Mallorca's most important cultural and historical festivities

Getting to know a place is like getting to know a person. It requires time, interest, a curious eye and, of course, discovering the reason for one's passions. A person, just like a city, a neighbourhood or a country, is characterised by what they love. In Mallorca, apart from our landscape, our gastronomy, our villages and towns, we love above all our festivals. Mallorca has an infinite number of cultural and historical festivals that are...

Galets, the stuffed Christmas soup

This Christmas is going to be different. Everything, the lunches, the dinners, the meetings and the lack of travel. A celebration marked by restrictions and separated families.Families that in some cases come together on a screen that turns the hugs into a still, distant image. Families who separate now so that they can come together later.However, at Monport we believe that there are some traditions that should not be lost. For example, in the...

Cycling routes through the most beautiful villages on the island

Although Mallorca is still known throughout the world mainly for its beaches with crystal clear waters, more and more cyclists visit the island, attracted by its nature, its roads and the infinite number of dream routes that can be covered by bicycle.We do not know if it is because of the weather, the mountains and plains or the variety of landscapes, but Mallorca is one of the most popular destinations for cyclists. We at Monport, faithful...

Enjoying the last sunrays

Even though summer said goodbye to us a month ago, the Majorcan thermometer does not give up.The 23 degrees during the day allow us to continue enjoying the sun, warm temperatures and leisure activities in nature. This is why we at Monport would like to propose plans that will allow you to enjoy the last (if they really are the last) rays of sunshine in Mallorca. So, go outside as long as the weather permits.Strolling in the port of Andratx:...

The most typical dishes of Majorcan cuisine

The summer may already be over, but by no means the good plans.As we always say and almost relentlessly repeat, Mallorca is a wonderful island that has surprises in store for every season. Plans depending on the weather and your wishes.Thanks to the slightly cooler temperatures, we can take out again the pots and pans to prepare or try the most autumnal and delicious dishes of Majorcan cuisine.At Mon Port we have selected some of the most...

Excursions from Andratx

September is here and many of you have already decided to keep your towels and sunscreens until next year. Despite the mild temperatures and sunny days, your thoughts are already drifting away from the beach. The marathon days with sun, salt, boats and tanned skin are becoming increasingly rare. The routine, the blissful routine, takes its toll on the beach lovers. The return to school, to the office and to everyday life seems to herald the...

Teleworking in the Monport while enjoying the Majorcan paradise

Traveling is a pleasure, we (almost) all agree on that.Honeymoon trips, family trips, group trips or trips with friends. However, there is one type of travel, business travel, that not everyone gets along well with.Being away from family, tiredness from the flight or the drive, stress from work or simply not being at home for a few days can all be negative factors.At Mon Hotels, however, we want to change the dynamic. We want those of you who...

The best beaches and coves in the Southwest of Mallorca

We are privileged.The Port d'Andratx, with its elegance, its location and its daily and nocturnal activity welcomes us, we are at a privileged point on the Majorcan map. Beaches with crystal clear water, cultural activities, restaurants, walks and everything you need at your fingertips.If you don't want to go far from the hotel during your holiday, we at Mon Port recommend the best beaches in the southwest of Mallorca to discover every bay and...

The most photographed beaches in Mallorca

The desire to take a photo (and share it on social media) is proportional to the beauty of the snapshot in front of our eyes. The more beautiful, the more we want to take pictures and share them on our social networks.In the digital and hyperlinked era, we live in, it is common to share (almost) everything we do. A kind of logbook for those who are still at home waiting for their vacation, their relaxation or their plans to boast.Mallorca is...

Opening 2020

Breakfasts on the porch, aperitifs at the bar, dips into the pool, walks among palm trees and dinners to the rhythm of a piano.Until a few days ago, it was only our imagination to enjoy such moments in the Mon Port Hotel & Spa. To close your eyes and take a deep breath to smell the perfume of summer in Mallorca. Now that the doors of the Mon Port Hotel & Spa are wide open again, all these plans are not only feasible, but also within...

