Paseo Marítimo

Streets - Outskirts | Palma de Mallorca

The Avenida de Gabriel Roca, with its 5,500 meters, is popularly known as Paseo Marítimo. It runs along the stretch of the Bay of Palma that runs between the old Portopí Lighthouse at the west end and the Cathedral of Mallorca to the east. In the Passeig Marítim we find important monuments such as La Lonja, a Gothic marvel built by the architect Guillem Sagrera between 1426 and 1447 and completed by Guillem Vilasclar. The avenue is named after the engineer Gabriel Roca, who was head of works of the port of Palma between 1940 and 1962 and strongly promoted the construction of the road. In the Passeig Marítim also highlights the building of the Consolat de Mar (XVI century). XVI), current seat of the Balearic autonomous government; the Auditorium of Palma -where important artistic events are held-, bars with large terraces, restaurants, emblematic discotheques such as Tito's, stores, the Quarentena Park, the Mediterráneo building -where the cupletista Sara Montiel lived and, in the background, at the west end, we have the Club de Mar and the Portopí Lighthouse, the second oldest in Spain, behind the Tower of Hercules in A Coruña and the third oldest in the world, behind the previous one and the Lantern of Genoa. It was built in 1617