Catalina Homar: The woman who ran S’Estaca

Catalina Homar was 15 when she began working as a day labourer at S’Estaca, on the coast below Valldemossa. She went on to manage the estate. It’s a rather different way to come at a place usually associated with its owner, Archduke Ludwig Salvator.

From Esporles to S’Estaca

Explore the area in our Esporles guide and our Valldemossa guide.

A vineyard with a story

The estate produced wine, and Homar’s work there earned her recognition in her own right. Put yourself in her shoes for a moment. The dramatic slopes that make this stretch of coast so beautiful are also the ground on which she had to make a vineyard work.

Further reading: more on Catalina Homar.

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