In November… experience Mallorca’s most traditional festivals!

Do you want to know the island as well as the Mallorcans do? Take part in the towns’ festivals and enjoy their gastronomy and customs. At the traditional festivals you’ll find everything to do with ancestral farming and animal husbandry practices, and of course you’ll find lots and lots of food. Here we offer you our pick of this month’s Mallorcan festivals so you can make sure you don’t miss a single one:

Pumpkin Fair (Muro): Don’t miss the pumpkin-growing contest that gives the fair its name: you’ll see pumpkins of uncommon sizes and unimaginable shapes. Sample the best Mallorcan cuisine at its gastronomy and wine show.

Dijous Bo (Inca): One of the biggest and best-known events in Mallorca that attracts Mallorcans from all over the island, even though it’s on a Thursday! Exhibitions, concerts, correfocs and atmosphere galore. And who says there are no fiestas other than in summertime? On the Wednesday night come to the town’s grand evening-before celebration.

Olive Fair (Caimari): The small village of Caimari (Selva) is famous for its olive trees and oils. A fiesta celebrating traditional produce, particularly olives. One of the few villages where you’ll be able to watch an… olive-stone throwing contest! This year Florencio Sanchindrán, the world’s best Serrano ham-cutter, will be joining the festival. Haven’t you tried this delicacy yet? Treat yourself!

Honey Fair (Llubí): The sweetest of fairs, all about the world of honey and beekeeping.

Esclata-sang and Mountain Fair (Mancor de la Vall): A fair whose aim is to teach and preserve traditional mountain activities. The name comes from a favourite food of Mallorcans, the esclata-sang (Latin name lactarius), a type of edible mushroom picked in pine woods in the mountains. If you want to try them, you won’t have to go in search of them: at the fair you’ll be able to take part in a succulent mushroom-tasting.

As we said, these are just some of Mallorca’s festivals. If you’d like to have the full list of events in Mallorca click here.