Almond Blossom in Mallorca
Almond Blossom in Mallorca is the season that really gives every visitor the ‘wow’ factor. Beginning as early as January each year and lasting well into February, this really is a special time. We are all nuts about almonds for...
Restaurant Es Canyis
Restaurant Es Canyis is one of my personal favourites and is our ‘go to’ special occasion restaurant right on the beach in the Port de Sóller. Opening originally in 1954 and still run by the same family, its humble beginnings...
Carnival Mallorca !
Carnival in Mallorca is a time to party big-style ! With the start of Lent looming, this year’s Carnival festivities take place around the island and in Palma on Sunday 15 February 2026. Known in Mallorca as ‘Els Darrers Dies’...
Mallorca’s 11 Michelin Stars
Mallorca has been awarded 11 Michelin Stars in 10 restaurants for 2026. Over the last two decades, Mallorca has accomplished a culinary transformation. A complete overhaul from the tourist fare of old to one of the world’s most appetising destinations...
Balearic Day – 01 March
Balearic Day Fiesta On March 1 each year, there is a public holiday ‘Balearic Islands’ Day which commemorates the granting of autonomous government status to the Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera) in 1983. Celebrations take place across the four...
Mallorca Eclipse
A total solar eclipse is a once in a lifetime experience and excitement is already mounting about this weeks eclipse on 12 August 2026 which will be visible in a huge arc from the ice scapes of Greenland, through the...
Palma Cathedral Light Show
Palma Cathedral Light Show takes place at the magnificent Cathedral de Santa Maria, more commonly known as ‘La Seu’ and is Palma’s star turn. Begun by King James I of Aragon in 1230 in thanksgiving for the conquest of Mallorca...
Fiesta of Sant Antoni
One of Mallorca’s most celebrated fiestas is that of Sant Antoni, a two-day festival which begins each year on the eve of the Feast of St Anthony, 16 January. Sant Antoni is the patron saint of animals. He was an...
Bike hire in Palma
Bike hire in Palma is easy. Mallorca is widely regarded as a cyclist’s paradise and with good reason. Many of the world’s top professional cycling teams hold training camps here through the cooler months and the roads have been described...
Winter in Mallorca
Winter in Mallorca, marked by the winter solstice on 21 December, is short and with at least two hours more of daylight than Northern Europe, no one here is hibernating. Early January brings the festival of the ‘Three Kings ‘...