Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sleeping
4
Can Moragues B1
5
Hotel Casal d'Artà B2
6
Hotel Sant Salvador B1
7
Jardi d´Artà D2
Eating
8
Bar Parisien
A3
9
Forn Nou
C2
10
Mar de Vins
B3
Salvador Gaudí
(see 6)
8
Information
Tourist Office
(see 2)
Sights
The heart of Artà's historic centre is the shaded Plaça d'Espanya, home to the pretty
ajuntament
(town hall) building. On Tuesday morning, a market sets up on Plaça Con-
queridor.
Santuari de Sant Salvador
CASTLE, CHURCH
(Via Crucis; 8am-8pm Apr-Oct, shorter hours rest of year)
Rising high and mighty
above Artà, this walled fortress was built atop an earlier Moorish enclave and encloses a
small church. A much-restored 4000-sq-metre complex, it reveals all the hallmarks of a
medieval fortress, down to the stone turrets ringing the top and the metre-thick walls.
The views from here sweep over the rooftops of the medina-like old town and beyond to
the bald, bumpy peaks of the Serra de Llevant.
The walls were built in the 14th century to protect the town from pirates or invaders.
Now you'll find walkways, a simple cafeteria and an unremarkable salmon-coloured
