Old Town

We have already dedicated an excursion to the history of alcudia: the Roman Alcudia. This present excursion has to be done on foot and comprises a visit to the old part of the present-day town. The modern town has gradually been forming since Catalan conquest in the year 1229. The parish was very quickly established and in the times of Jaume II of Majorca the building of the walls commenced. There is a market on Tuesdays and Sundays which you can also visit.
Everyone may follow the itinerary they wish for this excursion, although we would like to point out some places of special interest. A tour along Cami de Ronda is the highly recommended.

This is the street inside the circle of walls and observe the two magnificent portals still in existence; the Porta del Moll or de Xara and the Porta de Sant Sebastia, or also called Mallorca. The Sant Jaume parish church is also a very important building with features that other churches buildings do not have. Another outstanding one is Can Torro now used as a library of the same name. It has, therafor, the double aspect of being a very well restored XIV century palace which houses modern library in the Balearic Islands. This great mansion is in Carr d’en Serra and nearby is a very old building, Can Castell. Other mansions that can only seen from the outside are Can Domenec (on the facade of this mansion there is the Aragon Crown coat of arms which used to be seen from the Porta de Mallorca), Can Calvo in Carrer dels Albellons and Can Canta in Carrer Major. Also in Carrer Major is the Town hall built in this century. This does not cover everything of interest in the old town centre because, being rather spread out with many houses as old, though not so large, as mentioned, it comprises different areas that blend together: the same architectural elements, the same buliding areas, the same style of streets. If you understand a little of the language of the country, the Catalan, please take note of the names of the streets in which are concentrated the real history of Alcudia.