Things to do in Alcúdia

Alcúdia: the essentials

1. Walk through Roman Pollentia

   Next to the walls lie the streets, houses and forum of what was the island's main Roman city, and a few hundred metres away its small theatre. A single ticket covers the site and the Museu Monogràfic by the church.

2. Sacred art at Sant Jaume

   The large neo-Gothic church built against the town walls keeps silverwork, carvings and vestments from past centuries in its parish museum. A good visit for a hot or rainy hour.

3. Climb Penya Rotja

   From the Victòria hermitage area, a path with a few fixed-cable sections climbs to this 355-metre crag, where an old cannon from 1630 looks out over Formentor and Pollença Bay.

4. The Victòria hermitage

   The peninsula's sanctuary, set in pine woods above Pollença Bay, is the starting point for the cape walks. Next to it are a picnic area and a restaurant for refuelling on the way back.

5. Wine among talayots at Son Simó Vell

   A rural estate on the edge of Alcúdia with its own vineyards and Talayotic remains, where you can taste the wines at leisure. A different plan for an afternoon away from the beach.

6. Fine Mallorcan cooking

   Chef Maca de Castro's Michelin-starred restaurant cooks almost entirely with produce from her own garden and the island. For something more casual, her Jardín Bistró serves the same food in sharing plates.

7. Tapas and gató in the old town

   A bar in the old town for Mallorcan tapas and, for pudding, gató, the island's almond sponge cake, sometimes served with ice cream. Just right after a walk round the walls.

8. Sant Jaume and the October fair

   On 25 July, the patron saint's day, fiesta week ends with fireworks by the walls. In early October, the Fira fills the town with farm produce, crafts, horses and music.