Santa Catalina Market — Restaurant in Palma

I write this review from a tourist point of view. This is my personal experience and surely different from others.

This market should be an easy miss if you are here on holidays (except if you staying in an apartment).

95% of the market stalls sell fresh food like meat, fish and veggies but if you are a tourist wandering around the city, here there is pretty much nothing for you. There is nothing ready to eat or to try. There is a sushi place, which if you came to Spain on holidays you surely don't want to eat. There is a stall where you can sit down and have some tapas. The tapas are all overpriced and pre cooked. When you order, the food goes in a lovely microwave and then 1 minute after is it served to you. The food stay cold in the middle, the plate is very hot and everything gets cold again in 3 minutes. The menu is written only in Spanish.

It's not a place for tourists and I don't understand why some websites/YouTube videos suggest this. There is a lot to see around the island and Palma so don't waste time...

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