Cycling Tours
The Govern de les Illes Balears has created an extensive network of cycling tours throughout the Pla de Mallorca, all nicely marked with wooden signposts. There are ten bicycle excursions to choose […]
Oranges and Lemons
The Tren de Sóller to Palma de Mallorca was built in 1911 and inaugurated in 1912. Sóller was a prospering town then, thriving on a brisk trade in oranges and lemons. Whilst […]
Botanical Cactus Garden
Botanicactus near Ses Salines in South East Mallorca is a huge botanical garden mainly specializing in cacti, which also boasts palm trees, bamboos, agaves and other succulent plants, plus an […]
The Windmill Trail
Windmills for bringing up water for irrigation purposes were introduced to Mallorca in 1847 by a Dutch engineer, Paul Bouvy Schorenberg. The first mill of that type was erected in […]
Fame in Valldemossa
Mallorca’s number one tourist attraction appears to be the Real Cartuja in Valldemossa, the erstwhile Dominican monastery where Frederic Chopin and George Sand spent their historic Winter in Mallorca, almost […]
Off Season
When I first came to Mallorca, almost 30 years ago, Cala d’Or could perhaps accommodate some 5,000 tourists at any given time. Since then, beds on offer in this resort […]
Miró’s Egg
Joan Miró is the artist of the sculpture Monument a la dona (1972), reputedly the work of art most often photographed by tourists visiting Palma de Mallorca. The public has […]
A Winter In Mallorca
Amongst the loveliest sights that one can encounter on the island of Mallorca are the almond trees when in full blossom. Now is the time for these wonders of nature […]
Vila Reial Since 707 Years
On the last day of the year I happened through Montuïri. Due to its location in the Pla de Mallorca, which is the island’s central hinterland, and because of its […]
¡Olé, Flamenco! ¡Olé!
Flamenco, Paella and Sangria are probably the three single ‘things’ that are most easily associated with Spain. Or is that only true for … tourists? There is no denying that […]
Higher and Higher and Higher
PMI Palma International Airport has reported an all-time record month last August, with 3,284,225 passengers either landing or taking off. The best way to understand such a figure is to […]
A Place Under the Sun
When one thinks of beaches on the island of Mallorca, most people would think of Arenal or Magalluf. Crowded beaches, they are. If you don’t go for the obvious, you […]
Felanitx Has Its Own Pamplona Day
Felanitx celebrates a bullfight only once a year, on August 28th, the day of Sant Agustí. The photo shows the Plaza de Toros (bullring) with the novillada going on inside. […]
Palma Blues
Palma de Mallorca is proud about the new Palma Aquarium, in Ciutat Jardín. You can see some nice fish there, but the steep entry fees may deter you from a […]
Lazy Saturday Afternoon
Yesterday afternoon, Saturday, we enjoyed a drink in the local Palmtree square, and feeling lazy. Temperatures were high, some 28° Celcius. No tourists were to be seen, anywhere. Bliss. The […]
Tourist Season
There are some 13,000,000 visitors coming to Mallorca every year. Most of them come in July and August, at the height of summer. There should be some 1,500,000 tourists on […]
