Sunday Angel at Bellver Castle
The traditional Sunday Angel brings together hundreds of people to enjoy the last 'empanades' between games and 'folk dances'.
The party for the Angel at Bellver Castle
The pancaritat (bread with charity) pilgrimages should strictly speaking take place on Angel Sunday - the day of the Guardian Angel.
Mallorca events: What's On from Friday to Thursday
The the Funfair in Palma has been extended until April 14 plus Pollensa will hold their Half Marathon on Sunday and Andratx and Muro will have fairs this weekend.
Bread and charity - the origins of Mallorca’s pancaritats
The old caritater procession suggests that this had long been a bit of a fiesta, which is how the pancaritats now are - they start on Easter Monday, depending on the village or town.
The Guardian Angel at Bellver Castle
The Guardian Angel at Bellver Castle.
The party for the Angel on Sunday
The pancaritat (bread with charity) pilgrimages-cum-parties should strictly speaking take place on Angel Sunday - the day of the Guardian Angel.
Bellver Castle celebrates Angel Sunday
Bellver Castle celebrates Angel Sunday.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 22-28 April
Pancaritat pilgrimages, the biggest of them being Palma's Angel Sunday; Carabassamba Festival of percussion and samba in Muro; Puerto Alcudia Street Food Festival; Palma Boat Show starts; Sant Jordi fiestas in Colonia Sant Jordi; Beer Palma in Parc de la Mar; Donizetti's The Elixir of Love at the Teatre Principal.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 2-8 April
Fairs in Andratx and Muro at the weekend; the Muro fair includes the Carabassamba Festival of batucada and samba bands. The Angel Sunday fiesta at Bellver Castle. Pancaritat picnic-pilgrimages, such as Sa Pobla's on Tuesday. Tenor Eduardo Aladrén at the Palacio de Congresos on Saturday.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 19-23 April
Fairs of one description or another this weekend in Colonia Sant Jordi, Manacor, Muro, Porto Cristo, Puerto Alcudia and Santa Eugenia. And it's the Sunday of the Angel, with the biggest event being at Bellver Castle in Palma.
Sunday Angel at Bellver Castle
The day out at Bellver Castle happens to be by far the grandest of the parties.
- Britons cash in on the outgoing Golden Visa in Spain to beat the 90 day rule
- After a holiday in Mallorca Richard Gere moves to Spain
- Laura Hamilton: “I’ve always loved Mallorca, I just wished I’d bought here earlier...”
- Russian-owned Black Pearl in Mallorca
- Noel Gallagher sold his Ibiza home because of his neighbour - James Blunt