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 .
Exito rotundo de participantes y satisfación de los mismos en las visitas guiadas celebradas hoy con ocasión del Dia Internacional del Museo.
En colaboración con el Govern de les Illes Balears a través de la Conselleria de Turisme y el Institut d´Estrategia Turistica , se han puesto a disposición de los participantes una seleción de excelentes guias profesionales : Maria Jose Bosch , Inmaculada Dezcallar, Maria Magdalena Sureda y Miguel Corral , todos ellos pertenecientes al Coleguio Oficial de Guias Turisticos de les Illes Balears .
Gracias al "savoir faire ", estos profesionales han logrado satisfacer con creces las espectativas de los participantes, guiándoles en tres de los Museos más importantes de Palma, en una sóla mañana : Museo Mallorca, Castell de San Carlos y Fundación Pilar y Joan Miró
Una experiencia única. De una forma entretenida e informativa, nos han sabido dar una visión global de la evolución y transformación social de la sociedad mallorquina, recorriendo la historia de Mallorca desde los tiempos ancestrales hasta las últimas tendencias estilisticas del arte contemporáneo incluído el surrealismo del entorno de Joan Miro .
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REVOLUTION ON INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY
18th MAY 2008
ICOM ensures that May 18th will be the largest-ever international gathering of museums.
The International Council of Museums (ICOM), announces this year’s theme for International Museum Day :“Museums as Agents of Social Change and Development”. For the first time since the celebration was created in 1977, ICOM is inviting museums to take action in museums around the globe both in the real world and in the virtual world.
Alissandra Cummins, President of ICOM states: “While traditionally museums are known for their collections, more and more museums are taking an active key role in exploring social issues with communities to contribute to their development. The educational and ethical function of the museum is to engage culturally diverse contemporary communities through exhibitions and workshops and their design. International Museum Day shows that it is possible to gather together in a new way to interpret the past in light of the present to shape a better future.”
In 2007, approximately 20,000 museums in more than 70 countries already participated in the 30th International Museum Day with activities, partnerships, and events connected to “Museums & Universal Heritage”. This year, to better express changes in society and explore development, ICOM is inviting the world museum community in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, North America, Latin America, and Europe to create activities in their museums based on this theme and to gather in new ways to celebrate International Museum Day. See: http://icom.museum/imd.html
Your wedding day is very especial for you . Make of this day also magical to your guest. Give the best to them .
One of the best complements to enhance your wedding day could be a cultural guided visit throughout the Old City of Palma . The more information given to guests about the city the more likely they are to enrich their concepts and knowledge of it .
In only 1 hour and 30 minutes or 2 hours maximmun I will help any couple trying to plan a romantic day to remember in Palma.
Private Tour Guide for cultural visits contact : corralmiguel@hotmail.com
I am not wedding planner . I am a Tour Guide
Miguel Corral
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Licensed Tour Guide
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07015 Palma de Mallorca
(Spain)
Mobile : (34 ) 649 647 772
Tel & Fax: (34) 971 452 644
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.
The "patios" in the Palma stately homes, from monumental beauty and lavish impressions, make up a unique architectural space where time stops and life appears, capable of atracting and surprising the eye of their visitors. The historic centres are architectural redoubts which bring to mind a refined and cultured Majorca with its own personality.
The "patios" of the Palma stately homes make up a unique architectural space, with its own, different aesthetics without which the old centre would lose its identity which characterises it. That is why Palma is above all a city of patios.
These semi-public places were marked by a social and even economic life. The Palma "patios", above all those which belonged to private families (Most of them), have today become inaccessible to pedestrians, this being the main sad thing that this century has given to the history of the patios. Some have railings that allow contemplation from the street and only those buildings that have been turned into museums, cultural foundations or diverse civic centres can be visited without restriction.
This is the reason that in this itinerary around the Stately Palma, we will only highlight those patios that can be visited or observed easily. This visit will take us to the small back streets with the highest historic lineage in Palma. The seats of noble families, properties of influential names within the Palma bourgeoisie where many of these small palaces from the XVI,XVII and XVIII centuries are still inhabited.
The Palma patios are a result of the evolution through the history which began in roman times, coming to a fore in the XIII century and reaching its peak in the XVII and XVIII centuries after reforming the main Palma stately homes of the era in the renaissance style of the that time.
Due to the darkness caused by the amount of narrow streets that the old part of the city of Palma de Majorca is famous for, the houses were built with an interior patio to function as a skylight and around it the whole house was erected. The house became an element of social prestige that showed the importance of each family and its social standing. One of the most important aspects of these patios is the stairway that increases the grandiose effect of the stately home.
