Oficial Licensed Guides of Mallorca offers a selection of cultural and historical guided tours of the city. From its superb monuments to Jewish quarter, history is revealed with the added touch that their staff are indeed locals themselves; multi-lingual guides that accompany you on a sunny morning or star studded summer evening, telling tales of intrigue and wonder of a life now past.
Tour guides are truly passionate about their job. Let them take you through the peaceful streets of the old town and learn about the rich heritage of its buildings, plazas, palaces and courtyards, past the ancient city walls down to the cathedral.
They will show you what the streets are really hiding and provide a global view of the historic and artistic career of a city with many faces. From the Plaza Cort, Palma’s oldest square, past the Santa Eulalia church, curiosities that would certainly be missed if you go alone are shared.
Then venture along Palma’s oldest street and discover what used to lie below the foundations of the magnificent houses that now line it.
Hear the legends of the dragons, see mystical carvings and enjoy a wealth of historical information you would never find in any guide book, before arriving at Palmas Cathedral and then finally on to La Lonja ( former stock exchange market ) to see the signs left of passing days .
Contact directly to local guide of Palma city tours Miguel Corral for tailored tours .
You're smart - While the masses are taking tours with hundreds of other passengers, travelers in the know arrange private tours. Get the information you need and experience your destination like an insider.
You're in control - You choose the time of your tour. You decide which sights interest you the most. You decide when to stop to rest, shop, eat or explore in further detail, all at your own pace, with your guide always ready to give advice.
You're engaged - You can get closer to details and enjoy personal conversations geared directly to your interests.
You're inspired - Local guides love their cities and cultures and want to share that love with you.
You're a guest - That's our philosophy! You'll stop being a tourist and become a guest. It's like having a friend in Europe to take you under their wing and show you what only the insiders know.
You're value conscious - If you are a small group, it's maybe a little more expensive than the cruise line's bus ride, but so much more worth it! If you have a large group, a private tour is always the best value.
You won't be fooled - With large tour groups you are stuck to their schedule, right down to the forced gift shop visit. Sometimes they pass up the most interesting details about a sight because it would be impossible for everyone in a large group to see it. And if you can't hear the guide, or you fall behind because the pace is too fast, you're just out of luck. On your own you walk around with your nose in a guidebook. None of this happens with a private tour!hem with you.
You're satisfied - You get the experience of a lifetime because your private shore tour excursion is personalized just for you and like no one else's.
These tours are chauffeured tours and depending on your port include a tour leader, a driver guide or a licensed guide, all of whom speak fluent English. In many cases we can also arrange a tour in Spanish. These private tours are operated with luxury non-smoking, air conditioned, sedans, minivans, minibuses or full size coaches. So we can handle a private tour for two or a family reunion trip for sixty or more.
Contact directly to Local Private Guide : Miguel Corral
I have a proven track record of working on this basis with a tour operator in America, travel agents in Canada, USA, Great Britain, Germany, Madrid.... They gave me a broad idea of the purpose and scope of the visit, and I designed the detailed itineraries and delivered the first-class customer service. If you would like to consider a partnership with me, I can discuss the proposal in more detail contact me Miguel Corral
I am based in the destination of people visiting Majorca, this puts me in an ideal position to work as a receptive professional, partnering with specialist travel agents and small tour operators based in other countries, or in other parts of Spain
Una de las mejores formas de visitar Palma de Mallorca es contratar los servicios de un guia turistico Oficial. Si desea contratar los servicios profesionales de un guia en Palma de Mallorca, aqui tiene la posibilidad de entrar en contacto con Miguel Corral , para su contratacion directa ,envie un e-mail :corralmiguel@hotmail.com.
Los guias de Mallorca son profesionales que pertenecen al Colegio Oficial de Guias turisticos altamente cualificados, no solo en varios idiomas como ingles, frances, aleman, japones, ...sino tambien con un profundo conocimiento de los monumentos , las tradiciones , la historia , las fiestas o la gastronomia .
Tambien le pueden organizar distintas visitas y recorridos turisticos que dependeran del tiempo disponible para la visita.Visitara Mallorca de una forma mas personalizada, y comprobara lo que hace que Palma sea un destino turistico especial.
El Museo Diocesano
Situado frente al mar detrás de la cabecera de la Catedral, en el Palacio Episcopal de la Ciudad de Palma de Mallorca. Recientemente reabierto después de seis años de rehabilitación, expone unas 200 obras de arte religioso que ofrecen un recorrido histórico por el cristianismo en Mallorca.
