Valldemossa is a municipality located in the north of Majorca, in the Sierra de Tramontana, a World Heritage Site. Valldemossa is one of the most beautiful towns on the island, it nestles in the middle of a valley, surrounded by mountains and with its small houses and cobbled streets, it looks like it came straight out of a fairy tale. In recent history Valldemossa despite having a population of fewer than 2,000 inhabitants, has been called home by some very notable figures. From Chopin and George Sand, Jovellanos, Rubén Darío and Santiago Rusiñol - who lived in the Royal Charterhouse of Valldemossa - to Archduke Luis Salvador who reformed a number of large estates and local mansions such as Miramar, where the Empress Sissi herself stayed, or the estate de s' Estaca, now the summer residence of actors Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and their children.

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What to see in Valldemossa?

Sa Miranda viewpoint in Valldemossa

Sa Miranda viewpoint

The Mirador de Sa Miranda des Lledoners is located in Valldemossa, a pretty town in Mallorca. Located at the end of Calle Jovellanos, from this viewpoint you can see the town with the church of San Bartolomé in the background, the valley and some of the mountains that make up the Sierra de Tramontana.

Royal Charterhouse of Valldemossa

The Royal Charterhouse of Valldemossa is the most emblematic building of this small mountain town located in the Sierra de Tramontana, in Mallorca. It is noted for its green neoclassical dome and for being the home of many artists, including the pianist Frédéric Chopin and the writers Rubén Darío, Miguel de Unamuno, Azorín, Jovellano, Santiago Rusiñol and the writer George Sand. In fact, during his stay at the Charterhouse, Frédéric Chopin composed Preludes Op.28, while his partner, George Sand -pseudonym of Amandine- wrote the internationally famous book A Winter in Mallorca. Valldemossa was a great inspiration for the pianist and the novelist if we taking account that they only spent 95 days in the Mallorcan paradise. The Valldemossa Charterhouse complex consists of the Palace of King Sancho and the concert hall, the Church of the Charterhouse, the old monastic pharmacy, the museum of Frédéric Chopin and George Sand and the Municipal Museum of Valldemossa, divided into four sections: An exhibition of the old Guasp printing press, one of the best preserved in Europe, and a collection of 1590 woodcut matrices from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries; a room dedicated to Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria; a room of works by painters who were inspired by this part of the island, the Serra de Tramuntana and, finally, a collection of Contemporary Art.

House of Blessed Saint Catherine Thomas

Saint Catherine Thomas, is known as the blessed although in reality she is canonized. Born in the 16th century in Valldemossa, she is the patron saint of this municipality and her birthplace is still preserved, now converted into a chapel in her honour. This chapel is located in front of the Church of San Bartolomé. Santa Catalina Thomás is the most revered saint in Mallorca since she was the first Mallorcan saint. Her remains remain intact in the Convent of Santa Magdalena, in Palma, where she entered at the age of 21. Several miracles are attributed to her the appearance of saints and the experimentation of the greatest ecstasy in history (21 days). Thus, she was beatified in 1792 and sanctified in 1930. In her birthplace you will find an image of the saint and a small altar and, walking through the town, you will see that the houses have some small tiles of the blessed as well as various elements that allude to her, such as the fountain and the Molinet de la Beateta.

Church of San Bartolomé, Valldemossa

The church of San Bartolomé or Sant Bartomeu is a 13th-century construction that bears the name of the patron saint of Valldemossa. This Gothic-style parish church with a neoclassical bell tower is open to its parishioners and the general public. You can enter during the day to admire its white vault, its rose window and its paintings.
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