What to see in Palma de Mallorca: the sights, in order of importance

Things to see in Palma de Mallorca, in order: the cathedral, the Palau de l'Almudaina right opposite, the Banys Àrabs (the Arab Baths) and the maze of lanes between Santa Eulàlia and Plaça Major, Bellver Castle for the views and Es Baluard for the art and the sunset. Do that and you've seen the best of the city. What comes next (the Fundació Miró, Palau March, the Pueblo Español, the Aquarium) depends on your tastes and your calendar.

And the calendar rules: on Sunday the cathedral only opens for Mass, on Monday most museums close, and by Saturday afternoon the cathedral has already shut.

Things to see in Palma de Mallorca: the ranked list

Ranked by what each place gives you against what it costs in time and money. Official adult prices.

Palma Cathedral (La Seu): the first thing to see

La Seu, as Mallorcans call the cathedral, impresses with the height of its nave (about 44 metres) and its mix of eras: Antoni Gaudí remodelled the interior in the early 20th century and Miquel Barceló covered the Santíssim chapel in ceramics. Full guide: Palma Cathedral.

Tickets. There are two official tickets: the standard one at €10 (cathedral + Museu d'Art Sacre, the former Diocesan Museum, in the Palau Episcopal; €8 for over-65s and students) and the €25 one with the terraces, March to November, over-9s only and not accessible. Terrace visits go in slots every 30 minutes, Monday to Friday 10:00 to 16:30 and Saturdays 10:00 to 13:30. Confirm the price at https://catedraldemallorca.org/en/visits/tours/ because the cathedral reviews it from time to time.

Opening hours. Monday to Friday 10:00 to 17:15 in high season and until 15:15 in winter; Saturdays 10:00 to 14:15. There's no sightseeing on Sunday, nor on about a dozen public holidays (1, 6 and 20 January, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, Easter Monday, 15 August, 1 November, 6, 8, 25 and 26 December).

Dress code. Shoulders covered, trousers or skirt at least to mid-thigh, nothing see-through and no swimwear. In summer people are turned away at the door: a scarf in your bag solves it.

Official or platform? The official desk is the cheapest (€10) but doesn't refund; the platforms charge €11–15 and usually let you cancel up to 24 hours before.

The old town: Almudaina, Banys Àrabs, Sant Francesc and Palau March

All of this is inside the old walled city, a few minutes' walk from each other. For a guided version, see Palma walking tours.

Palau de l'Almudaina

The royal palace opposite the cathedral is run by Patrimonio Nacional. It costs €8 (€5 for ages 5 to 16, over-65s and students up to 25; free for under-5s). It opens Tuesday to Sunday: October to March 10:00 to 18:00 and April to September until 19:00, with last entry an hour before closing. Closed on Mondays.

Free entry on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons (from 15:00 in winter) isn't for everyone: only for EU citizens, EU residents and Latin American citizens, with the physical ID document. On 18 May and 12 October it's free for everybody. Selfie sticks and tripods are banned. On the last Saturday of each month at 12:00 (except August and December, and weather permitting) there's a changing of the guard in period uniforms. Opening hours at https://www.patrimonionacional.es/visita/palacio-real-de-la-almudaina and more in our guide to the Palau de l'Almudaina.

Banys Àrabs

The baths of Medina Mayurqa, Muslim Palma of the 10th and 11th centuries: a domed room on 12 columns with mismatched, reused capitals, and a garden with palm trees. It's small (30–45 minutes), costs €3.50 and is cash only. It opens every day from 10:00 until about 18:00. Don't confuse this monument with the modern hammam on Carrer Costa i Llobera, which is a spa where you actually bathe. A walk round the neighbourhood: Banys Àrabs and the old town.

Sant Francesc, courtyards and Plaça Major

The Basilica of Sant Francesc (Gothic, begun in 1281, with a Baroque façade from 1700) holds the tomb of Ramon Llull, Mallorca's great medieval thinker, and a two-storey Gothic cloister with orange trees. The cloister visit costs €6. The diocese's SM Card (€18, valid 12 months) covers six monuments, the cathedral included.

Palma's courtyards (patis) are nearly all private: look from the doorway. Can Vivot (Carrer de Can Savellà) can be visited with a guide by booking, €12.

Palau March

Next to the cathedral at Carrer del Palau Reial 18: a terrace with sculptures by Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Chillida and Rodin, a nativity scene of nearly 2,000 pieces and a room painted entirely by Josep Maria Sert. It opens Monday to Saturday 10:00 to 17:30 and closes on Sundays and public holidays. It's one of the few museums open on a Monday; ask about the price at the desk.

Bellver Castle and what lies outside the centre

Castell de Bellver

A Gothic castle with a perfectly circular plan, built between 1300 and 1311 for King Jaume II of Mallorca on a hill 112 metres above the sea. The keep stands apart from the main building, joined to it by a bridge. It was a prison (Jovellanos was held here from 1802 to 1808); today you come for the view over the whole bay from the roof.

• Price: €4 (€2 for ages 14 to 18 and pensioners). Free on Sundays and for under-14s.
• Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 to 18:00 (until 19:00 from April to September); Sundays and public holidays 10:00 to 15:00. Closed on Mondays. The ticket office, in the visitor centre by the car park, stops selling 45 minutes before closing. Check times at https://castelldebellver.palma.es/-/horarios-y-precios-del-castell-de-bellver-
• Getting up there: EMT buses 4, 20 or 46 to Plaça Gomila, then Carrer de Bellver and a 463-step stairway through the woods, about 20 minutes. In summer, better to take a taxi to the top and walk down. The sightseeing bus stops at the gate (stop 10), but watch out in the afternoon: the last bus up leaves stop 1 at 17:15 and, if the castle barrier is closed, the last one that stops is the 16:30.
• Note: the castle's own guided tours are suspended; download the free audio guide from the official website before you go up. With a wind or rain alert, the park and the castle close at a few hours' notice.