El contenido del Museo procede de conventos, monasterios, iglesias... y de donaciones de colecciones particulares. Entre las obras expuestas destacan el retablo de Sant Jordi de Pere Niçard (siglo XV) y diversas piezas de Antoni Gaudà diseñadas para decorar la Catedral y el Palacio Episcopal (siglo XX).
El recinto incluye el oratorio gótico de Sant Pau que data de principios del siglo XV y fue incorporado posteriormente al edificio del Palacio Episcopal.
Retaule de sant Jordi (taula central i predel·la).
Aquest retaule, obra cabdal de la pintura medieval mallorquina, fou encarregat l’any 1468 per la confraria dels cavallers per a la capella que tenien a la desapareguda església de Sant Antoni de la Porta. Fou contractat per Pere Niçard, pintor estranger autor de la major part de l’obra, i Rafel Mòger, mestre local que va col·laborar sobretot en el primer compartiment de la predel·la. La taula central representa sant Jordi matant el drac per alliberar la princesa, tenint com a fons la Ciutat de Mallorca, idealitzada a l’estil flamenc però amb alguns detalls realistes com la zona de PortopÃ, les embarcacions, l’església de Sant Nicolauet o els horts de fora murada, entre d’altres. A la predel·la es representen la decapitació de sant Jordi, el Baró de Dolors i l’entrada de l’exèrcit cristià a la Ciutat de Mallorca l’any 1229. Tècnicament, Pere Niçard aportà algunes novetats de procedència flamenca com l’ús de la pintura a l’oli, amb la qual aconseguà efectes com les lluentors o els reflexos de l’armadura del sant.
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El caballero , la princesa y el dragón.
Se trata del retablo de Sant Jordi, obra de Pere Nisard , donde se ve la bahÃa de Palma con el puerto de la ciudad y el de Porto Pi, con gran número de naos, galeras, galeotas y otras embarcaciones de tipo medio y pequeño –además se entrevén otras que fueron borradas o veladas por el autor -, en esta obra cabe destacar la única imagen medieval de una embarcación que llega a puerto vista de proa y arriando la vela para poder anclar.
Durante la Alta Edad Media se representaron embarcaciones en todas las escenas en que algún pasaje de la Biblia hace referencia, según sea el Antiguo Testamento (Noé en el ciclo del agua o del diluvio -éste es uno de los más interesantes por aparecer frecuentemente la construcción del arca-, y las escenas de Jonàs y la ballena o del Nuevo Testamento (la pesca milagrosa , la presencia de los apóstoles-pescadores Pedro y Andrés ), y el Comentario del Apocalipsis de Beato de Liébana, cuyas copias son conocidas como Beatos .
A partir del siglo XIII la iconografÃa sacra continúa con la representación de barcos según la BÃblia, más la totalidad de santos que tuvieron relación con el mar, viajaron en barco, sufrieron martirio en el mar, se les atribuyen milagros salvando a naufragos, etc (San Clemente , San MartÃn de Tours , Santa Clara , San Nicolás , Santa Úrsula , Santa Cristina , San Bernat de Claravall , San Juan Bautista , San Juan Evangelista , entre otros).
Algunos retablos se caracterizan por la riqueza de detalles, principalmente los del siglo XV, otros en cambio destacan por elementos inusuales o excepcionales como la nave que aparece con los dos tipos de timones en la iglesia de Alòs de Balaguer, fechado en el 1364.
También en la Baja Edad Media se registran la casi totalidad de representaciones de barcos documentados en iconografÃa profana, por una parte disponemos de su presencia decorando los palacios de la burguesÃa y la nobleza enriquecida gracias a su participación en la conquista y expansión de la Corona , y por otra la enorme cantidad de documentación escrita producida permitió que los notarios y lectores se divirtieran dibujando barcos en los márgenes de documentos y libros.
Destacan por su riqueza en la representación de la gran diversidad de todo tipo de embarcaciones dos obras que muestran un repertorio naval.
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Colour and Light in Gothic Palma Cathedral
It is not surprising that in the Middle Ages an art form was developed in which the brilliance of simple colours is married to the brilliance of light.The developement of Gothic arquitecture which led to the virtual replacement of wall by window provide the opportunity for combinig pictorial embellishment with intense luminiscense.
