Travel Reference
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Ca'n March
SEAFOOD, MALLORCAN €€€
( 971 55 00 02;
www.canmarch.com
;
Carrer de València 7; mains €9-14, menus €12-28;
1-3.30pm & 8.30-11pm Tue-Sun)
Fish prepared with a minimum of fuss using salt from Es
Trenc and island olive oil is the house strong point at this warm, traditional haunt. Or opt
for rice dishes like
arròs melós amb guàtleres i bolets
(creamy rice with quail and mush-
rooms). It's a block north of the Torre de Ses Puntes.
Reserva Rotana
MEDITERRANEAN €€€
€€€
( 971 84 56 85;
www.reservarotana.com
;
Camí de Bendris Km 3; mains €28-32, 3-course lunch
menus €25; 1-4pm & 7-11pm late Feb-mid-Nov)
A slice of rural luxury, this tucked-away
finca
escape has a genteel ambience in its beamed dining room and flower-draped
garden. Farm-fresh ingredients and local sourcing are paramount in dishes like monkfish
with Serrano ham and
fregola
(Sardinian durum-wheat pasta) and Asian-style lamb with
mint yoghurt. Service is polished. The
finca
is 7km north of Manacor, off the Ma3321.
Shopping
Most visitors come to Manacor for the manufactured pearls, but you'll also find some
fine woodwork on sale. There's a
craft market
on Plaça Sa Bassa on Saturday morning.
Majorica Showroom
JEWELLERY
(
www.majorica.com
;
Carretera Palma-Artà Km 47; 9am-8pm Mon-Fri, 9am-7pm Sat & Sun)
Ma-
jorica is the best-known Manacor pearl manufacturer. The company was founded by
Eduard Heusch, a German, in 1902 and now has its two-storey showroom on the edge of
town on the road to Palma. Upstairs you can see a handful of people working on the cre-
ation of pearls.
Orquidea
JEWELLERY
(
www.perlasorquidea.com
;
Carretera Palma-Artà Km 47; 9am-7pm Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm Sat & Sun)
Orquidea is one of Manacor's purveyors of Mallorcan pearls.
Oliv-Art
CRAFT
