For couples · Palma de Mallorca · Spain
Romantic things to do in Palma de Mallorca
Ideas for a couples' trip, from small moments to a special day out.
Updated By the AMZBooking editorial team
Quick answer
Palma suits couples with its golden cathedral by the sea, candle-lit courtyards and tapas bars, and mountain villages and coves within an hour. Couples tend to stay in Old Town.
Key facts
- Romantic ideas
- 5
- Couple-friendly sights
- 1
- Area for couples
- Old Town
- Best months
- October
Romantic ideas
1.Sunset on the Es Baluard ramparts
Watch the sun set over the bay and the yachts from the walls of the old bastion.
2.Evening walk by La Seu
Stroll along the sea walls and Parc de la Mar as the floodlit cathedral reflects in the lake.
3.Train to Sóller
Ride the vintage wooden train through the mountains and have lunch by the bay at Port de Sóller.
4.Tapas in Santa Catalina
Share small plates and Mallorcan wine at a candle-lit table in the old fishermen's quarter.
5.Sunset in Deià
Spend an afternoon in the mountain village and watch the sun drop into the sea from a terrace.
Sights couples love
Park · Old Town
Parc de la Mar and the sea walls
Photograph the cathedral reflected in the lake in the late afternoon light, then walk the walls towards Es Baluard.
- Time needed
- 45 minutes
- Cost
- Free
- Free
- Photo spot
- Outdoors
- Kids
- Couples
Where couples should stay
$$$$ · Best for first-timers, couples, culture and luxury
Old Town
Palma's old town (Casc Antic) spreads behind La Seu and the Almudaina palace, a maze of narrow streets with grand townhouses whose patios can be glimpsed through open gates. It holds the Arab Baths, the Basílica de Sant Francesc and Plaça Major, and many of the city's boutique hotels occupy restored mansions.
- Good
- Walk to all the main sights; Atmospheric boutique hotels; Quiet lanes in the evening
- Watch out
- Expensive in summer; Cars restricted, so luggage means walking
- Nearby
- La Seu cathedral, Almudaina Palace, Banys Àrabs, Plaça Major
Romantic day trips
- Sóller and Port de Sóller (About 1 hour by vintage train) — The wooden carriages of the Sóller railway, opened in 1912, climb through tunnels and orchards in the Serra de Tramuntana to Sóller, a town of orange groves and modernist façades.
- Valldemossa (About 30 minutes by bus) — A stone village in the mountains around the Carthusian monastery where Frédéric Chopin and George Sand spent the winter of 1838–39.
- Deià (About 45 minutes by bus) — A honey-coloured village on a hill above the sea, long a haven for artists; the poet Robert Graves lived and is buried here, and his house is a museum.
- Es Trenc (About 45 minutes by car) — A long, undeveloped beach of white sand and clear turquoise water backed by dunes and salt flats in the south of the island, one of Mallorca's most popular natural beaches.
- Cap de Formentor (About 1 hour 15 minutes by car) — Mallorca's northernmost peninsula has a spectacular cliff road to a lighthouse, with viewpoints such as the Mirador d'es Colomer and the pine-fringed Formentor beach.
For dinner
Share local specialities such as Pa amb oli, Tumbet and Frit mallorquí. Book Santa Catalina and La Lonja restaurants ahead on summer weekends.
Questions travellers ask
+Is Palma de Mallorca romantic?
Palma suits couples with its golden cathedral by the sea, candle-lit courtyards and tapas bars, and mountain villages and coves within an hour.
+What is the most romantic thing to do in Palma de Mallorca?
Sunset on the Es Baluard ramparts: Watch the sun set over the bay and the yachts from the walls of the old bastion.
+Where should couples stay in Palma de Mallorca?
Old Town: Medieval lanes, stone mansions and courtyards behind the cathedral.