It helped that Light was often cited as a metapfor for God , and even believed to be a manifestation of the deity .
Despite the concerns voiced by austere monastic oders that such sensuous stimulation might detract from focusing on God , bishops and lay patrons gave free rein to the creative possibilities of brilliant, multi-coloured glass . Its beauty seems largely to have been indivisible from the cognitive understanding of symbolism, delight in colour was remarkably direct and uninhibited.
Light was other source of immediate aesthetic uplift - The light of the sun , the glitter of gold and polished surfaces and all forms of luminosity.
This tour will show you the color significance the conflicting aims of richness of colour and illumination of the interior,the meaning,symbolism and narration, revelatory of the fundamental shifts which occurred during the course of the Middle Ages in theology,intellectual outlook and society generally.
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Monumental Palma
Palma awaits you all year round. Get to know the history of the city by strolling through the heart of its old quarter. Its Roman, Moslem and Christian past make it an amazing city to visit. With this tour that takes you through its peaceful streets, you will discover the rich heritage of its buildings, squares, palaces, courtyards and gardens, like the cathedral, the Almudaina Palace, the city�s ancient walls, the Lonja building, the Arab baths or the City Hall.
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Miguel Corral
Personal tour guide conducting private guided tours for small groups of families and friends, partners and business colleagues.
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La Catedral de Palma. La Seu
La tarifa de guia es de .140 Euro por visita, tanto si el grupo esta formado por dos personas como si son 15. Al tratarse de un servicio personalizado se puede hacer durar hasta un max. de tres horas. El punto de encuentro ha de ser en cualquier lugar del centro hist�rico facil de localizar .
El recorrido a pie incluiria la catedral de Palma unica del mundo gotico en constante dialogo con arte contemporaneo , una catedral viva donde contrasta su extructura g�tica con el modernismo ( de Antonio Gaudi ) su famoso Baldaquino y el Privitivismo (de Miguel Barcel� ) Maravillosa Capilla del Santisimo realizada en arcilla con tecnicas esperimentales de las ultimas tendencias estilisticas del arte contemporaneo .
Recorrido por el entramado de callejuelas que conforman el barrio gotico y antigua alfama del barrio judio, descripci�n tipologica de los casals y patios Mallorquines etc. etc.
Es necesario saber con exactitud la fecha y la hora para ver la disponibilidad del guia o en todo caso buscar un sustituto que nos proporcione el servicio .
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Palma Cathedral and Gothic quarter
Personal Tour guide conducting private guided tours
The tariff for the walking guided tour is ... Euro for the group, it is the same if you are two people or if you are 15. As it is a customized service we can make it last until max. up to three hours. The meeting point has to be in any point of the historical center easy to locate ( ej.Miró monument in Plaza de la Reina). The walking tour included Palma cathedral, unique of the world where we wil apreciate the contrast of the gothic with the Art noveau (of Antonio Gaudi) and the Privitivisme (of Miguel Barcelö) recently inaugurated. Our walk continues trough the narrow streets that conform the old gothic district and the Alfama of the Jewish quarter, description of typology of casals and patios etc. etc.
I need to know with exactitude the date and the hour to meet you and to see if I am available or in any case look for other date or time that maith be well to both of us.
The metaphysical significance of the numbers in Palma Cathedral
The basis of many churches is sacry geometry and proportion. Numbers had a metaphysical significance, and were thought to have occult power. Every aspect of the medieval cathedral utilized that significace: the number of pillars in the choir, the ratio of the levels of in the triforium, etc. Rose windows are no exception to this rule. The triangle means stability trascending duality.Our rosewindow composed of twenty four triangles twelve of them represent the shape of six pointed star.
The most visual presence of the three in the cathedral is the one of its architectonic structure , it is a cathedral of three naves, the cathedral can be perceived like the conjunction of three churches.
1.The first that was constructed named Chapel of the Trinidad, there is above, to where the pantheons of the mallorcan kings are located
2.Second , the Royal Chapel, where it is now the altar and presbitery.
3.Third it arises when the construction is tripled and appeared the building of the three aisles.
There are three the rosewindows , entering by the greater vestibule.
There are three the most excellent lampadarios,
1.the one of the seven lamps on the episcopal chair,
2.the one of the octogonal crown of the baldaquino on the greater altar and
3.the one of lucerna conical truncated in center of the central nave.
Number three is not absolutely strange to the cultural patrimony of the Church.
