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XTANT Huaca: The Art in Craft

May 7, 2025May 8, 2025

May on Mallorca, time again for an event as unique as the location where it takes place. More than 70 artists, craftspeople and designers from around the world show their heritage textile works. Carefully curated for the 6th edition of XTANT and accompanied by other pieces of art, scents and accessories. All displayed in the most beautiful historic palace on the island. A feast for the senses of everyone passionate about beauty, culture and craftsmanship. From May 9-13 there will be workshops…

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Kids Museums on Mallorca: Grasp the Island

April 22, 2025May 5, 2025

Museums can be a wonderful place to experience and literally grasp the world. If you want to inspire children to visit a museum, choose places that appeal to their curiosity. Places they can explore, exhibits they can touch, the opportunity to get active themselves or try out interactive concepts. That’s what makes the following 12 recommendations the best kids museums on Mallorca. 1. Caixa Forum The façade of this extraordinary Modernism building in the heart of Palma is famous in itself. But…

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Easter Processions in Palma: Semana Santa 2025

April 11, 2025April 10, 2025

Easter is coming up, and Mallorca is getting ready for the Holy Week. Today, the first of the traditional Easter processions in Palma takes place. To the slow rhythm of a marching band a solemn parade makes its way through the narrow streets…

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Mallorca Gardens: 5 Places of Paradise

April 8, 2025April 18, 2025

The landscape of the island surrounded by the Mediterranean comes close to the idea of a Garden of Eden, already. Yet there are five paradise places that put an even stronger spell on both locals and visitors. The Mallorca gardens are a…

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Museu d’Art Sacre: The Power of Image

December 20, 2024December 20, 2024

Once there was a fierce dragon that lived in the maze of narrow streets behind the cathedral in Palma. It only attacked at night, terrifying the entire neighborhood. Finally, a brave knight managed to kill it with a determined stroke of his…

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Aljub de la Misericòrdia: Palma’s Hidden Gem

December 11, 2024December 10, 2024

Step by step a tunnel leads you down into a world of its own. Dark at first until the eyes had time to adjust. In the meantime you sense the humidity of the former cistern. While an ethereal sound fills the space, blue and white lights…

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Tolo Salleras: Mallorca in the 20th Century

December 1, 2024

Sean Connery and Gina Lollobrigida on Mallorca? Sounds a lot like the 60s. Indeed, the filming of a British crime thriller brought these international movie stars to the island. And they were by no means the only celebrities on Mallorca. Some…

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Mallorca Weather Report: Rain or Shine

November 2, 2024November 3, 2024

Mallorca Weather Report, Plaça d'Espanya, Palma

Palma’s Plaça d’Espanya is the geographical kilometer zero of Mallorca. And it is busy day and night. Commuters on their way to the train, tourists waiting for the bus, kids meeting after school, people resting on a bench in the shade. A churro…