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Handicrafts and Industry:

Mallorca is rich in popular handicrafts, and has turned traditional pieces of the island's culture into souvenirs to sell to visitors. A good example are the popular siurells, ancestral earthenware figures painted in bright colours.  Also part of the local handicrafts are ceramics, costume jewellery, earthenware, wrought iron and artistic glassware.

PALMA AND AROUND THE ISLAND
Palma

Alpargateria Llinas
The best place to buy espadrilles (rope-soled shoes).
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Artesanias
A good se ection of ceramics and glass, centrally situated near the top of the Born.
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La Casa del Olivo
Wonderful olive-carvers workshop in an alley off Carrer Jaume II. The best buy here is salad bowls - they're not cheap
but you're paying for old-fashioned craftsmanship.
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Centro Pelaires
Wonder the back streets of Palma and you come across numerous contemporary art galleries. This is one of the best,
featuring work by Mallorcan and international artists
1address.gif (103 bytes) Carrer Veri 7
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Cesteria el Centro
Straw baskets, hats and espadrilles in an old family workshop on the Born.
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Fang i Foc
A good range of ceramics from Mallorca and the Spanish mainland.
1address.gif (103 bytes) Carrer Libertat 29
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Fet a Ma
As the name implies, everything 'made by hand'. Pottery and glass, both traditional and modern.
1address.gif (103 bytes) Carrer Sant Miquel 52
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Herreros de Vicente Juan Ribas
The best place to buy roba de llengues patterned cloth in Palma for over a century. There is another roba de llengues shop next door.
1address.gif (103 bytes) Carrer Cant Nicolau 10
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Majorica
Palma branch of Mallorca's leading artificial-pearl-maker.
1address.gif (103 bytes) Avinguda Jaume III
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Orquidea
Cultured pearls - slightly cheaper than its rival Majorica.
1address.gif (103 bytes) Placa Rei Jean Carles II
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Persepolis
High-class antiques on Palma's up-market shopping street, a place to browse rather than buy.
1address.gif (103 bytes) Avinguda Jaume III
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Vidrierias Gordiola
The best selection of glassware in Palma, produced in Algaida.
1address.gif (103 bytes) Carrer Victoria 2
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Algaida

Vidrierias Gordiola
Glass factory and museum in a mock castle near Algaida
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Inca

Munper
Mallorcan leather is rarely a bargain these days, but this is the place to go for a wide selection of shoes, handbags
and belts - the same factory has another shop at Montuiri
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Llucmajor

Casa Ordinas
Busy workshop where a master cutter produces old fashioned knives and tools at remarkably good prices.
1address.gif (103 bytes) Carrer Vall 128
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Manacor

Majorica
Shop here after touring Mallorca's largest pearl factory.
1address.gif (103 bytes) Avinguda Majorica 48
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OlivArt
Emporium where everything is made from olive wood.
1address.gif (103 bytes) Carretera Palma-Manacor km45
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Orquidea
Large factory shop featuring artificia pears.
1address.gif (103 bytes) Carretera Palma-Manacor km30
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Portol

Ca's Canonge
Large selection of pottery, especially heavy brown glazed cooking pots
1address.gif (103 bytes) Carrer Trinitat 61
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Ca'n Vent
Portol is the best place to buy traditional Mallorcan pottery - of two good ollerias in the same street, this is the
first one you reach.
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Roca Llisa
One of the best places to buy siurells.
1address.gif (103 bytes) Carrer Roca Llisa 26
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Santa Maria del Cami

Bujosa
Factory producing the original roba de llengues ('cloth of tongues') - a heavy mix of cotton and linen woven into a
zigzag pattern on a narrow loom.
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Note:

Siurells:
Siurells are clay whistles, which have been made on Mallorca since Arab times. They come in all shapes and sizes - the most common design is a man on horseback - and are painted white with flashes of red and green. They are cheap, children love them, and the artist Joan Miro was much influenced by their brightness and simplicty.

Craft Fairs:
A Fira del Fang (Ceramics Fair) is held each March in the town of Marratxi and all of Mallorca's leading potters are represented. Prices here are much better than in the tourist shops. Baleart is a Christmas craft fair held in Palma each December, with stalls selling everything from pottery and hand-made shoes to Mallorcan wines and sobrasada sausages.

Wine:
Mallorcan wines have been growing in reputation in recent years and several bodegas sell direct to the public, if you are lucky you will be able to taste before you buy. Among the best producers are Jose L Ferrer at Binissalem, Mique Oliver at Petra and Jaume Mesquida at Porreres.