Palma de Mallorca; Sunday, 17 March, 2013

Breakfast consumed I checked out of the hotel and headed into town for the day.

First stop of the morning was the modern and contemporary art gallery Es Baluard. The gallery has been built within the walls of the former Saint Peter Bastion using both modern concrete and the original stone walls of the fortress. It makes for an amazing building with the modern and historical merging into one.

Having spent quite a long time looking round the gallery, and taking in the views from the roof, I headed down into town and caught the bus out along the coast to the resort town of S’Arenal to have a look around.

I’d had an idea of what the place might be like, and it didn’t fail to keep up to my pretty low expectations.

I had a bit of a wander around and then took the land train the 5KM or so along the prom to the preceding resort of Can Pastilla, having a quick look round there before catching the next train back.

By now the skies were becoming increasingly threatening, and it was fast approaching the time I needed to start making a move towards the airport, so I cut my losses and caught the bus back into the centre of Palma and walked back to the hotel.

Having collected my luggage I walked down to the road by the side of the marina and picked up the airport bus there, thankfully early on its journey so I was able to get a seat, unlike the people who got on in the centre of town.

I arrived at the airport about 20 minutes before checkin was due to open so I stopped at a café for a very late lunch before heading to the checkin desk and starting my journey home.