La Beata
The island capital Palma de Mallorca and the towns of Valldemossa and Santa Margalida all compete for the veneration of Mallorca’s only saint, Catalina Tomàs, also known as Sor Tomasseta. […]
The Diada de Mallorca
The Diada de Mallorca is celebrated every year on September 12th, commemorating the historic date in 1276, when King Jaume II signed the Carta de franqueses i privilegis del Regne […]
Chiringuitos
Chiringuitos in Spain are a wonderful institution of almost iconic connotations. Beach life would not be what it is were it not for these wonderful beach bars serving cool drinks, […]
European Day of Jewish Culture
The 10th European Day of Jewish Culture will be celebrated this coming weekend in Palma de Mallorca, as well as in other Spanish cities, plus in many European cities as […]
Aigües Tortes
The Galeria Pelaires in Palma de Mallorca is celebrating its fortieth anniversary. The gallery was founded by Pep Pinya in 1969 and has since developed into a formidable outlet for […]
Didgeridoo Dreamtime
One would normally not associate Mallorca with didgeridoos, dreamtime or songlines. But imagine my surprise when I read that this weekend just gone, the IV. Encuentro Didgeridoo Mallorca took place […]
The End Of Summer
Now that Summer appears to be nearing its end, let me offer you a photograph taken during an outing to the beach of S’Arenal Petit in Portocolom, situated on the […]
Walnut Trees In Mallorca?
When I first came across a walnut tree (Juglans regia) in Mallorca, I couldn’t believe it. I thought that walnuts were native to the eastern Mediterranean and to the Balkans, […]
The Coso de Felanitx
The Festes de Sant Agustí in Felanitx are in full swing. In fact, today is the main day, the saint’s day. People not living in Felanitx might think that the […]
Banana Republic
In keeping with the annual Mallorcan weather pattern, we had some rain here yesterday in Felanitx. Hooray, at last. We had not seen any rain to speak of since last […]
Raixa Gardens Still Closed
When the Consell de Mallorca bought the Mallorcan possessió of Raixa in 2002 for the sum of 8,200,000 € with quite some substantial help from the Spanish government and the […]
The Palma Breadline
In case you are hungry and don’t have the means to feed yourself, do not despair. The good people of the Convent dels Caputxins in Palma de Mallorca, frares (monks) […]
Konstantinos Kavafis
There is no evidence that the eminent Greek poet, Konstantinos Kavafis (Constantine Petrou Cavafy, 1863-1933), has ever been to the island of Mallorca or to the island capital, Palma. But, […]
The Sea Tomato
The Mallorcan tomàquet de mar (Actinia equina) could roughly be translated as a Sea Tomato, however, there is no such thing in the English vocabulary. Instead, Wikipedia lists this sea […]
Ramadan Fasting
The Muslim month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam, begins today, August 22nd. Ramadan is the ninth lunar month of the Islamic calendar, the month in which the first […]
Cala Can Curt
In Mallorca in the middle of August, at the height of the tourist season, one would not expect to find an empty beach that can be reached without the help […]
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