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Placa de Ramon Llull, Petra
Es Celler, Petra
Es Celler
Majolica panel to Junipero SerraThe Missing American Link
Petra is known as the birthplace of Junipero Serra, a Franciscan monk who helped to settle parts of the west coast of North America. In the part of town most associated with him, you find a series of tableaux documenting each of the settlements that grew out of monastaries or churches that he had helped to found.
Apart from a bit of a wander around a very quiet village, this was also where we had rather a nice meal in the huge basement style interior of one of the two main restauarants in Petra. The funniest thing about this village was in fact the signs everywhere, and I mean everywhere, directing you to these two restaurants. Obviously they know who their competition is...
Petra is not somewhere that you'll need to hang around for more than an hour or so really. There is the museum to Junipero Serra, although this was closed while I was there. Pretty streets, a couple of nice churches and you'll have done the place justice I'd say. This picture is of Sant Bernat, near the majolica tableux. To enter you ring a bell and are let in by one of the priests, for a private tour I assume?!
This is one of the inland eastern towns you'd call in on while doing a whistlestop tour of places such as Arta and Capdepera.
