Baleares Day Celebration

The day of the Balearic Islands, which is celebrated this weekend, celebrates the integration of the Balearic Islands to the whole Spain autonomic, an event that took place on 1 March 1983.

It continued celebrating on March 1 of each year as a public holiday in the various islands of the Balearics. The Day of the Balearic festival serves as a pretext to show all visitors the wealth of the island culture through various events and activities. The colorful costumes and the curious archaic origin festivals fill every corner of Menorca, Ibiza and Mallorca, showing the richness of the Balearic culture thanks to its historical importance and contact with many visitors from other Mediterranean areas.

2016 Balearic Islands Day show, as every year, wealth and flashiness of these festivals of ancient origin full of charm and culture. The celebration includes a variety of activities, typical of Mallorca dances, performances staged by indigenous horses in Menorca and purity of primitive dances Ibiza again show the world the cultural richness of the Balearic Islands in the March 1 autonomy party. It includes concerts, conferences, exhibitions, open days, workshops, music and dance performances (classical and contemporary dance, folk dances, performance Xeremiers) and various theatrical performances.

The most desired by the citizens and visitors is the Medieval Market, which runs from the “Plaça de la Drassana” to “Plaza Ataraçanas”, passing by “La Llotja”. You can see handicrafts of Mallorca (sausages, cheese, confitura, vegetables coca, “siurells” hats of palm, etc), “mostras” of old crafts (blacksmithing, making walking sticks, carved gemstones etc.) and various performances.

From Vogue Properties, we suggest you enjoy these colorful celebrations filled with bustle and color the streets of the Palma Old Town .