Sant Joan And The Bulls
Here’s the good news. The festes de Sant Joan are about to happen. In Spain, Sant Joan (also San Juan, or St. John the Baptist) is a traditional midsummer festivity […]
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The Glory Restored
The beautiful stained glass window in Palma’s cathedral suffered a bit of a mishap just over a year ago when some stormy weather in February of 2008 caused severe damage […]
The Casa Consistorial In Felanitx
The Ajuntament de Felanitx is housed in the Casa Consistorial, locally known as La Sala. It can be found next to the building of the Felanitx mercat. For years, the […]
In The Heat Of The Sun
Yesterday was a pretty hot day in Mallorca, what with temperatures of 34° C in the air and some 24° C in the Mediterranean waters. The absence of rain over […]
The Atlas Maior By Joan Blaeu
Long before the advent of photography, aeroplanes, rockets and satellites, human imagination was relying on clever people’s craftmanship such as carthography when it came to envisioning a picture of the […]
The Volta a Sa Dragonera in a Kayak
Those of you who don’t want to go to the Fira de Ses Herbes in Selva tomorrow could go to Sant Elm instead. Tomorrow’s Volta a Sa Dragonera in a […]
The Fira de Ses Herbes in Selva
Sunday June 14th is the date for this year’s Fira de Ses Herbes in Selva at the foot of the Tramuntana mountain range. If you haven’t been to the Selva […]
The Patio Tours in Palma
One of the cultural highlights of the year in Palma de Mallorca are the Corpus Christi festivities, celebrated sixty days after Easter. As so many other festes this is originally […]
The Art of Shoemaking
Last weekend, like every year in June, Lloseta at the foot of the Tramuntana mountains not far from Inca celebrated a Fira de Sa Sabata (shoe market). In the old […]
The Rite of Spring
Springtime is the time for a Rite of Spring if you so want for many boys and girls in Mallorca, the First Holy Communion. Last weekend this Catholic ritual was celebrated […]
The Absent Voter
Yesterday was the day of voting for the European Parliament in Strasbourg. It was an election with the lowest participation of voters ever. Throughout Europe with a total of 350,000,000 […]
Son Danús Vell
Mallorca has a plethora of stately country houses. These estates are called possessions. Some of the great houses go back to the 14th or 15th century. A small number of […]
The Palma Book Fair
This year’s Fira del Llibre (Book Fair) can be enjoyed in Palma’s Passeig des Born for two more days, today and tomorrow. A visit is recommended if you like reading, […]
Speaking Mallorquín
Language in Mallorca is a pretty complicated issue, or so it would seem to the outsider. Before my wife and I came to Mallorca to settle here 22 years ago […]
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is known to most people as a bit of a weird church sect of a Christian denomination, often found in the streets of Britain or the USA […]
The Oratori de Santa Anna
The Oratori de Santa Anna just outside of Alcúdia (bang opposite the town’s cemetary) is thought to be the oldest surviving church in Mallorca, dating from the early 13th century. […]
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