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All Saints’ Day: Cemeteries on Mallorca

All Saints' Day on Mallorca

Pedro Almodóvar’s Volver opens with an unforgettable scene. Women clean and decorate family graves in the gusty wind of rural Spain. It feels both ordinary and otherworldly, a perfect metaphor for the bond with the departed. On Mallorca, this ritual is very much alive. As Todos los Santos approaches, families across the island tidy graves, polish marble headstones, and bring flowers to the resting places of their loved ones. On All Saints’ Day, cemeteries bloom in color and quiet reverence…

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Palau de Sineu: Of Kings and Nuns

Palau de Sineu

Visiting the Almudaina Palace in Palma with its grandeur, you wouldn’t expect that this wasn’t a solitaire on the island. But what if we told you that the kings of Mallorca also ruled from a much quieter, lesser-known palace, one hidden away in the island’s very heart? Welcome to Palau de Sineu, once a royal residence of strategic significance, long before its transformation into a cloistered convent.  The Rural Mallorca Located in a town nearly equidistant from all corners of the island, this…