Local Traditions & Crafts

The region is rich in feast days and fiestas during the winter, at which the locals give visitors a warm welcome.

Father Christmas is a relatively new introduction to Spain, but their traditional Twelfth Night or Night of the Three Kings (5th Jan) is magical with the Three Kings coming by boat at the ports or camels in the mountains. Here are some scenes from fiestas througout the winter.

You will find many skilled and talented crafts people on the island. There is a long history of leather goods - shoes, bags, belts - and no shortage of temptation in the local shops and markets.

The local handstitched costumes are splendid. It's quite a sight to see one of the local traditional groups perform their energetic dances in this stunning attire. Local embroidery is beautiful and one catches glimpses through the windows in Pollensa of the senior ladies of the household chatting and sewing the evening away. The basic stitch appears quite simple, the exquisite taste with which they use it harder to acquire.

There are also beautiful ceramics - for instance, Monte-Sion at the foot of the Calvari steps in Pollensa.

On an everyday note for the kitchen, no Majorcan cook would be without their "greixoneras". These are local earthenware pots which once you have mastered hold the secret to many a Majorcan dish.