Event Archives - Porta Mallorquina Real Estate

12Jan By Sonja MeyneNo Comments

In January Mallorca celebrates!

Mallorca not only attracts visitors with its beautiful beaches and crystal-clear waters, but also with its rich cultural tradition. Especially in the winter months, visitors and locals alike experience the island's vibrant heritage when they celebrate the fiestas of Sant Antoni and Sant Sebastià in January. The island celebrates its saints, Sant Sebastià and Sant Antoni, with music, dancing and lavish public barbecues. The Saints and the devils Two important saints are celebrated in January: On the bewitched night before Saint Antonio's name day, all hell breaks loose in the truest sense of the word: on 16 January, bonfires are lit in many places, barbecues with "sobrassada" and "botifarra" sausages are distributed from the town halls and plenty of warming red wine is served. P...

1Nov By Sonja MeyneNo Comments

Event, Mallorca

Christmas Markets on Mallorca

From mulled wine to Turron – the Firas de Nadal create the festive spirit in spite of mild temperatures. Christmas markets are booming on the island and become more popular every year so that each year one or two more appear. A great opportunity to try the traditional Mallorcan Christmas delicacies, and there are many of them: Apart from the most important Christmas treat in Spain, the Turron (almond nougat in differing variations) there are the dry, sweet polverones (Christmas biscuits which feel 'dusty' in your mouth – from the word polvo = dust). In addition to these, there are all kinds of Christmas cookies, called crespells, and the Neules, 'sweet snowflakes' in wafer form or the aniseed-flavoured potato bread (coca de patata), and much more. There is also, of course, gingerbre...

Summer-Season Party at Porta Mallorquina Real Estate

4Oct By Porta MallorquinaNo Comments

Event, Mallorca, Porta Mallorquina

Summer-Season Party at Porta Mallorquina Real Estate

On 6 September, franchising company Porta Mallorquina Real Estate invited the team to an end-of- season party at the beach club "Balneario Illetas". Around 50 real estate agents were present to celebrate the real estate company's success during the first half of 2022. "I am very proud of our team, who were able to serve clients so well during the pandemic years that we even managed to achieve a significant increase in turnover in 2021," said a delighted Porta Mallorquina founder and managing director Joachim Semrau. Porta Mallorquina Real Estate is a subsidiary of the German Homes & Holiday AG, which specialises in holiday properties. The guests celebrated together in high spirits until late in the evening. Here are some impressions of the evening: ...

8Apr By Sonja MeyneNo Comments

Event, Mallorca, News

A colourful and sucessful spring festival

On Easter Monday Porta Holiday and Porta Mallorquina invited young and old to celebrate together in Lloseta. From the beginning of the festival at 11 am until its end, long after midnight, there was lots happening. Not only from Lloseta, but also from the surrounding villages people, particularly Mallorcans and their families, flocked to the centre of the island on Easter Monday together with numerous staff members from the 9 Porta Mallorquina and Porta Holiday offices. The spring festival was held on the grounds of Magatzem Es Coco – a kind of agricultural cooperative – and was intended for the residents and owners in the centre of the island and was enthusiastically received. A super event both for children and adults Particularly the children were enthusiastic and specially for...

21Dec By Sonja MeyneNo Comments

Event, Mallorca, Real Estate

With passion to record sales

Porta Mallorquina presented itself at the international partner meeting of the agency group with a new brand slogan and impressive turnover figures. In November the franchise partners and office managers from Mallorca, Teneriffa and Germany met at the international yearly conference of the Porta Mondial Group. In the finca hotel ''Sa Bassa Rotja'' CEO Joachim Semrau presented the around 40 participants the new company structure of the group. In the future under the new umbrella brand-name ''Homes and Holiday AG'', based in Munich, the business areas real estate brokerage and holiday renting will be managed together. The Mallorcan master-partner Porta Mallorquina impressed at the meeting with a record turnover. In the month of October real estate to the value of over 16 million eu...

