Christmas in Mallorca is different from elsewhere, at least, it used to be. For a start, Christmas in Spain is, or used to be, a religious affair. It was traditionally […]
I cannot tell you how many lights were lit last night on the Menorah here in Mallorca on the sunset before the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights. […]
The Hospital General in Palma will be celebrating its 555th anniversary next year. The hospice was founded in 1456, when three older hospitals were merged into one: the Hospital de […]
Even though snow is predicted in Mallorca for Friday at an altitude of 700 m, November can be a lovely month in the Balearic Isles. There have been a number […]
The airport of Son Sant Joan in Palma de Mallorca is looking back at 50 years of commercial operation. During the Summer of 1960, all commercial flights were redirected from […]
Ferrán Aguiló (Palma de Mallorca, 1957) is a Mallorcan artist with dexterity and passion. A large retrospective exhibition of his sculpted animals, plants and organic forms is currently on display […]
In the past few years, musical presentations and concerts were put on in Mallorca during the week leading up to November 22nd on the occasion of Santa Cecília (Saint Cecilia, […]
Can Corbella is one of Palma’s most original buildings, just down from Plaça Cort, on the corner of Carrer Santo Domingo. Its beauty is simply spellbinding. The late 19th century […]
The órgano mayor (main organ) in Palma’s Cathedral dates from 1789, was designed by Pere Josep Bosch and was inaugurated in 1797. The instrument has four manual keyboards with 56 […]
Just in case you were planning to go to Sóller by train some time in December or January, and perhaps take some friends or visitors there, well, you can’t. Services […]
The waning moon is entering its last quarter today, October 30th. The crescent moon is quite an important symbol in Mallorcan life by way of Mallorcan heraldry. Over the centuries, […]
An imitation Oktoberfest is on at MegaPark (Playa de Palma), a place that could well be what hell might look like. The beer festival for the unhappy, unfulfilled, desperate and […]
Tomorrow, October 21st, Spain and the rest of the Catholic world celebrate Santa Úrsula and the legend of the 11,000 marauded virgins. In the Spanish speaking world, the October 21st […]
One of the outstanding historic buildings in Palma’s Avenidas is a place commonly known as the Instituto. After the demolition of Palma’s city walls and the subsequent extension of the […]
The TUI Marathon Palma de Mallorca was held yesterday, now in its seventh year. The event offered runs in six categories: the marathon (42.195 km), the half marathon (21.1 km), […]
The Cathedral in Palma de Mallorca was built in a spot where earlier the central mosque of Medina Mayurka had stood. In fact, after the re-conquest the Moorish mosque was […]