THE QUEEN OF MALLORCAN SAUSAGES “SOBRASSADA”-MAJORCAN GASTRONOMY

THE QUEEN OF MALLORCAN SAUSAGES “SOBRASSADA”-MAJORCAN GASTRONOMY

Its amazing to see how many proverbs have to deal with old  traditions and customs. The Spanish proverb “ a todo cerdo le llega su San Martin” refers to St Martin of Tours.

Celebrated the 11^th  of November, it was a reference to know when  was the time to do the  slaughter of the pig . In former times, it was the way to supply food for the whole year.

From  November to February , when the cold starts, you can still find in  rural villages from Mallorca families that once in the year get together early in the morning to keep on with the tradition of  “ fer matances” their own slaughter of the pig. It’s a special day, because at the end, their larder will be full of food, butifarrons, camaiots and our today´s subject: the sobrasada, the most famous mallorcan sausage.

Its an special day, where everybody helps in the different tasks. Traditionally, men do the heavy tasks while women do the cooking and the guts cleaning with hot water, oranges lemons and vinager.

The name “sobrasada” comes from Sicily. There was a technique called “sopressa” (pressed) applied to stuffing meat. Through the maritime trade reached Valencia and then Mallorca, where it was adapted and already in the 16^th century , became to be a popular way of preserving food for a long period of time, as it was eaten throughout the year.

But in that period it´s visual aspect  was different as nowadays, it was not before the 18^th century that the paprika – wich was originally from America – is added to the list of ingredients used to make sobrasada, offering its  red actual appearance

The sobrasada is made with pork meat (lean and fat). Once it is minced, its mixed with paprika, salt and spices. Depending on the maker, the spices can be different. The mixture is stuffed into natural pig guts. After this first stage comes the curing stage where the mixture ferments, and thanks to the mallorcan climate characteristics our sobrasada obtains its particular flavour and taste.

This is when the sobrasada is tied with a  string and hung from a pole until is cured. You can find sobrasada with a white string, that will mean that the sobrasada is not spicy. If it has a red string, careful!, will mean that it is spicy.

Thanks to the success of the sobrasada, producers had the need of creating a Regulatory Board. It is a body looks after the quality of the sobrasada . In 1993 got  the award of the Majorcan Sobrasada Specific Designation and three years later,  the European Union registered mallorcan Sobrasada as a product of Protected Geographical Indication.

This body (RB) as it has different requirements, ensures the product´s quality of the nowadays 15 registererd companies.( for example natural or artificial colouring is forbidden)Also its label is a guarantee of its origin and quality. It identifies two types the mallorcan sobrasada and the black pig mallorcan sobrasada, which is the best one, made with mallorcan black pigs.

There are different kinds of sobrasada. Depending how thin or thick the variety is,  it is eaten before or later throughout the year.

That´s how the Longaniza variety, with a horseshoe form, is also the first one to eat, because it needs a low period for curing, and that´s why its normally eaten toasted. The Rizada type, needs a curing process between 6 and 12 weeks and it’s the most common type. Semirizada, bufeta, poltru, culana and bisbe are other varieties, this last one, can weigh 30 kg, so its not so commercially available.

If you come in the middle of October to Campos,(Mallorca)you can enjoy a Sobrasada Fair, where local  restaurants and ovens participate and offer different kinds of sobrasada´s tastingss. Also the second Sunday of December, in Sineu, you have Saint Thomas fair, with a slaughter fair where you can see the process of making sobrasada. Just come and visit these villages, enjoy the mallorcan sobrasada, you can spread it on bread, it is also eaten with honey, with fish….just a treat in all ways!

Let us guide you into majorcan gastronomy, discover and taste with Mallorca Private Tour Guides the famous majorcan sobrassada, a great majorcan speciality.

Discover with our licensed tour guides majorcan traditions, “matances” slaughter of the pig, the production of majorcan sobrassadas, the small villages, the pleasure to seat in an small village bar and just enjoy tasting mallorcan bread with delicious sobrassada….it is another must do in Mallorca

Life is full of beautiful experiences, and one of this amazing experiences is of course a visit to Mallorca and enjoying a mallorcan Sobrassada, let us to be your guide….

Come to Mallorca and Enjoy with Mallorca Private Tour Guides the majorcan sobrassada

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Source: Majorcan Sobrasada Regulatory Board.

