Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sleeping
8
Ca'n Pere
C2
9
Can Tem B2
10
Petit Hotel Ca'n Simó C2
Eating
11
Bistro 1909
B2
12
Ca'n Costa
C2
Ca'n Pere
(see 8)
S'Arc
(see 10)
Shopping
13
Art i Costura
C2
14
Flor de Sal d'es Trenc
B2
Sights
Tuesday and Sunday are market days in Alcúdia, held on and around Passeig de la
Victòria.
Pol·lentia
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
(
www.pollentia.net
; Avinguda dels Prínceps d'Espanya; adult/child incl Museu Monogràfic €3/2;
9.30am-8.30pm Tue-Sat, 10am-2pm Sun May-Sep, shorter hours rest of year)
The ruins of the
Roman town of Pol·lentia lie just outside Alcúdia's walls. Founded around 70 BC, it was
Rome's principal city in Mallorca and is the most important archaeological site on the is-
land. Pol·lentia reached its apogee in t he 1st and 2nd centuries AD and covered up to 20
hectares - its sheer geographical spread (most of it unexcavated) suggests it was a city of
some size and substance.
In the northwest corner of the site is the Portella residential area - the most interesting
of the houses is the
Casa dels Dos Tresors
(House of the Two Treasures), a typical Ro-
