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ceilings and old wine barrels. Its specialities are barbecued meats, roast lamb and roast
suckling pig, but it also rustles up Mallorcan classics like arròs brut (dirty rice).
Ca n'Oms SPANISH, MALLORCAN €
( 971 56 19 20; www.canoms.com ; Carrer de Caparrot de Ca N'Oms 7; mains €7-14; 9am-4pm
& 7-11pm, shorter hours in winter; ) This is a lovely place to eat fine variations on pa amb
oli (bread rubbed with olive oil and usually topped with tomato), including with cuttle-
fish, but it's also a wonderful chill-out space with a designer touch and occasional live
music in the evenings. The shady garden is perfect on a warm summer's evening.
Getting There & Away
Petra is one stop short of Manacor (nine minutes) on the Palma-Manacor train line and
gets at least one service a day in both directions. From Palma the trip takes just under an
hour and costs €3.95.
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Manacor
POP 40,830 / ELEV 128M
Manacor, the island's second-largest city, is perhaps best known as the birthplace of ten-
nis great Rafael Nadal and as a centre of furniture manufacturing. That we mention such
things should speak volumes for its tourist appeal. That said, it does have a striking
church at its centre, and there's some fine shopping to be had in the vicinity - from
wineries to Mallorca's world-famous pearls, all on the city's outskirts.