Mallorca has long been a home and retreat for artists of all kinds. Frédéric Chopin composed here, George Sand and Robert Graves wrote here, Spanish artist Joan Miró chose Mallorca for his studio, modernist Catalonian architect Antoní Gaudí restored and enlivened the cathedral with his imaginative work. Visitors today can find the artists’ works and the places that inspired them.

Close to Palma at the studio of Joan Miró, stone galleries display hundreds of his works, and his gardens are still filled with objects and scenes reflected in his art. The studio and gardens are much as he left them at his death in 1983 and are especially popular with Spanish admirers of his work.

Frédéric Chopin composed Preludes while he and author George Sand spent the winter at the Royal Monastery in Valldemossa, inspiring her book A Winter in Mallorca. Tour their quarters and enjoy his music at the annual Chopin Festival in August. Writer Robert Graves lived and worked at Ca n’Alluny for more than 40 years, and his house is now a museum. Actor Michael Douglas built on their legacies by transforming an old estate in Valldemossa into Costa Nord Cultural Centre, a place for art exhibitions, concerts and programs celebrating the local culture.