Majorca Blog

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   26.4.2015Protest Song And New Song

   Maria del Mar Bonet is Majorca's greatest living singer. She deserves to be more recognised as one of the most important voices of the past fifty years.

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   26.3.2015The Iron Men Of Son Ferriol

   Son Ferriol is "a village within Palma", its past linked to the conquest of Majorca in the thirteenth century and to the Inquisition against the Cathars.

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   23.2.2015The Observatory of Costitx

   Majorca has an observatory and a planetarium, and the observatory plays an important role in asteroid detection, but it suffers from lack of financing.

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   16.2.2015The sardines of a Majorcan Carnival

   The burial of the sardine at the end of Carnival is not a tradition unique to Majorca by any means, but the island does, nevertheless, do the "burial" in its own peculiar fashion.

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   8.2.2015Carnival: Inverting the established order

   Carnival in Majorca has a long tradition, one that has changed over the years. It may not be well known by comparison with Tenerife or Cadiz, but it is vibrant nonetheless.

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   31.1.2015The Almonds Of Son Servera

   The town of Son Servera stages its annual almond blossom fair in early February, almond blossom being one of the most familiar sights on the Majorcan landscape at this time of the year.

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   24.12.2014The Sibil·la And The Day Of Judgement

   The Sibil·la is sung in Majorcan churches on Christmas Eve, but it is not very Christmassy and it has not always been approved by the Church.

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   14.10.2014Riding Around In Circles: Majorca's velodromes

   Palma Arena is a grand, modern velodrome, but there was a time when the velodromes weren't so grand but when Majorca had an awful lot of them

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   5.9.2014Out Of The Pit Lane?: Formula One

   There have been hopes that a Formula One grand prix might come to Majorca. These hopes have been raised again, but are they realistic?

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    15.7.2014The Stories Of History: Alcudia's Via Fora

    Alcúdia's Via Fora is a fantastic night-time piece of street theatre with different scenes abput the town's history.

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    3.7.2014Ancient Secrets: Majorca's archaeology

    There is a new idea for alternative tourism in Majorca, one which involves a route of the island's archaeological sites.

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    20.6.2014The Man Who Invented Tourism

    Miquel Sants Oliver was a journalist who set out something of a blueprint for Majorca's tourism - in the 1890s.

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