Jardines de Alfabia

The Jardines de Alfabia complex, is situated near Buola (Majorca), at km 17 on the road from Palma to Sóller. They can be categorized as typical gardens for Mallorca, with Hispano-Arab roots, as they originate from old farms from the time when Muslims controlled the island. These farms were frequently set up on terraces and used to grow citrus and other fruit trees. During the Renaissance, these trees were acquired by noble families, who transformed them repeatedly to give them an air of wealth and luxury.

Following the Balearic Islands' conquest by Jaime I the Conqueror, the monarch entrusted the area to his uncle Nuo de Roussillon, who later sold it to the Ben-Abet family of Moors. After that, it changed hands numerous times before coming into the possession of the Zaforteza family, its present proprietors.

The family residence was constructed in the fifteenth century, and a rear wing and baroque façade were erected in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, respectively. A fountain with a sculpture of a little child and a fish may be found in the home's courtyard. The gardens are behind the structure and include a half-barrel-dome-covered cistern, a pergola with 72 columns, and 24 stone aquatic plants with alternate water jets. Orange trees are in an orange tree orchard as water cascades down the land's slope.

Location: Carretera Palma-Sóller, km 17, 07110, Illes Balears, Spain