Sineu Market – Mallorca´s oldest and most traditional
Sineu Market is vast, taking over the squares, streets and alleys of the town but it’s heart is the main square beside the church. Sitting slap bang in the middle of the island, the hilltop town of Sineu dates back...
Autumn’s Golden Bounty
The timeless magic of the annual olive harvest begins in Mallorca in earnest in September. Alongside fig and citrus trees, the ancient twisted trunks of the olive tree form the landscape of Mallorca. From hillside terraces on mountain slopes in Valldemossa...
Curator of Longing: Why the search for the Mallorca feeling needs a face again
Perhaps this is the biggest lie of the digital age: that total choice makes us happier. Everyone knows that moment when it’s late and darkness has long since fallen outside, while only the blue light of the laptop screen cuts...
New Years Eve in Mallorca
New Year’s Eve in Mallorca marks the beginning, not the end, of the Yuletide party season! As for the partying, first there is New Year’s Eve (‘Nochevieja’) with fireworks festivals and the traditional eating of 12 grapes (one for each...
In a nutshell
The shakers, beaters and bearers of huge nets are out in the fields for the annual autumn almond harvest. Emblematic of Mallorca, four million almond trees blanket the island with white and pink blooms in late January into February signalling the...
Sant Joan – Nit de Foc
All hell breaks loose on Mallorca on the 23rd of June to celebrate the island’s devotion to Saint John the Baptist, locally known as Sant Joan whose saint’s day is 24th June. No fiesta in Mallorca quite compares with the pyrotechnics...
A Day out in Santa Maria del Camí
Most people associate Mallorca with stunning coastline and sweeping beaches but it is also home to some of the most picturesque towns that Spain has to offer. One of my favourites is historic Santa Maria del Camí (or Santa Maria...
Easter in Mallorca
Spring has sprung early as always with Mallorca’s mild climate. The fields are carpeted with yellow buttercups and the wild jasmine catches your senses. Its almost Easter in Mallorca. Which only means one thing, that Semana Santa (Holy Week) is...
Es Firó Sóller
Everyone likes a party and Es Firó in Sóller is the noisiest of them all ! Three days of history and pageantry played out in the colourful re-enactment of the invasion by Turkish and Algerian pirates of Sóller and their successful...
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’...