A Day out in Santa Maria del Cami
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 Cami (or Santa Maria...
Sineu Market – Mallorca´s oldest and most traditional
Sineu Market is vast taking over the squares, streets and alleys of the town but its heart is the main square beside the church. Sitting slap bang in the middle of the island, the hilltop town of Sineu dates back...
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 Firo Sóller
Everyone likes a party and Es Firo 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...
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...
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 the weekend of Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 February 2024. Known...
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...
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...
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...
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, the four million almond trees blanket the island with white and pink blooms in late January into February signalling the...