WELCOME BACK NCL EPIC- FREE STYLE CRUISES-PALMA DE MALLORCA PORT OF CALL

WELCOME BACK NCL EPIC- FREE STYLE CRUISES-PALMA DE MALLORCA PORT OF CALL

Last Saturday May 4th, the Norwegian Epic came back to the port of Palma de Mallorca after one year’s absence.

Of course this is are great news for the island, as this giant of the seas will visit Majorca every Saturday.

The NCL Epic, the largest ship ever constructed in STX Europe´s french shipyard in St.Nazaireis just a tad larger than Quen Mary 2.

The cost of this huge vessel was 735 million dolars, and started to sail in june 2010.

NCL Epic fly the Panamenian flag and belongs Norwegian Cruise Line.

The ship has a tonnage 153,000, and the lenght of this huge ship is 325 mtrs or 1066 feets.

NCL Epic is equiped with diesel-electric propellers (79.6 Mw).

NCL Epic has 15 passanger decks, 16 elevators, 4 outdoor swimming pools, 1 indoor swimming pool and 9 whirlpols, a large rock climbing Wall and a rappelling Wall.

The pool deck has an aqua park, with 3 major waterslides and aft is a large movie screen with amphiteather style, and a nighclub.

The 3 lowest passenger decks contains the main entertainment venues for passengers as restaurants, show lounges and a of course a large casino.

The amazing main lobby on NCL EPIC is 3 decks high with an impressive chandelier.

A novel  feature in the NCL Epic, is the ice bar, inspired by the original ice bars or ice hotels in Scandinavia, with a giant ice cube on the center changing color, the ice bar accomodates 25 passangers which recive a fur coat, gloves and hat to to get in, because its temperatura does not rise above -8 ºC or 17ºF.

Fort he smallest members of the family NCL Epic offer Nickleodeon entertainment, with character brekfasts so they can meet and greet Sponge Bob, Dora the explorer or Diego

NCL Epic hosts 4200 to 5400 passangers and 1730 crew members.

The NCL Epic has 21 restaurants, dinning venues or casual eateries to accomodate all the guests, remember is a free style dining plan on norwegian cruises.

NCL Epic has a theather at the front of the ship, 2 decks  high and the “Spigel tent”, is a 2 deck high cirque like space and combines a show with dinner

For relax time on board, do not miss a visit to the Smile Spa and Pulse fitness center complex ,is possibily the largest at  the high seas (31000sq.feets or 2880 sq.meters) operated by the Steiner-owned Mandara spa, with 24 treatments rooms.

For Sportspeople, NCL Epic offers great sports facilities including six bowling lines, a full size basketball court, volleyball,soccer, doodge ball, a batting cage, bungee trampolín and a 24 feets (7,3 meters)tall climbing cage called the spider web…

If you are planning a cruise to Mallorca on board the NCL EPIC let us to help you with your shore excursions, the guides of Mallorca Private Tour Guides will be at your disposal to help you.

If you have any questions regarding what to see in Mallorca, please do not hesitate to contact us:

mallorcaprivatetourguides@gmail.com

Will be a pleasure for us to help you to plan your Shore excursions in Mallorca

Let us guide you in one of the most beautiful mediterranean ports, Palma de Mallorca, discover Mallorca with Mallorca Private Tour guides.

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SINEU FAIR-MAY FAIR-MALLORCA MARKETS AND TRADITIONS

SINEU FAIR-MAY FAIR-MALLORCA MARKETS AND TRADITIONS

As everybody knows Sineu Market has been held weekly every wednesday since 1306, by a royal privilege granted by King James II, and over the years it was becoming a reference for the whole majorcan Pla , especially for the agricultural and livestock sector, which have gradually lose its importance in our islands, but still nowadays, Sineu Market has become a must for any visitor coming to our island, since it is the only one market which is authorized to sale live animals, and at the same time is also a reference for Sineu village, both economically and socially.

But today we´d like to make an especially mention to the Sineu May Fair, which ig going to be held in Sineu the first Sunday on May,and due to its age, dating from 1318 (thanks to other privilege granted by King Sancho) has become the most important spring fair in Mallorca, and the one withmore visitors, after Dijous Bo in Inca, in November.

The term “fair” what could be defined as a more important market than an ordinary market and held in a public place on certain days, which are usually holidays in the villages where they are held, and long time ago it was the place where producers and consumers went to get in touch and conduct  their comercial transactions more easily, as well as negotiating prices and payments between traders.

