There is Life After Print
TALK
OF
THE
NORTH
13TH SEPTEMBER 2018
You’ll find the Jardines de Alfabia just before the tunnel to Soller. An unassuming entrance, there’s no sense of the space you are about to find. With our €5 Mallorca-resident tickets in hand, we head up the steps where there is a typical patio of the Mallorcan ‘Posessions’. At the end is the garden’s emblematic pergola with its water fountains. Built at the beginning of the 18th century, the water jets cross each other, creating a watery walkway to run around in. It’s great for the kids to cool off in and it will reward you with an extra half hour without the inevitable moans and groans.
Jardines de Alfabia
Down some steps, the gardens continue with hundreds of mature palms, olives and more tropical plants. Alongside the lilly pond, there is a wide array of Palm trees and garballons – a protected plant found in Mallorca. It is in this full yet organised garden space you will find a clearing that is
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