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Old Town North (Sant Miquel & Olivar)

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Living here

Old Town North is the upper half of Palma’s old town, around the Carrer de Sant Miquel shopping street, the Olivar food market, La Rambla and Plaça dels Patins. It feels more everyday than the streets by the Cathedral, with a market and a train station close at hand, which makes it a practical choice for a flat in the historic centre and a life lived on foot.

The area takes in five official barris in the northern half of the old town, from Sant Jaume in the west to El Sindicat and Porta de Sant Antoni in the east, and up to the Avingudes, the avenues that ring the old town. Its spine is Carrer de Sant Miquel, one of Palma’s busiest pedestrian shopping streets, running north from Plaça Major towards Plaça d’Espanya. Near its southern end stands the church of Sant Miquel, built on the site of a mosque that became a church after the conquest of 1229. The present building dates from the 14th century, and since 2018 it has been a basilica.

Food shopping is easier here than in the lanes by the Cathedral. The covered Mercat de l’Olivar, opened in 1951, has more than a hundred stalls selling fish, meat, fruit and vegetables, with tapas bars among them and a supermarket upstairs, and it opens Monday to Saturday. In 2025 the local press reported that bars aimed at visitors had taken space from traditional stalls, especially in the fish hall, and that long-established family shops on streets such as Carrer del Sindicat and Carrer Velázquez were closing or being replaced by businesses aimed at newer residents.

To the west, La Rambla runs south from Via Roma to the Teatre Principal, the island council’s theatre, opened in 1857 at the foot of the steps up to Plaça Major. The promenade was laid out over the bed of the Sa Riera torrent after the stream was diverted outside the walls in 1613, and about ten council-owned kiosks along it sell flowers and plants. Behind it are the narrow, sloping streets of La Missió, named after a 17th-century convent that is now a hotel, and Plaça dels Patins, whose roller-skating rink opened in 1954 and gave the square its popular name.

The streets stay busy all year. Carrer de Sant Miquel and La Rambla fill with visitors and bar terraces in the warmer months, and in 2025 residents of El Sindicat complained to the press about crowds, terrace noise and late-night parties. The Escola Graduada public health centre on Carrer del Socors, in El Sindicat, adds an urgent-care service at night and at weekends, and the same barri has the s’Estel municipal sports centre and pool. The nearest sandy beach, Can Pere Antoni, is 20 to 30 minutes' walk away.

Who buys here

Local press describes most newcomers in La Missió and El Sindicat as foreign, and in 2025 it reported that long-standing Mallorcan residents of El Sindicat felt outnumbered and that children were rarely seen playing in the streets of La Missió. Around the Olivar market, the same series found gentrification milder so far. In 2021 the Majorca Daily Bulletin described old-town buyers as mostly well-off Europeans, and a city councillor said many were Nordic.

Property

Homes here are mostly flats. On the southern edge, Plaça Major is ringed by arcaded buildings of three and four storeys, and in April 2026 the council put out to tender the design of a makeover that would open up the square’s underground galleries. Elsewhere, older buildings sit beside renovated ones, and a few empty plots remain in El Sindicat. The old town has been a protected historic ensemble since 1964, so renovations follow strict heritage rules. Gardens are rare and parking spaces valuable.

Getting around

Approximate times outside rush hour: on foot within the old town, by car beyond it.

  • 10–20min

    Cathedral (on foot)Down Carrer de Sant Miquel or La Rambla; the streets near Plaça Major are closest

  • 5–15min

    Plaça d’Espanya station (on foot)Metro, trains and island buses; the Olivar market end is the closest

  • 20–25min

    Palma airportAbout 11 to 12 km, round the Avingudes and along the Ma-19 motorway

  • 15min

    Son Espases hospitalThe islands' main public hospital; Son Llàtzer is a similar drive

  • 25–30min

    ValldemossaMountain village, up the Ma-1110

Pros and cons

For

  • Olivar food market and everyday shops within a short walk
  • Metro, trains and island buses at Plaça d’Espanya
  • Fewer sightseers than the lanes around the Cathedral
  • Historic churches, a theatre and La Rambla on the doorstep

Against

  • Summer crowds on Sant Miquel and La Rambla, late nights in El Sindicat
  • Resident-only ACIRE streets and very little parking
  • Rough sleepers by the Olivar market, reported in 2025
  • Traditional shops closing as the area gentrifies

Questions buyers ask

Which neighbourhoods does Old Town North cover?

Five official barris of Palma’s Centre district: Sant Jaume, around its Gothic parish church; Plaça dels Patins, up to the Avingudes; La Missió, between La Rambla and Carrer de Sant Miquel; El Mercat, around the Olivar market; and El Sindicat, along the street of the same name towards Porta de Sant Antoni.

Can I drive to my door and park?

Often not. Several streets lie in ACIRE zones, such as Missió, Sant Jaume and Banc de l’Oli, where only authorised vehicles, mainly residents', may drive in, Carrer de Sant Miquel is pedestrian, and the old town is a low-emission zone that foreign-registered cars need an authorisation to enter. Public car parks at the Olivar market, Plaça Major, Via Roma and Plaça dels Patins are the usual answer.

Can I live here without a car?

For most things, yes. Plaça d’Espanya, on the north-eastern edge, has the underground Intermodal station, with the M1 metro, trains to Inca, sa Pobla and Manacor and the island bus station, and the A1 airport bus stops there. The old Sóller railway also leaves from Plaça d’Espanya, and Porta de Sant Antoni is a hub for city buses.

Could I let the flat to tourists when I’m away?

In practice, no. Holiday letting in apartment buildings has been banned across Palma since 2018, a rule upheld by Spain’s Supreme Court in 2023, and since May 2026, when the council gave the change its final approval, no new holiday-rental places can be created in any type of home. A flat here works as a home or a long-term let.

What about healthcare and schools?

The Escola Graduada public health centre on Carrer del Socors is open around the clock, with urgent care at night and at weekends, and its reference hospital is Son Llàtzer, about 15 minutes by car. Son Espases, the main public hospital for the islands, is also about 15 minutes away, and there is a private hospital in Sant Jaume, near Plaça dels Patins. British-curriculum schools are mostly in western Palma and Calvià; Queen’s College, near Bellver Castle, is 10 to 15 minutes' drive.

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