Mallorca · Things to do

The sandstone cathedral over the sea wall at Plaza de la Almoina. Visiting hours are 10:00–17:15, with worship 08:30–09:45. Gaudí reworked the interior in the 1900s and Miquel Barceló covered a whole side chapel in ceramic in 2007 — both are the reason to go inside rather than just photograph it.

A wooden electric train from 1912 that climbs from Palma through the Tramuntana to Sóller, €23 one way. At Sóller it connects with an equally old tram down to the port. Slow, and that is the point — treat it as the day rather than as transport.

A Carthusian monastery in a mountain village about 20 minutes from Palma, where Chopin and George Sand spent the miserable winter of 1838–39. The ticket covers the monastic cells, the Palace of King Sancho and a collection of Miró prints. Open Monday to Saturday.

About 1,200 metres of caves running some 25 metres below ground on the east coast, ending at Lake Martel where a quartet plays a short classical set from rowing boats. Book a timed slot online; it is one of the busiest sites on the island.

A circular 14th-century castle on a wooded hill above Palma at Camilo José Cela s/n, unusual in Europe for being round. It holds the city history museum, and the walk up through the pine woods from Avinguda Joan Miró takes about half an hour.