Palma, Spain Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

MAÓ ( Mahón in Castilian), the island capital, is likely to be your first port of call. It's a respectable, almost dull little town, the people restrained and polite. So is the architecture – an unusual hybrid of classical Georgian sash-windowed town houses and tall, gloomy Spanish apartment blocks shading the narrow streets. Port it may be, but there's no seamy side to Maó, and the harbour is home to a string of restaurants and cafés that attract tourists in their droves. more »