In Mallorca, these agricultural fairs become important since the end of the eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century, as well as being the center of trading, was also the place to supply products for the harvest, and the means of production and transformation, and it was time to update prices, so fairs in Mallorca were held either in spring or autumn, as was necessary in the first case to stock up on the tools to reap and thresh the grain, while in the second case , it was time for the renewal the land lease contracts on farms “majorcan possesions”,and to agree the properly apply of the weights, measures and market prices

The “mostassaf” was the person on charge to control it and he was also the responsible for checking the quality of the food.

That is why in Sineu, at City Hall, we can find the  oldest “Barchilla” (old meassure system), dating from 1242 (Barcella Sineu), which is the model that was use to produce later more “Barchillas”, and it was equivalent to six majorcan almuds,the Sineu “Barchila” is made of bronze, conical shaped, with two  gothic handles, and between the handles, on one side there is the coat of Sineu, and on the other, the coat of arms of the Royal House, and it´s hold by three feet, and in its upper part has a bar called the “rasador”, an iron bar and this bar have been made later than the “barcella”

The “Barcella” was equivalent to 11.72 liters, and its equivalence for weight depended on the type of cereal being measure(10 kg for wheat, 7.5 kg for barley or 6 kg for oats)

But if we look back in time, we can confirm that in Sineu, and in the Muslim period there is evidence of the existence of a market which involved a weekly meeting,and it was called by the Arabs “Suq al-Arba’a” and it was the precedent of present Sineu Market, and was located in the current Mercadal Square in Sineu village, under the stairs of the famous winged lion monument in honor of St. Mark, patron of farmers.

Although it would be in 1306, when King James II issued the royal privilege which consolidated and protected the Sineu market, and years later, in 1366, the same right would be confirmed by King Pedro IV of Aragon, and since then Sineu Market has been held in Mallorca.

But the crisis of the fairs and markets, as commercial activity came after 1960, when farming began to lose strength and become a minority sector, due to the introduction of mass tourism.

Tourism industry was growing more and more, and nowadays is the prior productive sector on majorcan economy productive and thus constitute today, 75% of our GDP (gross domestic product), while the agricultural sector currently accounts for 1% of GDP of the Balearic Islands.

If we make references to sentences linked to the Sineu Market or Sineu Fair, we can find several in our island,such us “Fer dimecres” (do Wednesday), or “firar” (feriar) mean besides the simple meaning of participating in the market, a synonym for get drunk, as it was usual days when markets or fairs were made, to go to the different barson the village to drink after closing the deals.(“fer barrina”)

And an eschatological and distasteful phrase and that is: “I shit on Sineu“,it comes because when the fair was made in sineu, it was the hateful day too when the royal procurators went to Sineu Fair to collect taxes.

Without a doubt, what we want now is all of you to visit this Sunday, Sineu fair and enjoy taking a walk throug the town’s streets and you will see how among most trendy articles,you will find too, still alive medieval traditions on this fair day in Sineu, the most important market made on the vtown during the whole year.

And if it is not possible for you to visit Sineu and its May Fair, remember that every Wednesday of the year, you can go to one of the more traditional markets made on the Island.

Come and visit Sineu May Fair and Sineu market every Wednesday morning

Let us guide you through the fairs held in Mallorca, discover with Mallorca Private Tour Guides, the amazing Sineu May Fair,one of the most spectacular fairs taking place on the island.

Our guides will make you to discover unpublished unique corners of this historic town, its medieval traditions, the spectacular architecture that Sineu offers  visitors but mostly let yourself to be involved by the atmosphere of the Sineu fair, as the frendly people who live in this town, which makes guests to feel at home, the huge amount of crafts you will discover at the different fair stails, but mostly do not miss trying the delicious gastronomy that Sineu offers visitors and delight yourself in one of its many restaurants or cellers drinking a Mallorcan glass of wine and frito mallorquin(delicious majorcan speciality) and enjoy the party atmosphere emanating from every corner of the town.

Quite an experience not to be missed, come and enjoy with Mallorca Private Tour Guides, Sineu- May Fair, feel at home in one of the most cozy towns in Mallorca.

Hope to see all of you there.

Mallorca Private Tour Guides team

MAJORCAN GIANTS-MAJORCAN FOLKLORE-GIANTS ENCOUNTER

MAJORCAN GIANTS-MAJORCAN FOLKLORE-GIANTS ENCOUNTER-MAJORCAN ROOTED TRADITIONS

To find the origins of the early giants in Mallorca we would have to go back to the seventeenth century and to the village Soller where we found  the first giant in the procession of Corpus Christi.

