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Arta, Mallorca
Arta is a quaint little village where the art of working raffia and straw still lives on. It boasts a beautiful 13th century church, San Salvador, that overlooks the "talayot de Ses Paises" ruins. These ruins have been dated to the Bronze Age, leading archaeologists to assert that this is the oldest inhabited part of the island. Evidence shows life here for at least 3,000 years. The Museum of Arta houses five bronze statues (found in a "talayot" at Capdepera) depicting a warrior god similar to Mars, the protector of the Balearic merchants. The advancing urbanization and construction of new villas and hotels has altered the original appearance of this area somewhat but it has not dimmed or sapped the beauty of the many inlets that dot the coast.