Mallorca has always been on my radar to visit, and it didn’t disappoint. We are staying in a very quiet town kind of in the center of the island. We did this for a couple of reasons. First, it seemed like a good way to see the island and second, I don’t always like the resort tourist towns on the coast that can tend to be loud. We are literally in the exact opposite of loud. The hotel just sent us the code, and we checked ourself in. Parking is a bit difficult as you have to find a place along the street that allows parking. The town might look empty but parking has been a challenge in the narrow roads. I think everyone keeps the shutters closed because of the heat outside.

On the first full day, we drove to the west coast of the island. The west coast is full of rock formations and hills. Not all of the drive is along the sea but they had a couple of viewpoints that didn’t disappoint. We had a number of stops that we wanted to make but sometimes the parking was too much of a challenge to find a spot. I’m just happy I have an automatic car especially with the narrow roads when they go down to one lane. We may have taken a couple of wrong turns (not our fault that roads were closed and the GPS didn’t know how to handle) that made me drive through some interesting streets. I think one had the weeds so long on both sides of the car that both mirrors were hitting them. I was just hoping nobody would come straight at me. I think we left the hotel around 9 AM and got back around 8 PM so it was a long, hot day of sightseeing.