To raise awareness of the biblical passages, the roman catholic church organized the “entremeses” (short theatrical performances) where are already involved the giants.

It seems that the first documented reference to the existence of giants appears in Cataluña,the year 1424 (solemnitats book of the city) and refers to King David and the Giant.

Chronologically the next giant in Mallorca that we know is in Sineu.  It Appears disconnected from the feast of Corpus Christi and is part of the celebrations of Sint Roc in 1653 and was made by the local artist Pere Antoni Real.

In the city of Palma, the giants  were appearing in the procession of Corpus Christi in 1734,after requesting permission from the Dean of the Cathedral to participate on it, finally ,the permit arrived on June 21st and the Palma´s  Giants may participate in the procession of Corpus Christi in Palma, and were allowed to enter  into the cathedral “La Seo” and they  were installed in the chapel of Our Lady of the Navigators, nowadays dedicated to St. Benedict.

In 1762 in Sant Llorenç (Mallorca) we find “Puput” ,the first Mallorcan giant that we know the name.

And so gradually the giants figures were proliferating across the whole island, Pollença, Manacor, Llucmajor …..

But the giants had to face the prohibitions imposed by the Council of Trento(1545-1563), the  decret of nueva planta by King Philip V (1716) and the Royal law issued by Charles III in1780 among many other local restrictions .

All these laws were clearly designed to limit and prohibit the participation of the giants in any folk event, “entremeses” or ecclesiastical procession. Because,specially the  roman Catholic Church in Spain considered that this representations had become farcical,burlesque and had lost its biblical sense.

Unfortunately because of this break between the Catholic Church and the tradition of the giants, many of these figures will disappear and will be the craft guilds, the ones who adopted the giants, eagles, dragons, horses … as their emblems.

But the  decree of Nueva Planta will impose  that “entremeses” and other properties of the craft guilds will become municipal property, so the giants will be in hands of the different municipalities on the island.

The law promulgated by king Carlos III will be another blow to the tradition of the giants, because it specifically prohibits the participation of the giants in any popular procession or demonstration, in this situation many figures will disappear or have to hide ,to avoid being destroyed and there were people, who even turned a deaf ear to the prohibition and remained using giants.

In Mallorca seems that giants have been protected by the Augustinians in the convent of Bon Socors.

The giants will reappear in Palma in 1814 during the festival of San Fernando (in honor of Ferdinand VII) and during the nineteenth century will be part of the stories writed by the Archiduke Ludwing Salvador of Austria in his book Die Balearen and also in this century will be the birth of other emblematic giants, the giants of Llucmajor, which were participating in the festivities of Santa Candida (1893).

In 1902 taked place in Barcelona the first giants encounter ,who joined  150,000 people  around the giants.

In 1904 the city of Palma Mallorca ordered to the ceramic Factory ”La Roqueta” two giants similar to those that today are exhibited in Cort.

There were two proposals, the first, made by the sculptor Miquel Vadells which was disregarded and the one which was accepted, was the one of “la Roqueta”.

The works were directed and coordinated by the owner of the factory, Pere Cetre, and there comes a giant and a giantess dressed as the peasants (payeses).

They were baptized with the names of Tofol and Beth-Maria and had certain peculiarities for that time, his eyes were moving and the giant smoked a pipe with smoke coming out continually.

The jewelry carrying by the giantess had been developed by the goldsmith from Palma, Paul Taronjí and were composed of set of buttons, lacing, a Cross of Malta.rings…..

But Tofol and Bet Maria(called by everybody Francina or Francinaina) had a tragic fate in 1936  they left Mallorca towards Barcelona to participate in the opening ceremony of the  popular Olympics, at the very momento when then Civil war breaks out and there  we were losing  their track forever, and never returned to Mallorca.

So  in1940 the municipality of Palma,requested  Sebastian Alcover  to build other  two giants similar to the missing, Tofol and Francinaina, but their destiny was not  better than their predecessors and were destroyed years later, by a wind gust when  they were exposed in the entrance of Cort and finally the vandalism of a group of young ended up leaving them unserviceable.

And the third will be time lucky in 1961, the City Council paid 35,000 pesetas to Monserrat Palmer and Joan Francesc Vives  Bellaflor for the actual Tofol and Francinaina, exposed in the lobby of Cort,  they are 4.20 mtrs tall and are made of wood, cardboard and wicker but they are too heavy to be carry so in 2005 the municipality invested 15000 euros and the workshop “Xicaranda” wil restored them and makes  the garments which they wear nowadays.

