Travel Reference
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lorca's inland rural towns. It's also one of the oldest - a local legend traces the town's
origins back to Roman Sinium, while the link to the Islamic settlement of Sixneu is less
tenuous.
Sights
Sineu is famous throughout Mallorca for its markets. Downhill on the southeast flank of
the town, Plaça des Fossar is where the town's big market days are held; the weekly
Wednesday market takes over Sa Plaça up in the old town.
Convent dels Mínims
CONVENT
(Ajuntament; Carrer de Sant Francesc)
The town hall is housed in this 17th-century
baroque convent. You can generally wander in any time to admire the somewhat neglec-
ted cloister. One block west is a beautiful example of a waymarking cross, the 1585
Renaissance
Creu dels Morts
(Cross of the Dead).
Convent de la Concepció
CONVENT
(Carrer del Palau 17)
This 17th-century convent, an adaptation of the prior Muslim
al-qasr
(castle) and a two-minute stroll southwest of Sa Plaça, has a
torno,
a small revolving
door through which you can receive pastries made by the nuns in return for a few euros.
It was in the convent that King Jaume II had his inland residence built, making Sineu the
de facto capital of rural Mallorca.
Sa Plaça
SQUARE
At Sineu's heart is Sa Plaça, a busy square fronted by several bars and the crumbling
sandstone, late-Gothic facade of the 16th-century Església de Santa Maria.
Plaça des Fossar
SQUARE
On Plaça des Fossar, a
statue
honours Francisco Alomar, a Sineu-born professional cyc-
list who died in 1955; it has something of cult status among visiting cyclists.
WORTH A TRIP
CARNIVAL TIME IN LLUBÍ
Overlooked most of the year, Llubí is especially worth the effort for the
Festa del Si-
urell
( Feb or Mar)
on the Saturday before the Tuesday of Carnaval. This singular bit
of fun involves townsfolk dressing up assiurells, the traditional Mallorcan whistles.
