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Every Sunday morning our village becomes the busiest place in inland Mallorca. The market takes over Plaça Nova and the surrounding streets from 9:00 to 14:00, and if you do it right, it's one of the best mornings the island offers. We live and work two minutes from it, so here's the guide we give friends - the real version. When to come Officially 9:00–14:00. In practice: come before 10:00 or after 12:30. Between 10:30 and 12:00 the tour buses arrive, and the centre aisles b

The famous Sunday market, why midweek is quietly better for the wineries and villages, and where we would actually stop for lunch.

Everyone knows falafel. Almost nobody outside the Levant knows sabich, and that is a shame, because sabich might be the best thing you can put inside a pita. What is sabich? Sabich is an Iraqi-Jewish dish that grew up in Tel Aviv. Fried eggplant, sliced egg, hummus and tahini, chopped salad, and pickles, all layered in warm pita. It began as the Shabbat morning breakfast of Iraqi Jews, made from things prepared the day before, and became one of Israel's great street foods. Wh

Two of us started Deli Santa Maria. She is vegan. He eats meat & we both love good coffee. We could not have opened a restaurant that only worked for one of us. That was the constraint that shaped everything. Every dish that went on the menu had to be worth ordering. The falafel and hummus because they are genuinely good, not because we needed a vegan option. The lamb because it is the best local lamb we could find, not because a mixed menu needed one meat dish. About 80% of

The Santa Maria del Cami Sunday market is one of the better ones on the island. It runs in the morning, it stays local, and the covered market building means it happens rain or shine. Antiques, ceramics, local produce, plants. It does not feel like a tourist market. We are two minutes away on foot, at Carrer de l'Esglesia 13. The Sunday pattern that works: market first, then brunch at Deli Santa Maria. We open at nine, the terrace fills up by eleven, and most people stay long

The roads out of Santa Maria del Cami are some of the cleanest cycling you'll find on the island. The Ma-13a to Consell and then up toward Alaro is quiet, flat to start and gradually climbing. The Ma-2020 loop past Sencelles is gentle and fast. Most of the Pla routes funnel through or near here. We open at nine. Cyclists come early for coffee, toast, and eggs, or a full shakshuka if they want something that holds. If you're mid-route and need a refuel without a long stop, we

A morning tasting at Bodegues Ribas or Can Ribas in Binissalem is one of the best things you can do on a quiet Mallorca day. The wines are serious, the cellars are beautiful, and by the time you finish the tour and the pour, you're ready to sit down somewhere good. Most people eat in Binissalem village, which is fine. But if you're willing to drive 5 to 10 minutes east on the Ma-13, you end up in Santa Maria del Cami, and that's where we are. At Deli Santa Maria we do breakfa