Top attractions in Mallorca

What you can't miss in Mallorca, with photos and context.

Palma Cathedral reflected in the Parc de la Mar lake

Palma Cathedral (La Seu)

The great seafront Gothic cathedral, with interventions by Gaudí and a spectacular rose window. The symbol of Palma and of the whole island.

Lake Martel lit up inside the Drach Caves

Drach Caves

Mallorca's most famous caves, in Porto Cristo, with one of the largest underground lakes in the world and classical music concerts over the water.

The Sa Calobra coast in the Serra de Tramuntana

Serra de Tramuntana

The World Heritage mountain range along the north-west: stone villages, viewpoints, terraced olive groves and vertiginous roads like Sa Calobra.

The historic Sóller tram

Valldemossa and Sóller

Two of the prettiest villages in the Tramuntana: Valldemossa, with the charterhouse where Chopin stayed, and Sóller, linked to Palma by a century-old wooden train.

Formentor lighthouse on the cliffs at sunset

Cap de Formentor

The island's most spectacular cape, at the northern tip: cliffs, a lighthouse and viewpoints over the Mediterranean.

Peguera bay on the south-west coast of Mallorca

The coves and beaches

From Playa de Palma to the unspoiled coves of the east and south (Es Trenc, Cala Mondragó): the most varied range of beaches in the Balearics.