Algaida, Central Mallorca

Traditional Rural Town

Algaida is a typical Mallorcan town, all green shutters, narrow streets without pavements and a central square dominated by a sandstone church. It is located in a beautiful part of Mallorca, in the lowlands of the hilly area known as Puig Randa. You can find one of Mallorca's many disused windmills in the town - and it's one of the easiest ones to photograph!

Few visitors make it into the town centre; the attractions are all on the outskirts, on the Palma-Manacor road. The main one is Ca'n Gordiola, a glass factory housed in a mock castle. The ground floor contains a workshop (though it looks more like a church with its arches and stained glass) where you can watch glass being blown; upstairs there are museums devoted to both glass and perfume. A further 2km along the road to Manacor is a string of well-known restaurants, where the people of Palma head at weekends for old-fashioned Mallorcan cuisine.

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