Sunday is the free day and also the busiest: arrive at 10:00. Full guide in Bellver Castle.

Pueblo Español

Scaled-down replicas of buildings from all over Spain, plus galleries with work by Miró, Calder and Saura. Daily 10:00 to 18:00; €12 (€6 for ages 6 to 14, students and over-65s). Dogs allowed. It's stop 9 on the sightseeing bus, one before Bellver: together they make a morning. More in Pueblo Español.

Fundació Miró

In Cala Major (Carrer de Saridakis 29). It costs €10 and is free on Saturdays from 15:00, on the first Sunday of every month and always for under-16s. It opens Tuesday to Saturday (until 18:00 from mid-September to mid-May, until 19:00 the rest of the year) and Sundays 10:00 to 15:00; closed on Mondays. EMT buses 1, 4, 46 and 47. The Son Boter building is closed for restoration: check at https://miromallorca.com/en/visitans/

Coves de Gènova

The only cave you can visit in Palma: small (36 m deep, 20–25 minutes), with an audio guide on your phone, so bring earphones. €12 (children €7), daily 09:30 to 17:30; not accessible. The big caves with a lake and a concert are the Caves of Drach in Porto Cristo. More in Coves de Gènova.

Palma Aquarium

Open 365 days a year (last entry 17:00), with one of the deepest shark tanks in Europe (8.5 m). Adults €30.50, children aged 3 to 12 €19.50. Until 31 October, entering after 14:00 is 15% cheaper; check at https://palmaaquarium.com/en/plan-your-visit whether it still applies. There are no dolphins. EMT 35 from Plaça de la Reina to the end of the line. More in Palma Aquarium.

Es Baluard, Santa Catalina and the free museums

Es Baluard is the contemporary art museum, set in a bastion of the old city wall. The terrace over the bay at sunset is worth as much as the collection. It costs €8 (€5.50 reduced; €2 if you arrive by bike) and on Fridays you pay what you like. It opens Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 to 20:00 and Sundays 10:00 to 15:00; closed on Mondays. Prices at https://www.esbaluard.org/en/visit/

Behind it begins Santa Catalina, a former fishermen's quarter with a market, restaurants and bars. The market opens Monday to Saturday (bars until 17:00), but the fishmongers close on Mondays. The Olivar market, next to Plaça d'Espanya, has a supermarket upstairs where you can buy ensaïmadas (Mallorca's spiral pastry) at supermarket prices. Both close on Sunday. More in food and tapas in Palma.

Free museums and galleries worth a stop:

• Casal Solleric (Passeig del Born 27): an 18th-century palace with contemporary art exhibitions. Free; Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 to 20:00, Sundays 11:00 to 14:30.
• Museu Fundación Juan March (Carrer de Sant Miquel 11): free; Monday to Friday 10:00 to 18:30 and Saturdays 10:30 to 14:00. It opens on Mondays, when everything else is shut.
• Sa Llotja: the merchants' Gothic exchange, next to the Paseo Marítimo. You can only go in when there's an exhibition, and then it's free.
• CaixaForum: in the former Modernista Gran Hotel on Plaça Weyler, with the collection of the painter Hermen Anglada Camarasa. Free for under-16s and CaixaBank customers.

For a walk that costs nothing: the Parc de la Mar below the cathedral and, to the east, Es Portitxol and El Molinar on the EMT 35.

Free things to see in Palma: days and times

If you get a rainy day, don't go up to Bellver: it's an open-air castle. There are indoor alternatives in Palma in the rain.

Tickets and tours: what to buy and what not to

The cheap sum is this: cathedral €10 + Almudaina €8 + Banys Àrabs €3.50 = €21.50 for the big three of the old town, a few minutes' walk from each other. At the Almudaina, Bellver or the Banys Àrabs there are rarely queues: don't pay extra for "skip the line" there.

The sightseeing bus (City Sightseeing, the only one in Palma) is useful for linking the Pueblo Español, Bellver and the harbour; for the old town, walk. We look at it in Palma hop-on hop-off bus, and at every ticket in tickets in Palma.

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What to see in Palma de Mallorca in one day

Monday to Saturday. If it's a Monday, swap the Almudaina for Palau March.

What to see in Palma on a cruise day

EMT bus 1 drops you at Plaça d'Espanya in about 30 minutes, 10–15 minutes' walk from the cathedral; from terminals 1 to 4, line 30 stops below the cathedral, but it only runs once an hour. An 8-hour port call is enough for the cathedral, the Almudaina, the Banys Àrabs and the Born. If it's a Sunday, swap the cathedral for Bellver (the sightseeing bus stops at the terminal) and the Almudaina. It's all in Palma cruise port.

Two or three days

Day two: Bellver first thing, the Pueblo Español or the Miró, and in the afternoon the Aquarium or the beach at Ciutat Jardí (EMT 35). Round it off with flamenco at Tablao Alma at 19:30 or 21:30. On day three, leave the city: Sóller, Valldemossa or Drach, in day trips from Palma. With children, see Palma with kids; to plan your whole stay, the guide's home page.