Palma Food Tour: Tapas, Drinks and Delights with a Local

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Duration3h

GroupUp to 12

LanguagesEN · ES

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Taste your way through Palma's old town, one neighborhood at a time

A 3-hour walking food tour through Palma's historic streets where you stop at local tapas bars, a vermutería, the Plaça de l'Olivar market, and a traditional pastry shop. You meet a local guide at the Antonio Barceló Statue, taste Mallorcan specialties paired with wine or beer at four or more stops, and leave with an ensaïmada wrapped to take home. The guide speaks English and Spanish, and the tour combines high-quality gastronomy with stories about the city's maritime heritage and Mediterranean culture.

Step-by-step itinerary

Palma Old Town Food Tour

Meet guide at Antonio Barceló Statue
Walk through Palma’s old town streets
Visit traditional tapas bar in La Lonja
Enjoy vermut hour at vermutería
Taste panada near Plaça Major
Sample jamón y queso at Plaça de l'Olivar market
Dine on tapas at local tapas bar
Buy ensaïmada at traditional pastry shop

The Experience

You meet your guide at the Antonio Barceló Statue and head into La Lonja, the historic district where honey-colored stone buildings and Gothic façades echo Palma's trading past. The first stop is a traditional tapas bar tucked into these charming streets — the kind where locals gather and the kitchen fills the air with the smell of freshly prepared specialties. Here you taste your first round of Mallorcan flavors, paired with a glass of local wine or beer.

From there the tour moves through the old town's elegant courtyards and vibrant squares to a vermutería in the city center, where you experience the Spanish ritual of vermut hour — a slightly bitter, perfectly chilled vermouth served with classic Mallorcan tapas. The pace is unhurried; this is how the city slows down in the afternoon. A short walk brings you past the Plaça Major, where you stop for a panada, the golden, flaky pastry filled with meat, peas or fish that locals eat on the go. Then comes the Plaça de l'Olivar, the market square where you taste jamón y queso — thinly sliced cured ham and selected local cheeses with wine or beer — either at a lunch counter or in a cozy tapas bar nearby for dinner, depending on which tour time you choose.

The final stop is a traditional pastry shop for an ensaïmada, the iconic Mallorcan spiral pastry dusted with powdered sugar and sometimes filled with cream, chocolate or cabello de ángel. You take it wrapped to go, a sweet souvenir that extends the taste of the island beyond the tour. By the end of the three hours, you've eaten the equivalent of a full meal across at least four stops, each one chosen to show you how locals actually eat.

What’s included

English-speaking local guide who shares insider tips and stories about the city's culture.
water throughout the tour.
at least one glass of wine or beer.
tastings at four or more carefully selected local stops including a tapas bar, a vermutería, the Plaça de l'Olivar market, and a traditional pastry shop.
an ensaïmada wrapped to take home.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearby

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Is this one for you?Choose the lunch option if you prefer your main meal earlier in the day and want the market experience in daylight; choose the dinner option to eat later and end in the warmth of a lively tapas bar. Either way, the fixed stops and guide mean you're tasting what locals actually eat without deciding where to go next.