Etiqueta 'Pollensa'
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Majorca

What's on in Majorca: 5-11 November

The Pollensa fair; the Muro pumpkin fair; Es Capdellà's fair; some rescheduled fair events in Inca because of bad weather and early ones for Dijous Bo, including the Balearic Symphony Orchestra in concert; demons' correfoc in Inca on Saturday night. America's Fantastic Negrito blues-roots singer at Inca's Fabrica Ramis cultural centre.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter04/11/2018 16:22

The clash between Dragut and Joan Mas at last year's Moors and Christians battle in Pollensa.

Majorca

What's on in Majorca: 30 July-5 August

Moors and Christians battle it out in Pollensa on Thursday, and there is something of a rematch in Sant Elm on Friday. Colonia Sant Jordi has its version of the duck swim (plastic) on Sunday. Irish singer Damien Rice is at the auditorium in Palma on Thursday. The Sa Pobla Jazz Festival starts on Monday with award-winning singer Cecile McLorin Salvant. The first concert for the Pollensa Festival is on Saturday.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter29/07/2018 00:00

Algaida's cossiers - the main dances on Wednesday.

Majorca

What's on in Majorca: 23-29 July

The climax to the Sant Jaume fiestas, with correfocs in Binissalem and Manacor, the cossier dancers in Algaida, and fireworks in Alcudia and elsewhere. Pollensa's La Patrona starts, the procession of the "triumphal carriage" of La Beata in Valldemossa is on Saturday. Other fiestas include Cala Millor, Inca and Playa de Muro (fireworks on Sunday night). S'Arraco's always popular Nit de l'Art is on Thursday.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter22/07/2018 00:00

Pollensa tops the list for holiday rentals prices.

Holiday rentals

Balearics holiday rentals the most expensive in Spain

Pollensa is the most expensive place for holiday rentals anywhere in Spain.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter12/06/2018 00:00

The kiosk in Pollensa is to be dismantled.

Planning

Permission sought for new ice-cream kiosk in Pollensa

The Gelats Valls kiosk by the Plaça Major in Pollensa town is to be dismantled.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter04/04/2018 00:00

The cavallets for Sant Sebastià in Pollensa.

Fiestas

Pollensa celebrates Sant Sebastià

Sebastian is mainly a Palma celebration. Pollensa is one of only a few other places where there are notable celebrations.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter21/01/2018 00:00

The pine being raised with the basket with the cockerel and the bag of confetti.

Animal welfare

No cockerel for Pollensa's Sant Antoni pine climb

Animal welfare organisations have argued that there is a contravention of the 1992 Balearic law on animal protection.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter04/01/2018 00:00

Early years of tourism being remembered at the Pollensa Fair: image comes from the programme for the fair.

Majorca

What's on in Majorca: 7-12 November

The Pollensa Fair features a look back at tourism in the early years of the "boom"; Muro Fair has its how big is your pumpkin competition; Inca's Night of Fire is on Saturday; the Jazz Voyeur Festival makes a welcome return on Friday - the first concert is Andrea Motis & The Joan Chamorro Quartet; and The Furrow Collective, best band in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017, are in Palma on Friday and Sa Pobla on Saturday.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter05/11/2017 00:00

Cala San Vicente, where rentals are said to be a matter of "survival".

Holiday rentals

Aptur concerned about total rentals ban in Palma

While there's a fear of a total ban in Palma, there are also worries about the effect of the legislation in Pollensa, where there is a high dependence on rentals.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter13/10/2017 00:00

Guardia Civil at the scene of the accident in Pollensa.

Emergencies

German woman dies after falling from Pollensa villa terrace

The railing of an upper terrace gave way and the woman fell nine metres.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter24/09/2017 00:00

Fire near Pollensa on Monday afternoon.

Emergencies

Planes and helicopters for Pollensa fire

The fire in the Molins de Llinas area in Pollensa was declared just before 4pm.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter04/09/2017 00:00

Can Morató in Pollensa, abandoned for almost sixty years.

Heritage

Investors express interest in Pollensa Can Morató factory

Can Morató closed at the start of the 1960s. It was once a thriving factory producing rugs for export.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter26/07/2017 00:00

The triumphal carriage of Valldemossa's La Beata.

Majorca

What's on in Majorca: 24-30 July

The climax to the Sant Jaume fiestas on Tuesday - a pyromusical spectacular in Alcudia, demons in Manacor, fireworks in Binissalem and Santanyi. Pollensa's La Patrona starts (Moors and Christians not till 2 August). The triumphal carriage of La Beata (really La Beateta) in Valldemossa on Friday. Arta Sant Salvador starts with demons on Friday night. Inca demons and fireworks on Sunday. And fireworks on Sunday in Playa de Muro as well. S'Arracó night of art on Thursday. George Benson in Port Adriano on Tuesday.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter23/07/2017 00:00

Pollensa mayor Miquel Àngel March.

Property

Pollensa accommodation crisis caused by holiday rentals

"We want to know how many properties there are, how many are rented for tourist purposes."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter19/06/2017 00:00

Charity

Day Against Domestic Violence: Pollensa, 21 May

The Day Against Domestic Violence takes place in Pollensa's Sant Domingo Cloister - Sunday, 21 May from 10am to 3pm.

Alice LaPlante14/05/2017 00:00

Pollensa's tourism is heavily reliant on holiday rental accommodation.

Holiday rentals

Pollensa wanting the all-clear for villas with planning infractions

Pollensa's mayor has been accused of "ideological defection" in supporting rentals which do not fully comply with regulations.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter02/04/2017 00:00