The social role of the used to offer water and shade during the summers and shelter from the rain and a play area for the children and an open air discussion area for the adults. The "patios" played an important role in the social life in Palma, they were even used to announce an important event, if the gate was left ajar it meant that one of the residents had died, later the clothes and personal possessions of the deceased were auctioned off. This custom was maintained until the end of the XVIII century, as they were semi-public places that the neighbours used freely and without having to ask the owner permission. If on the other hand the gates were wide open and decorated with plants and flowers, it announced the birth of a child.
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Visita Guiada a la catedral de Palma
El día de San Martín un haz de luz multicolor atraviesa los vidrios del rosetón mayor de la Catedral de Palma y los proyecta justamente por debajo del rosetón de la fachada principal . Este curioso fenómeno únicamente puede ser observado dos veces al año.
Hoy día de San Martín 11 del 11 a las 8.30h. la Catedral tenia este aspecto.
El próximo día de la Candelaria 2 del 2 a las 9.00h si con suerte luce el sol volveremos a ver esta conjunción o encuentro debido a la orientación privilegiada del monumento
Miguel Corral , guia oficial de turismo ,recorridos culturales en el centro histórico de la ciudad de Palma de Mallorca . contactar corralmiguel@hotmail.com
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 Gaudí 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 Portopí, 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 aconseguí 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 bahía 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 iconografía sacra continúa con la representación de barcos según la Bíblia, 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 Martín 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 iconografía profana, por una parte disponemos de su presencia decorando los palacios de la burguesía 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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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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Cruise passengers
Shore excursion in Palma de Mallorca. You have the same freedom of movement as if you were on your own, but without wasting your precious time finding your way around town ....
For the Med. we felt we made the best decision in spending for the private tours since the attractions and cities were further apart from the ports where the ship docked. Plus there is so much more to see and take in as far as history goes in the Med., so we were glad to have a local explain it all to us and not have to worry about the logistics of train schedules on our own or be held up by the crowds on the ship's tour.
Perfect shore excursion : We pick you up at the pier. Show you around the main Sigts . For a whole morning or afternoon or even for a full day, before driving you back to the pier
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Culture is an ever-present element in the life of the island. All year round there are festivals, concerts, literary competitions, exhibitions, recitals, theatre performances The city of Palma de Mallorca is the cultural and artistic centre of the island, and is outstanding for the excellent conservation of its historic centre. Be sure to take a stroll around the old town and enjoy the varied, entertaining nightlife. Every year, Majorca's charm attracts famous politicians, film stars, personalities from the world of fashion... they make the island their holiday destination.
Majorca has excellent communications by air and sea. Airlines from numerous countries operate out of its Son Sant Joan international airport, eight kilometres from Palma. The island also has transport links with the rest of the archipelago and the Spanish mainland via boats and scheduled ferry services that sail from the ports of Palma and Alcdia. These excellent communications mean that from Majorca you can make visits to other Balearic Islands, such as Ibiza and Minorca, with return day-trips possible
Calls by Cruise liners to port of Palma go to :
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When you arrive in the morning from Barcelona to the Island of Mallorca we wait for your flight at airport we take you arrond the most important places and monuments and we live you ready to fligt bach to your destination.
Our day begins with a scenic drive trough the lush and picturesque city of Palma .Cathedral ,Almudaina Palace , La lonja , Bellber Castle the old cittadella...to continue to the charming village of Valldemossa,nestled in the mountains on the wester part of the island.This small village is a jumble of cobbled lanes and houses with walls tottaring up the sunny slopes.The place ideal for writers and music composers seeking inspiration. No wonder then that Federic Chopin and George Sand spent the romantic winter of 1838-1839 in Valldemossa�s Carthusian Monastery with its beautiful gardens and 17th and 18th century cloisters.
We�ll enjoy fine dining, including choice wines at a manor country house of the late Archduke Luis Salvador de Habsburg who was living in this state at the end of 19th century.The the special paella of the region is featured for lunch...
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. If you dont drive or do not want to drive . We will provide an air conditioned vehicle with a guide /driver to take you on a trip to remember. Your trip start from right outside your accomodation... It is your own trip you are in charge, we go where you want, we are there to help you to do your own choice.
This is for a private tour including transport and information, fees to monuments and museums are not included. Bookings by phone, fax or e-mail:corralmiguel@hotmail.com
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