Costa Nord

Lonely Planet review

Costa Nord was dreamed up by part-time Mallorca resident and Hollywood celebrity Michael Douglas. His (what should we call it?) show is made up of two parts. The first is a three-screen 'documentary' on the history of this part of the island. Next you are ushered into a mock-up of the master's quarters of the good ship Nixe , which belonged to Archduke Luis Salvador, son of the 19th-century Habsburg ruler of Tuscany, Leopoldo II.

Luis (or Ludwig to his family) spent much of his life bobbing around on the Mediterranean in Nixe and writing treatises on an astounding range of subjects, including Mallorca, which he came to live on and love. Indeed, he liked it so much that he proceeded to buy as much of it as he could.