Balearic Islands Day 2024: programme of activities
The Day of the Balearic Islands 2024 will be celebrated on 1 March, and the government has already published the programme for the day. A total of 258 activities will be held between 29 February [...]
Balearic Islands improves in competitiveness but remains at the bottom of the ranking of EU regions
Impulsa Balears places the Balearic Islands in 153rd place in the global competitiveness ranking made up of 234 regions of the European Union. This figure reveals significant progress in the last three years, a period [...]
Palma will have 67 new taxi drivers
The Deputy Mayor for Mobility, Toni Deudero, has signed a decree authorising 67 new taxi drivers to work on the streets of Palma. These new taxi drivers are part of the 71 who passed the [...]
Palma is the most humid city in Europe
The climate is warming and extreme heat events are becoming increasingly common around the world. However, cities, especially in the global south, are struggling to adapt to these conditions, as their infrastructures are not designed [...]
Martínez presents the ideas competition for the renovation and improvement of the Plaça Major
The mayor of Palma, Jaime Martínez Llabrés, this Wednesday presented the tender for the preliminary project to reform the Plaça Major and improve the accesses to Carrer Sant Miquel and Plaça Marqués de Palmer, Plaça [...]
Open day at the Sa Bassa Blanca museum for the Day of the Balearic Islands
Next Saturday 24th February, an interesting open day will be held at the Sa Bassa Blanca Museum in Alcúdia to commemorate the Day of the Balearic Islands. From 10:30 in the morning until 17:00, visitors [...]
EiMa performing arts festival starts this Sunday in Mallorca
The EiMa performing arts festival begins this Sunday 31 July in Maria de la Salut until 5 August. This seventh edition of the festival, directed by Mariantònia Oliver presents a risky bet on a new [...]
The Nit de l’Art 2022 will be held in Palma from the 15th to the 17th of September with a complete programme
The Nit de l'Art 2022 in Palma will be held from 15th to 17th September. Organised by the Art Palma Contemporani gallery association, this year the cultural event reaches its 26th edition. A renowned artistic [...]
Presentation of the programme of the Orquestra Simfònica Illes Balears 2022-2023
The programme of the Orquesta Sinfónica Balears 2022-2023 has been presented under the name Kaleidoscopio Sonoro, una gran diversidad sonora en un solo cuerpo sonoro" (Kaleidoscope of Sound, a great diversity of sound in a [...]
Palma City Council cedes the Cine Ciutat space free of rent for 10 years
Palma City Council approved yesterday, Wednesday 27th July, a new permit that will allow the Xarxa Cinema Association to stop paying rent for the cinemas of the Ciutat Cinema, which they manage in s'Escorxador. José [...]
The young people’s rental voucher in the Balearic Islands. How to apply for it?
From next week, young people aged between 18 and 35 living in the Balearic Islands who are renting will be able to apply for the "bono joven" or "bo lloguer jove" officially appointed by the [...]
The Royal Family arrives in Mallorca this week
On 29 July the Royal Family will inaugurate their summer visit to Mallorca. On the same day, His Majesty King Felipe VI is scheduled to hold an audience with Ms. Francia Armengol, President of the [...]
Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest: opening gala of the 12th edition
On Monday 25th July, the Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest, one of the most important film festivals in the Balearic Islands, kicked off its big week with an opening gala in the courtyard of La Misericòrdia [...]
Electric car charging points in Mallorca: mobile application and telephone service
Electric car charging points in Mallorca operate under the MELIB network. Dependent on the Balearic Institute of Energy, in 2022 it has been improved to give this type of vehicle a boost. The public network [...]
Casal Solleric inaugurates the exhibition of Javier Peñafiel
On July 28th, 2022 the exhibition of Javier Peñafiel "What conditions your fictions?" (¿Qué condiciona tus ficciones? in spanish). This exhibition of the artist will be open to the public until October 16, 2022 and [...]
Manuel Palomino, new director general of the health service
The Consell de Govern approves the appointment of Manuel Palomino Chacón as the new director general of the Health Service. Palomino has been director of Management and Budgets since 2015 and has more than 20 [...]
Port Adriano Mallorca Festival 2022
Port Adriano Mallorca Festival starts its 10th edition with Nile Rodgers & CHIC performing on Wednesday 20th July. In addition to these music legends, Port Adriano Mallorca Festival will welcome the eagerly awaited performances by [...]
Hilton inaugura Hilton Mallorca Galatzó
The Hilton hotel chain has just inaugurated the new Hilton Mallorca Galatzó. This new hotel complex is located on the top of a hill that links Costa de la Calma and Peguera. It has beautiful [...]
Canet Rock 2022 Mallorca: line-up and timetable
The first edition of the Canet Rock Mallorca 2022 festival is coming to the island. A music festival inspired by the format of Canet Rock del Maresme in Barcelona. Canet Rock 2022 will host the [...]
App Mallorca Beaches, a digital tool to improve the tourist experience and useful for residents
The Playas de Mallorca mobile application is a digital tool of the Consell de Mallorca to obtain real-time information on the occupation of the beaches and bathing conditions, as well as indicating the existence of [...]
Eduardo Soriano, new president of the Mallorca Chamber of Commerce
On Thursday, July 14, the new plenary session of the Mallorca Chamber of Commerce, the highest governing body of the Corporation, was constituted. Thus concludes a process that began on April 26 with the call [...]
Palma Marítimo: The only new construction development currently completed on the seafront
Palma Marítimo, the only recently completed new-build development on the sea front, offers the possibility of living on the Paseo Marítimo directly in front of the port of Palma which has almost 1,500 public moorings [...]
Playa de Muro, best beach in Spain 2022 according to Tripadvisor
The TripAdvisor website has published this week its ranking of the best beaches in the world. Entitled Travellers' Choice Best of the Best, the list is compiled based on the opinions of the portal's users. [...]
Souvenirs with message to explain the progress of the new tourism law
A simulated souvenir shop has acted as a way to record the reactions of residents and tourists. In it the Government has reformulated the traditional souvenirs to explain the improvements for workers and the environment [...]
The improvement works of the Parc de la Mar begin
This Monday the remodeling works of the Parc de la Mar have started, carried out by the company Melchor Mascaró for an amount of 844,403 euros. To facilitate the entry of construction material, during the [...]
Metaverse in Mallorca, metabusiness?
It is the word of the year, the concept of the decade, and it may also be the flop of the century. The metaverse has begun to walk among us, but it is something that [...]
Marratxí ceramics: avant-garde craftsmanship and a mark of quality
The pottery tradition of Marratxí dates back four centuries, but only five months ago the brand 'Cerámica de Marratxí' –‘Marratxí Ceramics’- was established to unify the promotion and dissemination of the artistic, commercial and tourist [...]
Vicky Luengo, actress: “Hypocrisy, selfishness and lack of love keep me up at night”
Hearthbreaking, truthful, disruptive and, ultimately, a great actress. Mallorcan Vicky Luengo (Palma, 1990) has been able to captivate the public with what she knows how to do best: playing characters. And she does it in [...]
A new Roman restaurant: Giromatto, review by Salvo Solell
The first news came to me from “Kokomo”, in Cala Mayor. Half a year later Matteo Trecca and Giulia Tulli have moved to San Magín street. With barely a dozen tables, Roman recipes, love for [...]
Tourists visiting the islands spend 20% more than before the pandemic
The foreign tourist who is arriving in the Balearic Islands during 2022 spends 20% more at the destination than before the pandemic. This is shown by the Tourist Expenditure Survey (Egatur) made public by the [...]