Chic city breaks in Palma

Palma is a fantastic destination to visit for a city break. With its fast emerging arts backdrop, thriving music scene and stylish shopping, it combines chic city living with culture and cuisine, so is perfect for a long weekend getaway. Once more, Mallorca Farmhouses offers a superb selection of luxury apartments and villas both in Palma and the surrounding area that makes for an ideal base.

This autumn, visitors to the city can combine their stay with a wealth of activities, exhibitions and concerts.

With a thriving arts scene, Mallorca is home to over 30 independent art galleries. On 18 September, the annual Nit de Art takes place in Palma and is a great opportunity for tourists to experience the galleries, cultural centres and museums which will stay open until late in the evening.

The fifth Jazz Voyeur Festival hosts an international line-up featuring performances from Cuban jazz masters, Beboy and Chucho Valdes on 25 October; American soprano, Barbara Hendricks on 31 October and the world-renowned Mississippi Mass Gospel choir on 12 December. The concerts will be staged in both the Palma Auditorium and Bellver Castle.

For dance fans there is the International Ballet season that runs through to November and features classic works staged in Palma’s Auditorium including Anna Karina presented by the Elfman Ballet Theatre of St Petersburg from 24 October and the Antonia Marques Company from 22 November.

In 2009, Jam Art Mallorca takes place from 26 – 29 March. An annual festival, it invites galleries, artist, collectors, publishers and visitors to particitate in a fair of emerging artists and projects in order to exchange their visions of the future. Jam Art Mallorca aims to create awareness about the future of the planet and to supply positive answers to major global issues via the means of visual arts.

Visiting Mallorca has never been easier with many low-cost airlines flying daily into Palma. Mallorca Farmhouses offers a vast range of accommodation across the island with something to suit every taste.

Central Palma apartments include San Pere, which is superbly located in the heart of the old city near to the renowned ramblas, Avenida Jaime and the magnificent thirteenth Century Cathedral. Sleeping two, prices in October start from £400 for three nights including maid service, welcome hamper, ADSL internet connection and complimentary car hire.

For more information or reservations log on to mfh.co.uk.