Travel Reference
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Admission prices range from €10 to €20, usually including your first drink, although if
you're not dressed to impress you may be turned away no matter how much cash you're
willing to spend.
Old Palma
Gibson
BAR
(Plaça del Mercat 18; 8am-3am)
This chirpy cocktail bar with outside seating is still busy
with (mostly local) punters on a weekday night when everything else around has pulled
the shutters down.
Cappuccino
CAFE
(
www.grupocappuccino.com
;
Carrer del Conquistador 13; 8.30am-10pm Mon-Wed, to 11pm Thu
& Sun, to midnight Fri & Sat)
The location is a winner, a terrace at the 'prow' end of Palau
March. It serves light meals and snacks with international staples, but we like it best for
its (slightly overpriced) namesake, and the people-watching. It's the sort of place that
sells its own lounge-music CDs.
LA RUTA MARTIANA
The Sa Gerreria neighbourhood of Palma, southeast of the Plaça Major, has under-
gone an extraordinary makeover, from the no-go area of central Palma to one of its
hottest nightlife districts. Part of the momentum is attributable to the inexplicably
named
La Ruta Martiana
(the Martians' Route), whereby 25 bars clustered tightly
around these streets offer a small morsel to eat (known as a tapa, or apintxo) and
a drink for €2 from 7.30pm to midnight on Tuesday and from 7.30pm to 2am on
Wednesday. Apart from being great value and allowing you to go on a tapas and bar
crawl without breaking the bank, it has breathed life into this long-neglected corner
of town. Among the bars taking part are Barafina, L'Ambigú and Ca La Seu.
Plaça Major & Around
L'Ambigú
TAPAS BAR
