PART NINE
SUNRISE & OLD ALCUDIA.
Our last day ;-(
The weather had been perfect for almost all of the holiday, and this was a very settled period we were leaving behind. I knew the morning would be clear, so resolved to get up early (on HOLIDAY????) to see the sunrise.
For those that had a lie-in, this is what they missed.....
Skies and colours like this excite me, make me feel alive, leave me in awe, and I LOVE it!
Sue is exactly the same as me, and of course she had risen with me to see the spectacle.
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As things progressed, we were treated to a spectacular array of colours and shades.
The first edge of the sun arrives over the headland.
Slowly, Phoebus emerges to light another day.
Full of awe, but with empty tummies, we headed back to the hotel for breakfast. Our intention today was to ride to old Alcudia. New Alcudia is, to me, horrible! It's like Skegness on acid, and I would steer a wide course of it, however, the OLD town is superb.
It's like York, only with lots of sunshine :-)
We hired the bikes and saddled up. It was really pleasant, just idling along at a steady pace with the sea to our left. On a bike, you get to travel further and see more than walking but I still like to walk if distance isn't an issue.
Before too long we reached the old walls of Alcudia. We locked the bikes up and entered via this impressive gateway.
No traffic here, just smoothly-paved walkways through the old town, edged with beautiful shrubs and cafe furniture. What a jewel!
The old church had this fabulous rose window in the end.
Craftsmanship par excellence!
We ambled the streets, in absolutely no rush, and taking in the wonderful ambience of the place. SO relaxing and charming.
Of course, we just had to stop for a coffee. In a place like this, you just expect prices to be hiked, but we were surprised - they were VERY reasonable! (And the coffee was good)
We wandered around, in no particular direction, just exploring as and where we wanted to. I stopped to take a picture of this portcullis, and while I was doing so a random old guy came up to Sue and started chatting in very broken English. At first, I was a bit suspicious (that's healthy), but it soon became apparent he was just one of life's eccentrics. We had a few laughs with him........
....and Sue even had her picture taken with him.
It was about ten minutes later she found her purse gone - - ONLY JOKING!!!!
The shops were just divine inside.
Places REEKED with class!
This small cafe/chocolatier had a Lambretta scooter just parked inside!
All around us, the cafes tried to lure you in with mouth-watering descriptions on the menus.
Some even put a cooked dish out so you could see what you were getting.
This would have done it for me, IF I hadn't had such a great breakfast at the hotel. Anyone who knows me will know I'm a big fan of paella, and this looked absolutely scrumptious!
Of course, there was plenty of good architecture around.
These statues were in the window of a building above a cafe.
All around us, the quiet hub-bub of people going about their business, and so much choice of where to eat and drink. This was low season, so lots of space but I would imagine it can get pretty crowded in the high season.
Lonely tables in a sunny spot.
They would try all sorts to get you to come in!
I really liked this attempt.
The local council building, with 1523 dated stonework.
That's SOME history!
It has to be done - we climbed the steps to walk around the town walls.
Impressive views of the Tramuntana from here.
Looking over the rooftops to the church.
Summer skies.
Beautiful clouds overhead.
Yes, yes - I KNOW - LOUD shirt!!!
(It's my holiday one)
I would think those walls could take a cannon shot or two.
Sue enjoys a bit of basking.
As I explore the rest of the walls.
A passing guy offered to take our picture.
SMILE!
After our visit, we had another lovely ride back to the hotel.
As it was our last night, we decided to forego dinner in the hotel, and instead travel to Old Pollensa town to have a meal there. We caught the bus from the harbourside, and enjoyed the warmth of the balmy evening. We sounded out a few places before we chose Cafe Lille, simply because their 'six tapas and a bottle of wine for 25 euros' sounded too good to pass up.
The setting was beautiful too, with lamps lit and ultra-clean tables and floors.
This was the tapas selection, plenty to fill us and very, very tasty.
Sweet wasn't included, but hey! It would be rude not to.
Not sure what this was called, but it was chocolicious!
Video of cafe HERE
A taxi back and a final walk along the pine walk saw a fitting end to our holiday.
Majorca has really 'done it' for us, and we're even thinking of going back a third time, we enjoyed it that much.
I hope you've enjoyed these pictures, and if you ever get to go too, I hope you glean some ideas from them.
Goodbye Majorca, at least for this year :-(
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