The Mallorca Photo Blog

Happy Centenary

I started this daily photo blog last June 10th and, whoosh, a hundred days have passed. To celebrate my one hundredth blog entry, what better way than to give you […]

Daily Life

A Wine Making Laboratory

Felanitx now has a brand new Health Centre. It was inaugurated a few weeks ago. The new Centro de Salud was built at a cost of 3.800.000 Euros. The photo […]

Art & Artists

United Nations Want Man From Felanitx

Miquel Barceló is a Mallorcan artist born in Felanitx of quite some repute. He came to even more fame than he already had when his St. Peter’s chapel apsis was […]

Art & Artists

Teatro Principal, Now Beautifully Restored

Mallorca has celebrated its Diada de Mallorca two days ago, September 12th. The Diada commemorates the oath taken by Mallorcan King Jaume II in 1276. This year, the official act […]

Gardens

A Garden of Eden of Sorts

Mallorca is not only a paradise for nature lovers, but is also renowned for its plentitude of marvellous gardens. It is widely acknowledged that the art of irrigation was brought […]

Animals

Spot the Black Sheep

Traditionally, Mallorca was a rural society dedicated to farming and animal husbandry of mainly sheep and goats. Sadly, with the onset of tourism this tradition seems on the way out. […]

Customs & Traditions

L’Espigolera in Llucmajor

Mallorcan churches always amaze me. The smallest village, of perhaps only twenty buildings or less, takes pride in an enormous parish church. Larger pueblos may have two or even three […]

Daily Life

Dental Clinic in the Modernist Style

What you and I call Art Nouveau or Art Deco, even Jugendstil, is called Modernismo in Spain. Prime examples of Modernismo are the buildings of Antoní Gaudí. In Palma de […]

Customs & Traditions

More Palma Bats

I have hinted before at the prevalence of bats in Palma, in my post dated August 14th. The bat is the symbolic emblem of Ciutat de Palma, which is Catalán […]

Daily Life

Life in the Days of Yore

Mallorca used to be one of the poorest regions of Spain. People hardly had enough to eat. I know a man who told me that his total earnings for one […]

Felanitx

Apocynaceae

The oleander (Nerium Oleander) is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the dogbane family Apocynaceae. You may know this Mediterranean plant by some other name, such as Adelfa, Alheli […]

Daily Life

A Whiter Shade of Pale

We used to live happily in the country side near the village of Ca’s Concos des Cavaller, before we moved to the town of Felanitx, seven years ago. The photo […]

Daily Life

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 […]

Daily Life

From the Melon Capital of Mallorca

One of the villages in the central plains of Mallorca is called Vilafranca de Bonany. This pueblo is famous for its annual Melon Festival. It was celebrated this last weekend. […]

Customs & Traditions

Thirst Squelcher

This year’s verbenas in Felanitx have come to an end. A lot of cerveza has been consumed. Six novillada bulls have perished. Now the party is over. See you next […]

Daily Life

Smoking Allowed With Your Food

Even though Spain has new Anti-Smoking laws in effect for more than 18 months, there are many loopholes. Smoking is not allowed in bars or restaurants or anywhere with food […]

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