Mallorca, awaits you!

Probably the Mallorca that awaits you is better than the Mallorca that you left. Cleaner, healthier, safer and more radiant.The Mallorca that awaits you still has that Mediterranean charm that captivated you the first time you came here and which is more special today than ever. The Mallorca that awaits you shows its wild and delicate beauty all year round. This elegance that can change with the seasons. The Mallorca that awaits you still has...

Spots worth waiting for

Waiting is not easy. Waiting with no certainty or deadlines. Waiting when one is looking forward to changing and moving.For example, waiting for 9 months of pregnancy, for the summer to come, or for our turn in an endless queue. Waiting for a call, for a verdict, or for the holidays to come.Waiting is usually unpleasant, let alone if that timeframe separates us from Majorca, the paradise between the sea and the sky we were yearning for that we...

Would you like to share with us the story of your last trip to Mallorca?

Mallorca is an ideal destination.What we have just written may not sound entirely objective, but we will immediately explain the arguments that led us to our enormous boldness. Mallorca is an ideal destination to travel alone, with your partner, with friends or with your family. A wonderful destination because of its gastronomy, its people and its culture. For the beauty of its coves and the particularity of its mountains, the charm of its...

Traveling through books

Journeying through books is one of our most favourite adventures. To immerse ourselves in the smell of its pages, to dive among its stories and characters, to nest among its lyrics and to let ourselves be carried as far as our thoughts desire.Reading stimulates imagination and culture, curiosity and creativity, it has the power to make us fly far away.Next April 23rd will be the World Book Day and, in spite of not being able to walk through the...

Cooking to overcome quarantine

Even though many people currently believe that the calendar no longer determines our days, or that it no longer matters whether it is night or day, we are among those who believe that time is more important now than ever. Schedules and routines (welcome routines) help us to structure the weeks and create a certain normality that helps us to overcome this situation.Reading, doing sports, cleaning, tidying up, working from home, watching movies...

Things that make us happy

It's time to think about nice things. Things that, although it seems impossible now, we are going to feel again soon. Very soon.Now is the time of thinking about things and situations that will make us move away from the house that each time seems smaller. From these narrower and narrower walls and is increasingly acute anguish. It is time to allow our imagination to returns and our senses to become more acute. It's time to savour that routine...

MON PORT renews and renovates the rooms

New things have a special appeal.A car that starts for the first time, a newly furnished house, an item of clothing with a label attached, a book with an unopened sash or the unmistakable smell of a newborn baby that has its whole life ahead of it.The smell of new things is different, it envelops you and gives you magical, intangible but real sensations. New things have the ability to evoke new principles and possibilities, happiness and the...

Celebrate Carnival in Mallorca

Some say that masks and body paint were used to scare away the gods of the bad harvest. The disguise was part of a ritual that heralded a good year in the fields and at harvest time. Others claim that it is a tradition that dates back to Roman times and has spread throughout much of the world with the return of the sailors to their homes.There are also those who claim that its origins go back to Christianity and all those people who used it to...

Mallorca, your ideal training location with MonSports

Bradley Wiggins, the famous British cyclist and winner of the 2012 Tour de France, said of Mallorca that it is a perfect scalextric for cyclists.A wonderful backdrop of winding roads, idyllic cliffs overlooking the sea and one of the most precious natural jewels in the world: the Tramontana Mountains, a cultural landscape that has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 2011.There are about 700 kilometres of road in Mallorca. Of...

How to get your health back on track after the holidays

Christmas and the holidays have left us many things, many things. Presents, rain, torradas, parades, polvorones, botifarrons, family moments, dinners among friends, a few extra kilos and above all a very important issue: the imperative need to return to routine, to a healthy life and to well-ordered schedules. The MonHotels team has decided to face the year 2020 and give sport the importance it deserves. That means a lot. The...

