A British martyr and a load of doughnuts in Mallorca
Every year on the 21st of October the Day of the Virgins is celebrated, which coincides with the feast of the martyr Saint Ursula. Doughnuts (buñuelos), carnations and serenades are the stars of this Mallorcan tradition.

Moors and Christians battle it out in Valldemossa on Saturday
Moors and Christians battle it out in Valldemossa on Saturday.

Mallorca's oldest folk dance troupes - the Cavallets Cotoners
Mallorca's oldest folk dance troupes - the Cavallets Cotoners.
Mallorca events: What's On from Friday to Sunday
This weekend Mallorca will be bursting with fairs so you are spolit for choice. Plenty of concerts, music festivals, exhibitions and loads more.
Mallorca's fairs and their strange characters
There's something of a bumper crop of fairs and fiestas this weekend.
What's On in Mallorca from Monday to Thursday
Big game for Real Mallorca, concerts and fiestas in Pina, Cala Millor / Cala Bona and Calonge.
What's On in Mallorca from Friday to Sunday
Fairs and fiestas continue this first Autumn weekend.
What's On in Mallorca from Monday to Thursday
Bunyola and Binissalem continue with their fiestas this week. Deya holds its International Music Festival and Pollensa will have music in the streets.

Vermar noodles party in Binissalem for their fiestas
Vermar noodles party in Binissalem for their fiestas.

Bunyola's underware race for its Sant Mateu fiestas
Bunyola's underware race for its Sant Mateu fiestas.
Bonkers in Bunyola
If Binissalem’s grape battle is Mallorca’s filthiest fiesta event, Bunyola’s underwear race can certainly lay claim to being one of the daftest.
The filthiest fiesta event of all in Mallorca
Binissalem and Vilafranca compete for the Mallorca crown of who first invented the so-called ‘neo-fiesta’, which typically involves a battle of some description.

The grape battle kicks of the Vermar fiestas in Binissalem
The grape battle kicks of the Vermar fiestas in Binissalem.
Explore the beauty of autumn in Mallorca
Autumn in Mallorca offers a serene escape from the summer hustle and bustle...
What's on in Mallorca from Monday to Thursday
Fiestas, music, Galician gastronomy, and the start of Sineu's festival of performance arts.
What's on in Mallorca from Friday to Sunday
Moors and Christians in Santa Ponsa; Palma's rearranged big water fight; more fiestas and more music festivals.
What's on in Mallorca from Monday to Thursday
Santa Ponsa's Rei en Jaume Fiestas, and fiestas elsewhere for the birthday of the Virgin Mary.
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