Arab Baths - See Map
Center - Palma, Mallorca

Set within the narrow streets of the old Jewish quarter (also worth a look) this is one of the few relics left over from Majorca’s Moorish times. At the entrance there’s a map of the layout of the baths showing the various rooms, however only the ‘hot’ room is now present.

Step inside to see the roof with its star shaped openings where steam escaped and the double floor which allowed hot water to run underneath the floor tiles thus providing an early form of underfloor heating!
The baths, thought to be part of a larger estate, are set in a small garden filled with greenery where you can sit and rest a while from the hustle of the city and listen to the birdsong...great on hot sultry days!

Psst! Take a careful look at the columns and the eagle-eyed amongst you will notice that none of them are alike. This is because the baths were built from re-claimed materials. Just goes to show recycling has had a long history!

• Getting there: by foot, just follow the signposts from the Cathedral.
• Admission: €2
• Qpen: April to November; 9.30 a.m. to 8 p.m. December to March; 9.30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Address: Calle Can Serra, 7. Palma. Tel. +34 971 721 549
  

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