Town palaces with stone courtyards, quiet lanes and lively summer streets, and a center where parking is the real challenge: what living in Palma's old town is like day to day.
US Buyers Guide
A fishermen's refuge turned exclusive residential harbor, villas on the hillsides of Cala Llamp and La Mola, the small bay of Camp de Mar and Andratx village inland: how the south-west of Mallorca lives, and who buys there.
Restored fishermen's houses on the promenade, a quarter of an hour by bike to the cathedral, the urban beach of Ciutat Jardí, two small harbors and the planes nobody mentions: what living in Portixol and El Molinar is like.
Michael Douglas in the Serra, Michael Jordan off Puerto Portals, Michelle Obama at Marivent: where the famous stay in Mallorca, area by area, with every name checked in the press.
Which taxes apply when you buy, own, rent out or sell a home in Mallorca, who collects each one and where the official information is, with no rates and a tax adviser we can introduce.
Reservation, arras, NIE, your own lawyer and the notary in one sitting: how buying a house in Mallorca really works with Villas y Fincas Mallorca, step by step, in four to eight weeks.
NIE from a Spanish consulate in the US, appointments, documents and money before you fly; padrón, bank account, internet, car and school on arrival; health care and daily life in the first month.
Palma's four neighborhoods, Port d'Andratx and Portals, the Calvià coast, the Serra de Tramuntana, the north, the Llevant, the interior and the south-east: what sets each area apart and how far it is from Palma and the airport.
Official crime figures for Mallorca, petty theft in Palma and on the beaches, village life, driving rules, 112, hospitals, fire risk and tap water, explained from the south-east.
The full official list of international schools in Mallorca, with curriculum, ages and website, real driving distances from Santanyí, Ses Salines and Campos, and how the public system and the 2026-2027 calendar work.