Things to do this summer in Mallorca, besides going to the beach
Mallorca Apartments: Fiestas, Exhibits, Nature, and Classical Music this summer in Mallorca
Are you spending your summer holidays in Mallorca? Yes? Then, after the beach and sun, you can still enjoy your time in this Balearic Island. Here are some suggestions for you:
Fiestas del Carmen in Porto Cristo - Manacor - Mallorca
July 11th - July 20th
More than one week of concerts, samples of cuisine, fairs and processions.
To celebrate the Fiestas del Carmen, Porto Cristo offers different activities and a festive atmosphere to enjoy during the daytime as well as at night.
The Eighth Seafood Cuisine Fair, in which typical seafood recipes prepared by the area’s restaurants, Pla i Llevant wines and coffees from the municipality of Manacor can be sampled, will take place on Monday, July 14th. Sample delicious dishes for only 2.50 euros each from 8:30 p.m. on Paseo de La Sirena. Tickets can be purchased in advance at any of the Tourism Offices in the municipality of Manacor.
The Eighth Evening Fair, which takes place on Friday 11, will be presenting more than 100 different stalls offering all kinds of products featuring local craftwork such as glass, pottery, leather, wood, handmade ice creams, sausages, clothing and footwear, among others.
On July 14th, the Renou Col·lectiu group will be sponsoring a free jazz concert featuring the Vella Dixieland group accompanied by drummer Jerry Marotta and stick artist Guillermo Cides, one of the few performers to play the Chapman stick, a revolutionary instrument with ten cords that is a combination of bass and guitar.
The 2nd Marratxí Ceramics Biennale - Marratxí - Mallorca
July 5ht - August 2nd
This international artistic ceramics event is being held to support one of the artisan handicrafts most closely identified with this town in Mallorca.
With the joint sponsorship of other institutions and companies, the municipality of Marratxí is organizing the BICMA 2008 Marratxí Ceramics Biennale in order to support the typical artisan production and showcase international artistic creations based on this technique.
A total of 74 participants with 125 works from 21 countries will be attending the event, where major prizes are awarded. The winning pieces and other selected works will be exhibited at the Museu del Fang in Marratxí from July 5th to August 2nd.
Marratxí is famous for its traditional pottery, which faces the future by maintaining this activity and its artistic application. As part of this effort, the Town Council has also been organizing a fair specifically devoted to ceramics in March, the popular Fira des Fang, since 1984.
Cycle of classical music concerts in Banyalbufar - Banyalbufar - Mallorca
June 28 - October 18th
These concerts are a wonderful opportunity to enjoy music and the charm of this location that is situated in one of the most emblematic landscapes to be found on the Mallorcan coastline,
The Banyalbahar Cultural Association has been organizing the classical music concerts since 1991 at the Banyalbufar Parish Church, thus contributing to enriching the island’s cultural offer. Banyalbufar is a lovely hamlet nestled in the Mallorcan Sierra right at the foot of the mountain with spectacular views of the sea. These concerts are a wonderful opportunity to enjoy music and the charm of this location that is situated in one of the most emblematic landscapes to be found on the Mallorcan coastline.
This year the concerts will be taking place from June 28th to October 18th, with the following programme: University Choir on Saturday, June 28, for an adult public; on Saturday, July 26th the turn is for the Image Ensemble Wind Quartet; Rosana Delgado (Soprano), Yolanda Riera (Mezzo-soprano) and Marta Ambrós (Pianist) will be performing on Saturday, September 20th; the Philharmonic Choir Group on Saturday, October 4th; and, finally, on Saturday, October 18th the organist Miquel Bennàssar will be taking his turn.
Guided tours to Sa Dragonera - Andratx - Mallorca
Because of its strategic situation, Sa Dragonera was used throughout history by corsairs, pirates and smugglers and has been a nature park since 1995, in accordance with Law 4/89 on Natural Spaces, to ensure its environmental protection.
United Fans Group, a not-for-profit recreational and cultural association in Mallorca, organises guided tours to Sa Dragonera Island so that visitors can enjoy this nature park, which also includes the islets of Es Pantaleu and Sa Mitjana.
Excursionists can choose from among four different itineraries: a visit to the Tramuntana lighthouse (1 hour), which stands at 54 metres above sea level; a visit to the ancient lighthouse at Na Pòpia (3 hours), which was added to a tower 352 metres above sea level; a visit to the Llebeig light house (2 hours 40 minutes) and its tower that houses a cannon inside it and a visit to Es Lladó (30 minutes), the site of the visitor reception centre, near a beach where swimming can be enjoyed.
The excursions leave from the port of Sant Elm and a guide accompanies visitors when departing from the port, during the various excursions around the island of Sa Dragonera and on the boat trip home. Cala Lladó offers the chance for a swim and a bite to eat.
To sign up : United Fans Group
Cabrera Interpretation Centre - Ses Salines - Mallorca
The National Maritime-Terrestrial Park of Cabrera’s interpretation centre in the Colònia de Sant Jordi in the municipality of Ses Salines.
Although the sub-archipelago of Cabrera belongs to the city of Palma administratively speaking, its geographic proximity to Colònia de Sant Jordi makes the latter the logical place for the park’s interpretation centre, since boats to the park also leave from Mallorca’s southern zone (Portopetro and Colònia de Sant Jordi).
The interpretation centre allows visitors to garner first-hand knowledge of the wealth of nature that makes this island deserve the maximum protection. Because of the park’s fragile environment and so as not to disturb the peace and quiet of its different species, visits are only allowed in the environs of the port of Cabrera, which is why the interpretation centre is an excellent opportunity to understand its values better.
Aquariums display the different species that can be found in the surrounding waters and another section introduces its terrestrial medium. These contents are framed by Mediterranean history and culture on display in facilities whose main building is inspired by the megalithic talayotic constructions of the islands of Mallorca and Menorca.
C/ Gabriel Roca
Tel: + 34 971 656 282
Open from 10am to 20pm
Parque Nacional del Archipiélago de Cabrera
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