Take, for instance, the town of Valldemossa, a beautiful place surrounded by mountains, with a provincial feel from its cobbled streets. Its main point of interest is a Carthusian monastery museum, famous for being inhabited by the composer Frédéric Chopin and the writer George Sand for a time. There do not seem to be any clubs, but instead bars, cafes and souvenir shops full of typically Spanish ornaments and original jewellery.

There is also the country house of La Granja, located by the small village Esporles, which recreates old-fashioned Mallorcan life. Tasty samples of food (of which you can have as much as you like), a chance to watch traditional Mallorcan dancing and listen to traditional music, a house decorated in seventeenth-century Spanish style, and a chance to explore the botanical gardens, where goats, rams and even deer reside, are all included in the entrance fee.

Another place to note, if you are looking for true Mallorcan atmosphere, is Pollença, in the north of Mallorca. Alongside narrow streets and long, shuttered windows, there are cacti and other wild plants growing next to houses, which evoke the typical Spanish style. The sight of the small chapel from the bottom of the Via Crucis steps leading to it is a wonderful sight, as is the mountainous view from the top.

Closer to the ground, and, in fact, by the water, are the seaside towns of Porto Colom, Porto Cristo and the fishing port of Cala Figuera, where there are boats, beaches, brightly-coloured flowers, lighthouses and, of course, the bluest waters, all of which add to an intensely Spanish atmosphere present throughout the whole of the island.

And who could forget Palma, the biggest city in Mallorca? It is not to be mentioned for its beaches, which are ridiculously overcrowded, noisy and covered in empty beer bottles in the summer, but for its magnificent architecture, particularly the cathedral La Seu and the Almudaina Palace. Although Palma is a lot busier than the aforementioned places, it is still rich in Spanish culture, with typically narrow, shuttered windows on its buildings and a variety of restaurants and cafés serving delicious Spanish food.