Andratx

Market streets and local rhythm

Andratx is not primarily a beach resort, but an inland town with everyday life, shops and restaurants at the last foothills of Serra de Tramuntana. On Wednesdays the market fills the streets, and the town takes on a more compact, local pulse than many of the coastal places in the municipality.

The old town lies high up

The oldest part of Andratx lies up against the mountain in neighborhoods such as des Pantaleu and es Pou Amunt. Here, the older streets give a sense of why the town grew inland and not down by the harbor: the location offered better protection against attacks from the sea.

A walk through the center can tie several layers together: Son Mas, the former country estate that is now town hall, the old Cúria building with its library, the mills at sa Planeta and the tower So na Gaiana. These are not grand monuments in a row, but small traces of a town that has been a place of local power, defense and ordinary everyday life.

The church and the painting about the attack

Santa Maria church is one of the places where history becomes very concrete. Inside the church is “Quadre des Moros,” a painting of the Turkish landing in Andratx. The story of the threat from the sea is still present in the town’s high position and in its old defensive traces.