Etiqueta 'Sardine burial'
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 27 February-5 March
Celebrations for Balearics Day, which is 1 March but stuff is happening before then. Carnival comes to an end with the "burial of the sardine" (the ceremony in Portol, Marratxi is the best known). Marratxi is the place for one of Majorca's more important fairs - the "fira fang" (ceramics), which starts on Saturday.
- Mallorca beaches at Soller and Andratx covered by thousands of 'little sails'
- New train service will have 10 kilometre underground section, linked with Palma airport
- The first signs of summer in Mallorca
- The stickers on signs in Mallorca's mountains
- Mallorca hoteliers president: Tourism is being used as "a punchbag"