Christmas Kitchen

Majorca has a special flavour all year round, but at Christmas it will certainly be even more intense. Nuances, tradition and history take centre stage.Majorca tastes of "galets" (type of pasta shaped like a snail), "porcella" (suckling pig) and almond nougat. Majorca tastes like "Misa del gallo" (midnight mass on Christmas Eve) and "Canelones de Sant Esteve" (traditional Christmas dish). Christmas has the virtue of gathering us around a table...

4 historic places of Palma

To explore Palma, you have to go through history. Discover parts of our past and roots. Touch the development of the city with our hands, feet and senses and gradually go through those corners that make Palma a unique place. Cities grow, mutate and evolve almost all the time, but there are places that resist the passage of time. Historic places that grow in beauty every year. Places that are not only places, but rather landmarks of the...

The most beautiful sunsets on Mallorca

Joan Manuel Serrat sang about the Mediterranean sunsets in one of his most famous songs.A song dedicated to the red sky. A sky that delights us practically every day with a spectacle of colours, wind and magic, red and blue tones. A sky we can't get enough of, no matter how often we look up.Mallorca is known for its sky and the magical hour of light we enjoy every day.Sunsets, when they come into contact with the sea, take on a dimension that...

The 4 best golf courses of Majorca

Perhaps the 300 days of sunshine a year will help make Majorca the preferred destination for golfers and other sportspeople.Courses with sea views, courses surrounded by beauty, courses flooded with Mediterranean charm that will make golf nothing more than a (magnificent excuse). From MON PORT we have tried to choose the 4 courses, that we like the most and, we warn you, it has not been an easy task since Majorca has more than twenty courses and...

Activities to do in autumn in Palma

Since the worldly noise has already turned into music, the autumn asks to return to the city, which has in the summer months the ability to transform itself. In September comes the (sometimes expected) normality. Autumn may be our favourite season to enjoy Palma (we warn you, we don't rule out starting with the arrival of spring, we are not able to choose). The city is full of local people and visitors who flee from the masses to meet the...

How to make the best out of one week in Mallorca?

Mallorca is a beautiful island that will permeate you with its purity and its sensational landscapes. Without a doubt, we are among those who think that it is worth discovering this Mediterranean island thoroughly, without haste and very calmly. An island of turquoise beaches, green and rugged mountains, and villages with a very special charm. Don’t yoy know what to visit in Mallorca in a week? Keep calm, from MON PORT, we leave you a...

Palma in a day: what to see and what to do

24 hours. 1440 minutes to discover second by second slowly but surely, a city that changes with each ray of sunlight in each season from each glance. A city that behind its corners and its streets, it hides treasures that are waiting to be discovered by eyes eager for beauty. A whole life may not be enough to cover its magnanimity, but 24 hours may be sufficient to taste a small teaser of Palma. 24 hours to awaken the appetite and the...

Summer Plans in Majorca

Mallorca is much more than just beach and sand. This small Mediterranean island is full of surprises that are able to satisfy different kind of needs. It is the perfect place for those eager beach visitors, those looking for cycling routes, those interested in culture or those who prefer to please their stomach. Cristal-clear water beaches, gastronomy tradition, history, culture, and a unique landscape are the pillars on which...

The best viewpoints of Majorca

Seeing Mallorca from the sky gives us a special perspective. Its colours, its sunsets and dawns, its greatness, its tranquillity and intimacy, its beauty and its history acquire a special significance from the different balconies that the island offers us. Viewpoints overlooking paradise only confirm that the beauty of Mallorca is endless. From MON PORT we have made a selection with our four favorite viewpoints. And, we are almost sure...

The most beautiful coves of Mallorca

Choosing a beach is as personal as choosing a car, a house or a restaurant. Each one has its own values about beauty and perfection and, of course, each beach has its own special charm. Some will look for sand, others for rocks, some will prefer civilization while others will prefer to dive into the most unspoilt Mallorca, pure and far from the worldly noise. Choosing the best beaches on Mallorca is a very complicated task. The...

