pigs. It’s tender, flavourful and tinged red from spices, and you’ll find various versions of it, including a sobrassada pâté for spreading on toast.
Port d’Andratx

One of Mallorca’s classiest resorts.
Portocolom

This attractive fishing village was named in honour of Christopher Columbus, who is said (without much evidence) to have been born here. It has found a new lease of life as a resort favoured by Spanish visitors.