Palma shops at human scale: Modernista market halls where fishmongers still shout prices, family sandal workshops cutting leather to order, and Gothic-lane concept stores selling island ceramics. Skip the Passeig del Born chains and buy where Mallorcans do.
Palma's oldest market (1920) in the barrio of the same name — around 60 stalls of fish, Sóller oranges, sobrassada and Mahón cheese. Open Mon–Sat 07:00–14:30 (some bars later), closed Sunday. Produce and cheese from roughly €3–15.
A century-old basket shop on the old ropemakers' street, stacked floor to ceiling with hand-woven palm-leaf and wicker: senalletes (market baskets), bread bins and llata hats. Baskets from around €18 to €90 depending on size and weave.
The city's biggest food market, two floors above Plaça de l'Olivar: fishmongers and butchers below, a fruit gallery and supermarket above. Mon–Sat 07:00–14:30, Fri to 20:00. Vacuum-packed sobrassada de porc negre runs €14–22/kg.
The pedestrian spine north of Plaça Major mixes Spanish high street with Mallorcan makers, and the square itself hosts a craft market of leather, jewellery and ceramics on Mon, Fri and Sat (roughly 10:00–14:00, daily in summer).
The lane running off the Born is Palma's design corridor: Rialto Living occupies a restored palace with interiors, fashion, flowers and a courtyard café (Mon–Sat 10:00–20:30), joined by galleries and small labels along the same block.
The Pollença weavers of roba de llengües — the flame-patterned ikat cotton found in every Mallorcan farmhouse — sell cushions, table linen and metre goods in Palma. Cushion covers from €35, fabric by the metre around €40–60.
Avarcas — the flat Menorcan-Balearic sandal with a tyre-rubber sole — and hand-lasted leather shoes are still made on the island. Shops around Carrer Unió and Avinguda Jaume III stock them from about €45 to €120 a pair.
Manacor's manufactured pearls have been an island export since 1890, built layer by layer on a glass nucleus. The Palma boutique sells strands, studs and cufflinks with certificates; single-strand necklaces start near €70.
The workaday market east of the centre, where Palma's residents actually shop — live poultry, whole lambs, spice stalls and Latin American groceries, with an outdoor flea and produce market on Sat mornings. Mon–Sat 07:00–14:00.
Historic bakeries selling the spiral ensaïmada packed in the octagonal balloon box designed for the flight home. Plain ensaïmada from €8, the cabell d'àngel (pumpkin-jam) filled version around €14–20 for a large one.
The Gordiola family have blown glass on Mallorca since 1719; their Palma shop sells hand-blown tumblers, lamps and the cobalt-blue siurells figures. Glasses from around €12, larger vases €60–200. The Algaida furnace and museum sits 20 km east.
The streets around the market close the loop with vermut bottles, Binissalem and Pla i Llevant wines, flor de sal from the Es Trenc salt pans and tins of tonyina. Island wine runs €9–25 a bottle, salt tins €6–12.