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Cova de Can Marçà
A turn-off to the right just before you enter Port de Sant Miquel, coming from the south, takes you around a headland to the Cova de Can Marçà, a collection of underground caverns spectacularly lit by background lights. Tours in various languages take 30-40min.
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D'Alt Vila
D'Alt Vila is the old walled town; a Unesco World Heritage Site since 1999. The Romans were the first to fortify this hilltop, but the walls you see were raised by Felipe II in the 16th century to protect against invasion by French and Turkish forces. A ramp leads from Plaça de sa Font in Sa Penya up to the Portal de ses Taules gateway, the main entrance.
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Museu Arqueològic
The archeological museum is next to the 14th century catedral at the top of the hill in D'Alt Villa, overlooking the city. It houses a fine collection of ancient relics, with a particular emphasis on objects from the Phoenician, Carthaginian and Roman periods.
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Museu d'Art Contemporani
The Museum of Contemporary Art is in an 18th-century powder store and armoury. It features a constantly changing parade of exhibitions of contemporary art, much of it local. Behind the museum you can walk along the town walls and enjoy great views of the city, its harbour and the coast.
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Necròpolis del Puig des Molins
An ancient burial ground dating from Phoenician times (as long ago as the 7th century BC), on an olive-tree dotted puig (hill). Follow the path around and peer into the north-south oriented burial caverns cut deep into the hill. You can descend into one interlocking series of these hypogea (burial caverns).
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Sa Penya
There's always something always going on portside. People-watchers will be right at home - this pocket must have one of the highest concentrations of exhibitionists and weirdos in Spain.
Sa Penya is crammed with dozens of funky and trashy clothing boutiques and the intense competition between the locally made gear and the imports keeps a lid on prices.
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