Es Baluard Museu d'Art Contemporani de Palma

The top of Es Baluard sits on the old city walls, with the harbour, the cathedral and the bay laid out below. Stay for the sunset if you can.

The building is the other half of the visit. A 16th-century bastion and a building from 2003 are tied together by ramps, skylights and wide interior balconies, so the three floors work as one indoor street that runs out onto the walls.

Inside, the collection follows art in and around the Balearic Islands from the late 19th century on. It opens with Mallorca landscapes by Sorolla, Rusiñol and Anglada-Camarasa, moves through Miró, Picasso and Tàpies, and reaches Miquel Barceló and Marina Abramović. A small group of works by Miró is a highlight, and temporary exhibitions fill the rest of the space.

• The exhibition floors are smaller than the size of the building suggests: three floors of galleries in all.
• Wall texts come with English translations.
• On wet days umbrellas are left at the entrance, and the open-air terrace is out of reach without getting soaked.
• There are toilets inside the museum.

Es Baluard stands on the western edge of Palma's old town, where the city walls meet the Sa Feixina park and Passeig de Mallorca. From the old town streets you walk out to the square in front of the entrance.

By bus, the stop Argentina – Sa Feixina is about 130 m away in a straight line. Drivers have two paid car parks about 150 m and 230 m away, one of them on Passeig de Mallorca.

Best: late afternoon into sunset, ending the visit at the top of the walls.

Avoid: Mondays, when the museum is closed, and rainy days.

The view over the bay is at its best in the evening light, while rain brings the crowds indoors and makes the open-air terrace unusable.