
On the beach during Easter
People at the beach during Easter break in Palma in this file photo.
Easter travel warning for UK passport holders
Check the ‘date of expiry’ to make sure it has the required amount of months left when you return, as most countries in Europe will require at least three months’ validity.

Easter at Queen's College
Nursery - looking for clues! "Where does the Easter bunny live?"

Easter at Queen's College
Nursery - painting eggs.

Easter at Queen's College
Nursery - Easter bonnets.

Easter at Queen's College
It really was a perfect morning! “Eggs-tra” special!

Easter at Queen's College
"Found one"!

Easter at Queen's College
Year 6 with their dragon's eggs.
Egg-citing times at Queen’s College
The Easter bunny is spotted in Bellver Forest - and she is busy hiding eggs! The primary children at Queen’s College have been busy preparing Easter crafts in celebration of spring and new beginnings. The Nursery children decorated their Easter bonnets and made beautiful Easter bunny sock puppets. Many classes painted eggs and crafted Easter cards for their families. Easter baskets were woven with paper and strips of straw. Egg templates were ornately designed in a Victorian fashion and paintings of baby animals filled the classroom walls. The Year 6 pupils focused on the completion of their Harry Potter “Dragon Eggs” - the 36 examples competed for house points; every single pupil, however, produced an outstanding dragon egg!
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.

A blend of the surreal with the agony, it is a highly anticipated event at Easter
A blend of the surreal with the agony, it is a highly anticipated event at Easter.

Via Crucis performance on Good Friday
Those watching are asked to maintain a respectful silence.

Via Crucis performance on Good Friday
Via Crucis performance on Good Friday.

A large audience watching the live performance
A large audience watching the live performance.

Via Crucis performance on Good Friday
Via Crucis performance on Good Friday.

Via Crucis on their way to Ses Voltes
Via Crucis on their way to Ses Voltes.

Via Crucis on their way to Ses Voltes
Via Crucis on their way to Ses Voltes.

They started off from Plaza Cort in Palma
They started off from Plaza Cort in Palma.
Timetable and route for the procession of the Sant Enterrament in Palma
The solemnity and recollection that characterise the procession of the Sant Enterrament make this one of the most moving and spectacular events in Palma's Holy Week.
- Spain at boiling point over eggs!
- Now there's a proposal for a fifteen-year residency requirement to buy a home in the Balearics
- A Good Friday. Britain's biggest cruise ship heads for Palma for Easter
- Ryanair launches subscription that waives fees for reserved seats and insurance
- Super luxury British hotels set to open in Mallorca this summer
Comment
Reflections of Soller: Summer's arrival, parking predicaments, and the Orange Fair
A two-week holiday for many, over the ‘early’ Easter, has come to an end and they return to school and work.
Shirley Roberts05/04/2024 15:49