Festival Club Ruins

Every wall is painted. Tags, murals and layer upon layer of spray paint cover a building that was built as a dance hall, restaurant and concert hall all at once, and lasted only from 1972 to 1974 before debts shut it.

What is left is big enough to get lost in for a while: room after room, stairs up to further levels, doorways opening onto more colour. Plants have moved into the spaces where the bars and dance floors were, and the whole place has the feel of a stage set abandoned halfway through a show. From the upper parts of the site there is a view out across the countryside.

It is a ruin with neighbours. Houses stand nearby, so keep the noise down and leave the place as you found it.

• There are no toilets and no drinking water at the ruin, and none nearby. Bring water, especially in summer.
• Nothing here is staffed, lit or maintained; the building has been decaying since 1974.
• Not a place for children: broken floors, open drops and debris throughout.
• There is no wheelchair access, and the rooms are spread across several uneven levels.
• People live close by. Keep voices down and take your rubbish away with you.

The ruin stands out in the countryside of Sant Josep de sa Talaia, and the last stretch is on foot whichever way you arrive. The nearest car parks are about 1 km away in a straight line; the nearest bus stop, Es Pla, is about 1.1 km away. The walk on the ground is at least that far, and longer once the roads bend, so wear proper shoes and carry water on a hot day.

Best: in full daylight, ideally early in the day or later in the afternoon in summer. Avoid: dusk and after dark, and the middle of a hot summer day.

The building has no lighting and the floors are broken, so you need to see where you put your feet; the walk in from the car parks and bus stop is exposed to the heat, and there is no water on the way.