Mallorcan giants can be classified into five major groups:

-Couples of peasants, is the most numerous, and the oldest members  are the ones from Inca (Abdó i Maria), 1928,  to this group belongs Francinaina and Tofol from Palma (1961), 1983 the  peasant (payes) from Son Rapinya, in 1987 the ones from Sa Pobla (Antoni and Margalida), in 1989 the ones from Alcudia (Rampell and Pipella), Llucmajor (Miquel i Càndida), Sant Llorenç (Jaume Belluguins and Angelina Trevolina) 1996 the ones from Sóller (Antoni and Catherine ). In 1999 Palma ordered a couple procesional peasants (Tomeu and Margalida) to accompany  the giants xeremiers, in Selva 2002 (Pau and Rosa), in 2005 in Son Espanyolet (Gaietà and Catalina) and to all of these are joined two couples one from Felanitx and one from San Jordi and we don´t know either the name or  the date when they were made.

-In the second group  we would include the giants inspired in  characters coming from our rondalles or legends such as those of Llucmajor, ordered  in 1970 to Valencia, Pere Taleca and Fada Morgana and in 1971 the Amo de So Na Moixa i Na Joanota.

In Montuïri, Queen Catalineta,  private property of Vicente Alberdola(1994) and Na Tomassa from  Alaro 1995, in Colonia de Sant Jordi, a Queen and Marti Tacó 1997-98.

In 2000 the Magisterium Theatre Group in the  University (UIB) built several giant for the representation for the theatre play”l´amor de les tres taronges”. In 2002 from Puigpunyent the Bou and  Na Fatima, and finally from Palma, Banyeta Verda and Banyeta  Vermella (2004).

-The third group consists of traditional crafts representing each locality on the island, as the shoemakers from Inca (1994), in Capdepera ,Roc (fisherman) and n’Esperança (llatadora palm-craft) 2003 in 2005 from  Sineu (Maria Angels  figs harvester  and Marc, the blacksmith) and from Manacor de la Vall (Joan, coalmen and Llucia, embroider maker).

-The fourth group would be formed by historical characters,  from Llucmajor (Barba-rossa, 1970) from Calvia (King Jaume I and Violant of Hungary, 1999), in Alaro (Cabrit and Bassa, 2000) and from Palma on the Island Council of (Jaume II and Esclaramunda of Foix, made 2001, King Sancho I and Jaume III,  made 2002).

-In the last group all others, as the oldest processional couple from Mallorca: the ones from Manacor ,Vincenç (a Moor, 1942) and na Catalina (peasantgirl, 1933). The witch  Taven from Llucmajor (1970), xeremiers from Palma (1973), the pair of Petra, 1980 or the figure of a young  from Son Cladera (1983). From 2002 is the demon giant belonging to Factoria de So from Santa Maria and Sa Siurella from Marratxí. In 2004 xeremiers from Muro (Toni and Joan) and Na Comas and En  Comaro from Son Sardina, or Cosmet 2005, as Toni (artisan) i na Maria Angels (culture) of Pollença.

A total of 74 giant figures that we have today in Mallorca, with its  grandiosity (never better said) and spectacular beauty.

Today giants are an important part of our folklore and our culture and this is why giants encounters or trobades are organized in Mallorca,as the one held last  Saturday April 27th in Sineu or this Saturday May 4th  in Santa Maria.

At the giants encounter last Saturday in Sineu, the hosts Maria Angeles and Marc welcomed their guests and staged a colorful parade through the streets of the town.

If you could not attend to the giangts encounter in Sineu from Mallorca Private Tour Guides, we encourage you to not miss the giants encounter next Saturday in Santa Maria.

Knowing our folklore and traditions is part of our culture, and if the Giants during their history have gone through so many obstacles and still been able to reach this days, we believe that they deserve our support and respect.

Join  Mallorca Private Tour Guides and do not miss the giants encounter in Santa María next Saturday.

Let us guide you through our culture and folklore and discover with the guides of Mallorca  Private Tour Guides, the Mallorcan folklore, let yourself be enthralled by the beauty of our people, by the joyful sound of the music of the xirimies (Mallorcan bagpipe) and the greatness of our giants,their elaborate garments and crafts and traditions that they represent.

