Looking for a cultural experience the whole family can enjoy? Set within a protected wildlife sanctuary near Alcúdia, Museu Sa Bassa Blanca is a treasure trove of art, nature, colour and curiosities. It’s ideal for a morning or afternoon out with kids, especially if you’re after something inspiring, outdoorsy and beyond the beach.
Why Visit
Sa Bassa Blanca isn’t a traditional museum with quiet corridors and watchful guards. It’s an art estate above the sea, with green, tended gardens filled with sculptures you can touch and a whitewashed Hispano-Moorish house set among the trees. There’s open-air exploring for younger kids, and guided art and architecture for older children and grown-ups. It feels like visiting the most creative friend’s house, one who’s travelled the world, returned with the coolest collections and built a garden straight out of childhood imagination.
What to Expect
House Tour
Book a guided tour of the glorious Hispano-Moorish house designed by celebrated Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy. Overflowing with world art and cultural treasures, the one-hour tour will inspire young creatives to think about art and design from fresh perspectives. Best suited to older children, around 8+, who can manage the pace of a guided group visit.
There are lots of stairs, so baby carriers are required inside the house.
Sculpture Park
Kids will love the larger-than-life animal statues scattered across the grounds, and there’s enough space to wander, run free and play hide-and-seek. Much of the park is grass and easy paths with plenty of spots to picnic or rest in the shade.
More to See
Visit the Nins Collection with portraits of children from the 16th–19th centuries, stroll through the Rose Garden, or climb the hill (15 mins) to enjoy the views from the Observatory.
Family Notes (Things We’d Tell a Friend)
The guided visit is full of interesting stories, and well paced for all ages, but it is a group format and probably not suitable for young children, particularly those that operate at high speed, and need to touch everything.
If you are planning to visit the house and the gardens, start at the house then head to gardens for snack time and play. Bring sandwiches or similar, the café is lovely but not snack-heavy.
Practical Details
Age suitability
Open to all ages. The sculpture park works well for younger children. The guided house tour is best suited to children old enough to follow a one-hour group visit.
Pushchair friendly?
The sculpture park includes grass and unpaved paths, so sturdy off-road pushchairs work best. The house is not pushchair accessible due to stairs. Baby carriers required inside.
How long to allow
Plan around 2.5 hours for sculpture park and house. Stay longer if adding the observatory or a picnic.
Food
Café Paloma, set in the courtyard, serves drinks, lunch and cakes. Breakfast choices and children’s snacks are limited, so pack extras if needed. You’ll find a rest / picnic area within the sculpture park.
Access & parking
Access is by car with free on-site parking. The entrance track is a few kilometres of manageable dirt road. The museum is not easily reached by public transport alone.
Tickets
Tickets can be purchased for the sculpture park alone or combined with galleries and house. Residents receive discounted entry. Children 6 and under go free. Child rates apply for ages 7–17.
Always check opening days and guided tour times before visiting. Book the house tour in advance, it does fill up.
For the latest opening times, ticket prices and guided tour availability, check the official website here.
Make a Day of It
Pair your visit with lunch or an ice-cream in Alcúdia Old Town for medieval wall wandering and cafe culture on a cobbled square.
