The Oratori de Santa Creu
The Oratori de Santa Creu, just outside Porreres, is a small chapel dating from the 18th century. The oratory is also known by the name of Ermita de la Santa […]
The Common Swift (Apus apus)
The Common Swift (Apus apus) is back. For the last two or three weeks, every morning we could hear and see dozens of swifts (Catalan: Falciot negre, Castellano: Vencejo común) […]
The Serra de Tramuntana Ultra Trail
The Ultra Trail Serra de Tramuntana started last night at 24h00 at the Pont Romà in Pollença, a Mallorcan extreme sport version of the Iron Man. 202 participants were at […]
The Quatre Campanes
Quite a long time ago, in 1740, Palma de Mallorca and its wise mandarins decided to have an urban promenade, later named as Ses Quatre Campanes (Castellano: Cuatro Campanas). Today, […]
The Rent-A-Car Business
Around this time of year, just before Easter or just after, one can see a large number of auto-transport trucks making their way from the Port of Palma to the […]
The Cap de Formentor Lighthouse
The Far des Cap de Formentor (Cape Formentor Lighthouse) is quite striking, the way lighthouses always seem to be, but two things make this lighthouse better than most that you […]
A Jolly Easter Hike
Traditionally, the folks of Felanitx celebrated the Tuesday after Easter at the monastery of Sant Salvador, properly known in Catalan as Santuari de la Mare de Déu de Sant Salvador. […]
The Secret Life Of Bees
Recently, over the last few weeks or so, there has been an incredible activity of bees and other pollinators near where we live, here in Mallorca. The constant humming […]
The Festival Of Pascha
This year, for some reason, the dates for the Easter holidays coincide in all Christian churches, the Eastern Orthodox religion, the Roman Catholic faith and the Protestant Confession. This coincidence […]
Cofradías In Felanitx
Cofradías (Castellano, or Catalan: Confrarias) are confraternities, fraternities or brotherhoods. In Felanitx, there are nine such associations with hundreds of members between them, including females and minors. Last night, the […]
Puig Gros And The Arabian Horses
One of the finest houses in the vicinity of Ca’s Concos d’es Cavaller has to be Es Puig Gros, an impressive casa senyorial as ever you have seen. On approaching […]
The Crist de la Sang
The church of the Anunciación in Palma is also known as the Església de la Sang. The church was built between 1487 and 1499 to accompany the Hospital General next […]
The Procesión Del Silencio
The first of the Easter processions in Felanitx was held last night, the Processó del Silenci (Procesión del Silencio, Silent Procession). In Spain, tradition has it that one of the […]
Mountain Rescue Services
The island of Mallorca is a peaceful place, a fun location and, for many, a holiday paradise. One can easily forget that there can be some dark sides to this […]
Vía Crucis For Peace
I went to participate in the Vía Crucis pilgrimage in Felanitx yesterday, up to the Puig d’es Calvari. Vía Crucis is the Latin name for the Way of the Cross […]
The Easter Week
In Mallorca, the last Sunday before Easter is called El Dia del Ram (Palm Sunday). Olive branches are blessed and given to the churchgoers, or anyone coming along for the […]
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