Spend Christmas and New Year in Palma
There is something truly magical about Christmas in Palma. Bathed in winter sunlight, this beautiful Mediterranean city sits beside the palm-fringed blue sea and has a festive atmosphere like no other. And the extra bit of magic of course are...
Go Potty in Pórtol
Fira del Fang ( Fiesta of Ceramics ) : 03 March – 11 March 2018 The word `ceramic´ is derived from the Greek word `keramos´ meaning clay and, stretching back many hundreds of years, Mallorca and more specifically Portol was...
Five reasons to enjoy Christmas in Palma
1. The Weather Don´t go `dashing through the snow with a one horse open sleigh ´, come and visit Palma! Mallorca is on average ten degrees warmer than any northern European city and you can enjoy at least 6 or...
Ta Palma
Lick your lips and tingle your tastebuds for Palma’s annual tapas festival ‘TaPalma’ is only a month away. Running from 26 November to 02 December and now in its 13th year, Palma will be welcoming thousands of visitors over the...
Formentor, the end of the line…
Think Lands End, stunning scenery and outstanding natural beauty and you can imagine what to expect from the Cap de Formentor. A finger of land, at the most northern tip of Mallorca, just pointing across the water at its sister...
Liquid gold at Aubocassa but no need to rush!
Aubocassa´s mission is a formidable one: to produce the best of virgin and extra virgin olive oil to showcase to the world what Mallorca has to offer! The estate is overseen by Tiffany Black and her team who will talk...
Clickety clack, Palma to Sóller train
No visit to Mallorca is complete without a jaunt on the Palma to Soller train. Your journey, taking an hour to cover the 27 km, will begin in the ticket hall of Palma or Soller train stations which themselves are...
GAIA Natural Products
The GAIA (meaning mother earth ) Natural Products story began in a family kitchen in Mallorca. Homeschooling four children in a finca on a hill overlooking Andratx in the south of the island, the founder, Trudi Murray, needing to make...
Sipping and Stomping in Binissalem
Fancy getting down and very dirty ? Then ` Festa des Vermar ´ in the wine town of Binissalem is the place to be in September. Mallorcans love their wine. Binissalem is the centre of one of the most important...
Bike hire in Palma
The international superstars of cycling have done wonders over the last few years to get us interested in two wheels so why not bike hire in Palma ? Mallorca is widely regarded as a cyclist’s paradise, and with good reason. Many...