With Mallorca  Private Tour Guides discover Mallorcan giants and its origins, sure you’ve seen them many times participating in our celebrations and parades through our streets, but we are sure  you were not unaware of its history, come and discover them with us.

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PD. Soon we will present them through a photo blog so that you can discover something from each of them. Do not miss it …..

MSC PREZIOSA-THE NEWEST SHIP ON THE HIGH SEAS

MSC PREZIOSA-THE NEWEST SHIP ON THE HIGH SEAS-CALLING IN PALMA DE MALLORCA

Yesterday 25th April and due to bad weather on the Mediterranean, the newest ship of the MSC fleet, the MSC PREZIOSA visited the port of Palma de Mallorca.

The vessel arrived to Palma 12.18 am and left the port at 00.05

The ship was built in France by STX ship yard, the construction began on December 5th 2008 and ended on March 14th 2013.
40 days ago the MSC PREZIOSA was Delivered to the company and  it was baptized by Sofia Loren.

All the MSC ships fly the Panamenian flag.

The ship has a Gross tonnage(GT, the standard measure to compare ships and mainly used to calculate all their expenses and port costs/taxes)139.072, most likely due to its tonnage the biggest ship that calls Palma de Mallorca this year.

The vessel has 18decks and 5 pools and a pool slide of aprox 30 mtrs long.

MSC Preziosa mesures are 333,33mtrs long and max.wide 50,43mtrs

Msc Preziosa is equiped with Wait sile engines

The average water consume per day is 2750m3 water.

The MSC Preziosa carried 4147 passengers on board from 41 different nationalities.

The crew on board is composed by 1347 persons from 46 different countries.

The ship was coming from Italy and due to bad weather called in Mallorca, and the next port of call is Barcelona.

It was the 4th cruise using the new pier in Palma port.

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Yesterday the ship used 10 busses for the shuttle service going from the pier to the Escollera in front of the cathedral area, and 15 tour buses.

If you are planning a cruise to Mallorca let us to help you with your shore excursions, the guides of Mallorca Private Tour Guides will be at your disposal to help you.

If you have any questions regarding what to see in Mallorca, please do not hesitate to contact us:

mallorcaprivatetourguides@gmail.com

Let us guide you in shore excursions in Palma, you will discover with our professional tour guides the most beautiful places to visit, our history, traditions, gastronomy….so many things to enjoy and to discover, this hidden places normally not included on ships tours.

Enjoy Mallorca in another way, a personal service, a tailor made Tour, a professional licensed tour guide at your disposal, no rush just enjoy.

Mallorca Private Tour Guides team

LA SEO-PALMA DE MALLORCA-THE ORGAN IN THE CATHEDRAL

LA SEO-PALMA DE MALLORCA-THE ORGAN IN THE CATHEDRAL

The cathedral’s impressive late-gothic organ is placed above the chapel of the Piedad (Piety). Dating from 1795 (Gabriel Tomás from Llucmajor-Majorca) and restored in 1926 and 1993. This organ was built holding the pipe set as a fan display, following the dominant Spanish fan-like. The pipe organ has four manual keyboards with 56 notes, and pedals with 30 notes. Registered as local heritage cultural interest in 2005

Every year is held in Mallorca the Annual International Organ Festival,an organ and choral music festival performed by top international organists from all over the world, such is the cathedral’s prestige.

First Tuesday every month at 12.00 am is perfomed an organ concert in the cathedral, where visitors can revel in the wonderful acoustics that the cathedral features.

Let us guide you to discover with Mallorca Private Tour Guides the Cathedral in Palma de Mallorca, our spectacular cathedral, where besides the organ you can enjoy the works of the famous Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí.

The guides of Mallorca Private Tour Guides are available to guide you through one of the most emblematic buildings that Palma offers visitors,the cathedral of Palma de Mallorca, “La Seo”.

The opening hours of the cathedral are

1 April to 31 May / October:
Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 17:15

1 June to 30 September:
Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 18:15

Let yourself be captivated by our Seo Cathedral and discover with Mallorca Private Tour guides why is known by the name of the cathedral of lights.

The team of Mallorca Private Tour Guides

Organ concert in La Seo-Palma de Mallorca cathedral

First Tuesday every month at 12.00 am enjoy an amazing organ concert in La Seo, beautiful Palma de Mallorca cathedral.

Discover the organ concert, the amazing acustic and the glorious cathedral in Palma with Mallorca Private Tour Guides.

Let us guide you in La Seo,Palma de Mallorca cathedral

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