Majorca Blog

Welcome to the MajorcanVillas.com Blog - written by Andrew Ede.  This will be updated all the time so please do check back frequently!

  1. The revival of the excursion

    3.10.2016The revival of the excursion

    Majorca's tourism was from the very beginning intimately tied to hiking and walking, and the "excursionistas" date back to that very beginning.

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  2. The legend and meanings of 12 September

    11.9.2016The legend and meanings of 12 September

    12 September is an important date in Majorca - it provides the reasons for Majorca Day and for the pilgrimage to Lluc.

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  3. The Seven Sins Of Saint John

    28.8.2016The Seven Sins Of Saint John

    The demons were to represent the seven deadly sins - lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride - and they are what you now have on the eve of the decapitation of the Baptist.

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  4. Much Ado About Everything: Weird Fiestas

    14.8.2016Much Ado About Everything: Weird Fiestas

    The tale of the Muc is characteristic of stories of giants, treasure and odd beasties and characters that Antoni Maria Alcover compiled.

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  5. Where Common People Go: Lloret

    7.8.2016Where Common People Go: Lloret

    Lloret may be tiny, it may be easily overlooked, but as with many places in Majorca it has its own complicated past.

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  6. 1550 And All That: Dragut's failure in Pollensa

    1.8.20161550 And All That: Dragut's failure in Pollensa

    Around eleven o'clock on the night of 30 May 1550, a force of some 1500 men landed at a cove between the Punta Avançada and the beach of Formentor. This was the landing force that was to ultimately inspire Pollensa's Moors and Christians' annual re-enactment.

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  7. The miracle of Alcudia's Sant Crist

    25.7.2016The miracle of Alcudia's Sant Crist

    There were also, naturally enough, priests and the odd high official. They all maintained that the image of Sant Crist had sweated blood and water.

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  8. Star of the sea: Virgen del Carmen

    17.7.2016Star of the sea: Virgen del Carmen

    The fiestas for Virgen del Carmen are rooted in Mount Carmel in Israel and in patronage of seafarers.

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  9. T-Day In Majorca: Tourist tax introduction

    1.7.2016T-Day In Majorca: Tourist tax introduction

    Is the tax in fact all about general tax-raising? Were funding from Madrid far better, would there be a tax? That's the logical conclusion to be drawn from the tourism minister's spin. Believe that if you wish, but many will not.

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  10. Where resort time stood still

    29.6.2016Where resort time stood still

    Quiet Colonia may be, but tonight there will be the bangs of fireworks for Sant Pere. Not quite enough, though, to waken the dead of all the prehistory.

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  11. When The Greatest Came To Majorca

    19.6.2016When The Greatest Came To Majorca

    It was to be a boxer who came to only fight an exhibition who was to provide what were arguably the greatest moments in Majorca's boxing history.

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  12. Saving The Tramuntana: Tourism confusion

    19.6.2016Saving The Tramuntana: Tourism confusion

    The Tramuntana mountains were declared a World Heritage Site in 2011. This declaration should guarantee conservation and preservation, so why is there a campaign which suggests that it these are not being guaranteed?

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