The ABC Guide to Romantic

Dine out

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Dining at Home

Prepare a romantic dinner for two at home and includes aphrodisiac ingredients - such as asparagus, oysters, seafood, tomatoes, cinnamon, and honey. If you serve red meat (rich in zinc which in turn brings a lot of energy), try a specialist butcher organic veal Can Jaume (Mercat de l'Olivar). Commercial Vera has a sumptuous array of delicacies, over 2000 different products. Catavinos team (www.islacatavinos.com) will advise on wines, Cava or Champagne appropriate to accompany your dinner.

For more luxury hire professionals. What you spend your romantic evening working in the kitchen if you have a professional catering service? Tot a Punt Try Catering (www.totapuntcatering.com), Life Catering (www.celler-canamer.com) Flavourhouse (www.flavourhouse.com), Restaurant Jardin (www.restaurantejardin.com), Fosh Food (www. foshfood.com) and Delicious (www.deli-delicioso.com).

Say It With Flowers

The long-stemmed red roses are the traditional flower of love, and as Joanna Walton (Walton Joanna Flowers), remain the preferred choice, despite the wide range of exotic flowers. Whatever you choose to give flowers, remember that red is the color of romance.

Joanna, who led four florists in London for 22 years, has his studio in Sineu, and making deliveries all over the island. It offers beautiful arrangements of red roses mounted by hand, with a water bubble for each stem, from 35 €. The best long stem roses Dutch are worth € 45 (including delivery). If you give away the dried stem roses, Joanna recommend cutting the tip of each stem diagonally before placing them in water, and store in a cool place away from sunlight. (Www.joannawalton.com)

The Art of Love

Why keep your heart in your hand when you can hang on the wall? For a unique gift, ARTamTam (www.artamtam.com) transforms your favorite photos of your partner (or both together) in a picture of the size of any art gallery in a variety of sizes and printed on canvas, acrylic or art paper.

Treasures Shining

Who does not like to give away her jewels? - No matter whether it is a watch brand a prestigious international and German Watchmaking, a piece of jewelry Cartier Boutique greed, or something Pineapple Grau, the specialist renowned Mallorcan own workshop. For a contemporary classic, Rialto Living is the exclusive Balu Designs, designs incorporating gemstones and minerals. Balu's jewelry has appeared in some of the most popular magazines in the world - and has even graced the style icons of "Sex and the City". If you like Carrie Bradshaw ...

Pleasure that melts in Boca

Chocolate has long associated with passion, and Casanova used to take cocoa to enhance their seductive powers. Attributed aphrodisiac properties of chocolate are not scientifically proven, but it contains phenylethylamine and tryptophan - which in turn emit substances in the brain that improve mood, serotonin and endorphins, among others. Sensual pleasure you feel when the chocolate melts in your mouth has been compared to the feeling of being in love - no doubt that chocolate is a very appropriate gift on Valentine's Day.

Chocolate Avenue (www.chocolate-avenue.com) offers a compelling selection of 22 luxury Belgian chocolates, handmade by expert chocolatiers. Your selection of chocolates comes in a 'ballotin' - a traditional box of chocolates from Belgium. And yes, size does matter!

Pampering to Perfection

Pamper your loved one to a treatment that will leave you relaxed and revitalized. Mallorca has excellent spas beauty care and wellness. The St. Regis Mardavall Arabella Spa offers a wide selection of tempting treatments (including a couples massage), and was voted Best Spa by the readers of abcMallorca in our recent survey. Other spas to visit include the Arabella Spa del Castillo Hotel Son Vida, Valldemossa Hotel, Boutique du Massage in Palma; Bodhana Wellness Centers, Spa by Alma (Hotel Blue Bay Galatzo) and BeWell.

Sensual Fragrances

There is a strong connection between scent and excitement, due to the proximity of the respective neural pathways in the brain - that's why perfume is an intimate gift, ideal for lovers. The perfumers use Oriental ingredients to create their exotic fragrances and sexy: for her, flowers that bloom at night, vanilla, amber, spices, incense and musk, for him, spices, vanilla, musk and sandalwood.

In Palma, Veri 5 Scents offers fragrances and scented candles, brands like Amouage, the Rae Parfums, La Maison de la Vanille and Baobab Collection among others. Rialto Living offers scents of Miller Harris, Penhaligon's, Byredo, L'Artisan Parfumeur and L'Histoire de Parfums. Fans of the products smell amazing and unique packaging Jo Malone can order at Latitude 39 º 34 (www.latitude3934.com).

Hand in Paradise

Enjoy just being together, visit one of the beautiful beaches of Majorca and Take a walk hand in hand - you can write your declarations of love in the wet sand. Can you imagine if not something more romantic?