The Christians adore a trinitary God
1.Father,
2.Son and
3.holy Spirit
Three are three teologal virtues - faith, hope and charity.
Not only the Christian cultural patrimony has been constructed, partly, on the paradigm of the three. The old civilization celta counts on the three spirals of the Kristel, Dante divided in three parts the Divine Comedy, are famous the three laws of Newton.
The great reform that Obispo Campins proposed to the artis Antonio Gaud� formulated through a triple charge:
1. to obtain an altar for God,
2. a chair for the bishop and
3. a great space for the people.
Book this Private tour in Palma de Majorca, Spain
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Palma throught the colours and numbers
If you like philosophy joing this tour to find out the old four enigmas of the Middle Age. The four colours of each enigma (white, green, red and yellow) how those colours are costantly present surrounding us in most of the monuments and houses when we walk.
What's the meaning of the green shuttles of the windows in Mallorcan houses. Do you know why Hope is always in green colour or why the martyrs always dressed in red in Christian iconography? In this vist you will discover how the colours and the numbers are linked with the circle of life of the humans or the nature.
The tour will take us throughout a city that looks towards the sea. You will be walking on the oldest streets through the most important part of this charming city. You'll be imagining how was the type of life of people dedicated to diferent activities ( merchants, jewish, noblety, pirates ,corsairs...) in each of the four separated quarters 700 years ago. Those endogamic groups left us a very rich heritage that we admire today.
The walking tour last 2 hours about.
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Palma Jewish quarter
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The Jewish quarter itinerary is designed to offer tourist,visitors or residents a chance to discover one of the most important jewish quarters in the medieval Mediterranean, inhabited by sages,doctors, astronomers and cartografers Jafuda and Abraham Cresques.
This itinerary is designed to last approximately two hours in order to guarantee suitable management, with the aim of highlighting certain especially relevant aspects to be observed by the official guides who will lead the tour.
The best tour of Palma de Mallorca for your group could be the icredible Jewish Quarter "el call " in the old Alfama of Medina Majurca.
You will imagine how the " xuetes" (Converted Jews) used to live and how they were
organized in social levels Those of the "orella alta " (High class) or those of
"orella baixa" (Lower class). They lived in the ghetto untill the last pogrom
(1391). Then they were forced to convert by the Spanish Inquisition . Some of them
continued as "Cripto-jew", and it was not until the end of the 17th century
that the label "xueta" was truly earned and the whole community was properly
Catholic.
The Xuetes have historically been stigmatized and until the first half of the
20th century practiced, and were seen aligated to practice, strict endogamy.
Today, an estimated 18,000 people in the island carry Xueta surnames
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He has a very diverse and rich background,Miguel Corral after travelling extensively and
before becoming a Licensed Local Tour Guide of Balearic Islands, Miguel obtained the University degree of Técnico de Empresas y Actividades Turísticas by the Escuela Oficial de Turismo . He was living and studying in London, Paris and Florence.
He has the certificate of proficiency in English EFL. By Cambridge University and a certificate of Lingua e cultura Italiana given by the Università di Firenze.
He continuously assist to different update courses organized by local institutions as the "Jornades Internacionals d´Estudis Gaudinistes in Palma" Juny 2002, the Diploma of the Fundación Bmé. March Severa of Modern Sculpture, (May 2003) The Municipality of Palma (Palma Monumental, February 2004), The Fundación Yannick & Ben Jakober (June 2005), The Fundación Pilar & Joan Mirò of Palma (January 2006), IBATUR (2003, 2004.2005, 2006), and the Institut d'Estrategia Turística de Balaears (March and November 2006).
His degrees in Humanities and Tourism Management, combined with his background and passion for his job have turned him into a very experienced licensed guide in Mallorca. His main areas of expertise are architecture-related fields (urban planning, walking tours, etc.) though he is also comfortable with art, history and philosophy has an intimate knowledge of Tramontana range of mountains Natural Park
Share your time with a native who is fully knowledgeable about the history and culture of Mallorca and is able to enrich your visit by explaining our way of life and by entertaining you with personal anecdotes.
Miiguel Corral Having completed extensive academic and practical training, he is a fully qualified and registered tour guide
specialises in small private sightseeing tours in Mallorca with a customized itinerary.Member of The Guild "Colegio Oficial de guias turisticos de las Islas Baleares" and the Federation of European Guides. F.E.G. His languages are: English, French, Spanish and Italian
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