Racing in high heels in Lloseta
Inca is the town in Mallorca most closely associated with leather goods, shoemaking and footwear, but Lloseta’s history of shoemaking is similar - back to the nineteenth century.
A race in heels
A race in heels.
A shoemaker's tale from Soller
"These shoes are very popular in summer because of the fabric combination. They come in all colours and are often worn with jeans."
Lloseta shoe fair
The Lloseta shoe fair includes samples of handmade shoes, as well as the possibility of buying quality shoes at a good price among the factory stocks that were exhibited.
Lloseta's shoe fair is this weekend
Lloseta shoe fair is this weekend.
How the poor shoemakers of Mallorca came to be an export force
The shoemakers of the late nineteenth century were in fact the best paid workers in Mallorca, but even so, they weren’t that well paid.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 30 May-3 June
Corpus Christi procession in Palma and the traditional dance of the eagles and Sant Joan Pelós in Pollensa on Sunday.Lloseta Shoes Fair at the weekend; also the Arta Beer Festival and more for the Manacor Fairs and Fiestas.Sa Pobla celebrates potatoes with its gastronomy fair.Dirty Dancing continues at Palma Auditorium.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 29 May-4 June
Manacor's second weekend of its spring fairs, with cossier dancers on Sunday. Lloseta has its shoes fair. It's Arta's beer festival on Friday evening and all Saturday. Sa Pobla goes gastronomic with potatoes. British pianist James Rhodes is in Palma on Sunday. Ricky Martin at Palma Arena on Wednesday is sold out.
Lloseta's Shoe fair
Lloseta's Shoe fair.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- British tourists will be “tracked” while on holiday in Mallorca
- Mallorca ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins has “lost” his Mallorca home
- Mallorca restaurants losing clients, tourists tighten their belts
- Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"