3Jan By Sonja MeyneNo Comments

Event, Mallorca

Lots to celebrate on the Balearic Islands

The island is abundantly blessed with public holidays, particularly in January and the summer months. We have compiled a small overview for you so that you will know when you will be standing in front of closed shop doors, when it is time to be devout, and when it is time to celebrate. In January the New Year starts on the island with numerous festivals. It goes without saying that January 1st (New Year's day) is also an official holiday to enable, in Mallorca as elsewhere, recovery from the New Year's eve celebrations. The 6th of January is a particularly important holiday in Spain and is awaited especially by children as on this day the Three Kings come! Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar, beautifully costumed and accompanied by a magnificent escort, arrive on the 5th Ja...

6Aug By Porta MallorquinaNo Comments

Event, Mallorca, Porta Mallorquina

Porta Mallorquina sponsors Pollença’s “Sa Patrona” Race

The big day finally arrived on 25 July: Porta Mallorquina had the great honour of sponsoring Pollença’s most important traditional summer race for the first time. The race took place as part of the “Sa Patrona” celebrations, from which it takes its name. Starting off, from 6:30 p.m. the youngest competitors ran their laps directly in front of the Porta Mallorquina office, at the Plaza Monument. A dedicated race for children and adolescents in every age group was organised; there were 4 categories in all, and you can see the results here. The race took place in front of the Porta Mallorquina office in Pollença. 300 runners under starter’s orders The big race for adults started at 7:20 p.m. and the temperature was still high. Owing to the high air humidity, the running conditions were dem...

19Dec By Porta MallorquinaNo Comments

Event

Winter in Mallorca? The best parties are still to come

January in Mallorca, despite the winter weather is usually not only sunny, but also full of very special, traditional celebrations. The “Dance with the Devil” is part of the celebrations in January. With music, dancing, debauchery and public barbecue feasts, the island celebrates saints Sant Sebastià and Sant Antoni. But it all starts with the Three Kings … Los Reyes Magos How gladly the usually rather quiet Mallorcans celebrate is particularly obvious at the beginning of year. The new year gets off to a great start in Mallorca, especially for children: On January 6, the three kings come to bring the Christmas gifts. The splendidly dressed wise men from the east come with their trinkets on the eve (5 January) on vessels into the ports, where they ride proud steeds thr...

1Oct By Porta MallorquinaNo Comments

Event, Golf

Golf: News from the Southwest

Real Golf de Bendinat has renewed all its greens. What’s new about the four popular 18-hole golf courses in the south west of the island – the Real Golf Bendinat, the Golf de Andratx Golf de Poniente and the Golf de Santa Ponsa? Real Golf de Bendinat As one of the oldest and most prestigious golf courses on the island, Real Golf de Bendinat has renewed all its greens. Two months – July-August – saw continued renovation work on the 18 “royal” greens. Since early September, the doors have been open again. To show off the greens in peak condition, the tournament season starts in Bendinat, according to information provided by the club leaders in November. The most autum tournaments in the southwest Major tournaments take place in October at the Golf de Andrat...

29Aug By Porta MallorquinaNo Comments

Event, Mallorca

“El Tren de Sóller”: The musical celebrated its premiere in Mallorca

Have you already been on the train to Soller? Departure since the premiere of the musical “El Tren de Sóller”, which took place on 08 August, is from the small as well as historical cinema in Sala Augusta in Palma. At this charming venue, the musical picks up its guests and takes them on a journey through the Majorcan countryside, where the traveler will encounter people of diverse cultures. “El Tren de Sóller”- the act During the train ride, the musical guests are accompanied by the charming and sympathetic at first glance Susanne from Berlin. Susanne travels for the first time by train to Sóller. She is excited, looks a bit lost and does not know what to expect on the trip. Love has led her to make the journey into the unknown to Sóller. The...