Religious festivals or holidays
| Date | Holiday |
| January 5 | Parade of the Magi (in Palma de Mallorca and Maó) |
| January 16 | Festival of Fogueron (in Sa Pobla, Artà, Muro and Soller) |
| January 17 | Horse drawn carriage parade (in Muro) Feast of the Patron (San Antonio Abad) |
| January 20 | Festival of San Sebastian (in Palma de Mallorca) |
| 1st Sunday in May | Festival of Santa Eulalia (in Ibiza) |
| June 19 | Festes de Sant Joan (in Ciutadella) |
| June 23rd and 24 | Fiesta de San Juan (in Mahon) |
| June 29 | Verbenas de San Juan (in Menorca) |
| 3rd Sunday in July | Feast of San Martin (in Mercadal) |
| July 25 | Feast of the Apostle Santiago (in Formentera) |
| 5th of August | Celebration of Nostra Senyora des Neus (in Ibiza) Feast of Santa Maria de las Nieves (in Formentera) |
| August 24 | Fiesta de San Bartolomé (San Antonio) |
| September 8 | “Jaleo” for the Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Gracia (Mahón) |
In addition, the patron saints are particularly venerated in the respective areas on certain days. An important expression of Spanish piety are the processions and popular pilgrimages (Romerias).
Other festivals or holidays
| Date | Holiday |
| February | Mahón Carnival (in Mahón) |
| 2nd Sunday in May | Battle of the islanders against the Saracens (in Soller) |
| July 3 to August 28 | Pollenca Festival (in Pollenca) |
| July 4th to 5 | Isladencanta Festival (in Palma de Mallorca) |
| July | Jazz Festival of Palma (in Palma de Mallorca) |
| August 2 | Re-enactment of a battle between Joan Mas and attacking pirates (in Pollença) |
| August 5th to 31 | Chopin Festival (in Valldemossa) |
| 8th August | Fiestas de la Reconquista (in Ibiza) |
| August 23 to September 5 | Fonart Short Film Festival (in Palma de Mallorca) |
| September 6th to 7 | Mare de Deu (in Maó) |
| December 31 | Fiesta del Estandarte (in Palma de Mallorca) |
Cultural events
Western Festival on
Mallorca The Western Festival has only existed on Mallorca for a few years. It takes place in the capital Palma and consists of concerts and an art performance with horses in the city’s bullring.
Balearic Islands: Diplomatic missions
Representation of the Balearic Islands in Germany
Embassy
As the Balearic Islands belong to Spain, the Balearic Islands do not have their own diplomatic missions in Germany.
The Spanish embassy is responsible.
German representations in the Balearic Islands
Consulate General in Barcelona
Passeig de Gracia 111
08008 Barcelona
Tel: 0034 – 932 – 92 10 00
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web: www.barcelona.diplo.de
Austrian representations in the Balearic Islands
Honorary Consulate in Palma de Mallorca
Avenida Alexandre Rossello 40-5 °
07002 Palma de Mallorca
Tel: 0043 – 971 – 27 47 11
E-Mail: [email protected]
Representation of the Balearic Islands in Austria
Embassy
As the Balearic Islands belong to Spain, the Balearic Islands do not have their own diplomatic missions in Austria.
The Spanish embassy is responsible .
Swiss representations in the Balearic Islands
Swiss Honorary Consulate in Palma de Mallorca
Antonia Martinez Fiol, 6, 3 ° A
07010 Palma de Mallorca
Tel: 0034 – 97 – 176 88 36
E-Mail: [email protected]
Representation of the Balearic Islands in Switzerland
Embassy
As the Balearic Islands belong to Spain, the Balearic Islands do not have their own diplomatic representations in Switzerland.
The Spanish embassy in Geneva is responsible.
Balearic Islands, climate
The Balearic Islands are characterized by a moderate Mediterranean climate, which is determined by mild and dry winters and very hot and, in many regions, very dry summers. However, the rise in temperatures in the summer months is mitigated by constant sea breezes. Overall, the Balearic Islands are blessed with around 300 sunny days per year. In the sometimes very rugged elevations of Mallorca, snow can occur in winter. In spring and late autumn the mistral blows mainly on Mallorca and Menorca, which is called “Tramontana” in the Balearic Islands.
Travel times
The ideas of what is meant by a particularly favorable travel climate depend on a number of factors. For example, cultural travelers see the climate very differently than people who want to spend a pure beach holiday, for example. The state of health or age can also play an important role. Therefore, our travel time recommendations are divided into the following two categories:
For sun seekers
Summer and autumn are generally well suited for a beach holiday in Spain, although the summer in the Balearic Islands can be very hot.
For people who prefer
a moderate climate Autumn and spring are suitable for a cultural holiday on the Balearic Islands, especially since the vegetation is at its most lush.
National customs
Quite a few Balearic traditions go back to archaic times and are characterized by a remarkable wealth of colors. Mallorca impresses with its ceremonial dances and melodic music, while on Menorca (and especially in Ciutadella) folklore is more likely to refer to the honorable worship of the horse. Finally, Ibiza is characterized by an almost primitive dance-like, whose ancient traditions cannot be overlooked.
Balearic Islands: plants
The landscape of the Balearic Islands with its flora changes depending on the seasons. Those who visit the islands in the hot summer months will be disappointed with the “barren” plants that cannot be compared with the typical vegetation of other Mediterranean paradises.
It should be noted, however, that the plants have adapted to the often very dry Balearic summers. Autumn, which is causing a vegetarian renaissance in almost all parts of the islands, offers a completely different picture.
Then the yellow-dried summer wasteland is replaced by a veritable splendor of flowers, which attracts quite a few visitors to the islands just for this spectacle. Winter in the Balearic Islands is usually a very green time and the climate is quite mild.
What characterizes the landscape of the Balearic Islands are the extensive forest areas, the almond trees and palm trees as well as the fertile plains. Mallorca attracts with a particularly varied landscape, which is determined on the north coast by the Sierra del Norte.
The island is densely overgrown with young green pines and old olive and almond trees, while Ibiza attracts in particular with the many beautiful orchards and the extensive forest areas (especially pines). But Formentera also offers an inimitable scenic charm: As in Ibiza, where 47% of the island is declared a nature reserve, there are holm oaks, old oil, almond and carob trees, wonderfully fragrant macchia (a type of juniper) and garrigue, lemon on Formentera and orchids.