Tips for choosing the perfect hotel

Before clearing up the unknown in the title of this article, we would like to think about the 'perfect hotel'.Is there such a thing as the perfect hotel? It is difficult, if not impossible, to design a perfect place capable of satisfying the needs of each and every one of the types of clients that exist: couples, families, nature or city lovers, people from the sea or people who like the mountains, people who like summer and others who...

3 roadtrips through Mallorca

Like all roads lead to Rome, every road on Mallorca leads to absolute beauty. The coasted roads overlooking the bay, the impressive cliffs, the paths carved into the mountain and the absolute flatness with the sea on the horizon. Roadtrips through spectacular places, postcard coves, Mediterranean mountains, picturesque villages, exceptional viewpoints and enchanted caves where the car will be your ally to reach every corner of the...

Activities to do during spring in Mallorca

The spring season is special in almost every corner of the world. This time of the year supposes the start of the hibernal lethargy. No more coats and scarves. Of course, the warm welcoming and the daylight that goes to sleep a little later. From MON PORT we want to tell you a secret: Mallorca looks great during spring. The blues is bluer, greens is greener and the sunset hours glow brighter. The mood is different and the desire is always...

Mallorca's most beautiful villages

Mallorca is a type of paradise capable of satisfying everyone: lovers of the sea, the mountains, luxury, the mundane, the blue and the green, dry land, the coastline, cycling, gastronomy and the postcards that lurk behind every corner, every hill or every blue cove. Mallorca is an island with beauty in each and every one of its regions: Palma, Serra de Tramuntana, Raiguer, Pla de Mallorca, Migjorn and the East of the island. Six different...

The most beautiful running trails in Mallorca

Mallorca is a very unique place in the world to practice sports such as running, not only because of the climate, which allows us to practice it in most months of the year, but also because of the spectacular and diverse landscape that the island gives us. In this article we will list some of the most beautiful running routes in Mallorca, specifically the Sierra de Tramuntana, an idyllic environment declared a World Heritage Site by...

Healthy holidays in Mallorca

Choosing Mallorca as your holiday destination does not only mean sun, beach and relaxation. Mallorca is a destination that offers much more than this, although if there is one thing we are really sure of, it is that holidays in Mallorca are equivalent to healthy holidays. Why is Mallorca one of the healthiest destinations out there? Clean air The first reason to choose Mallorca for your holiday destination, if you are...

Guide of the Southwest zone of Majorca

When we arrive in this area of Mallorca, it cannot be compared to any other place on the island. Unlike the large tourist resorts, the typical villages located in the Serra de Tramuntana, the southwest region has an endless number of attractive places, leisure activities and excellent infrastructure which makes it such a diverse and unique place. Here we tell you everything you need to know about the southwest of the island! Port...

5 curiosities about Mallorca that you didn't know

When we talk about Mallorca the first thing that comes to mind is sun and beach, but it is much more than that. The island offers countless places to discover, surprising us with unique locations, activities you can do all year round and much more. In addition to crystal clear water and precise landscapes, the island surprises us with all its history, mysteries and curiosities. If you are one of those who loves to study the peculiarities of...

7 days in Mallorca during Winter: The perfect planning

Who said you can't visit Mallorca during the winter season? Quite the opposite. The island offers much more than sun and beach, and is the favourite destination of millions of tourists of all kinds every year: those who seek relaxation and tranquillity, those who come for the hiking or cycling routes, and those who want to discover the island in a different way during the low season. This Mediterranean jewel offers a great variety of...

The most beautiful Christmas markets in Mallorca

Roasted chestnuts, background music and workshops for children make the Christmas spirit come to life in Mallorca. It is the time to enjoy and celebrate traditions with family and friends, and luckily there are endless options to do so. The island offers a great variety of markets during the festive season spread over small towns and also large localities, where you can count with live performances, activities for the youngest members of the...

Top 10 December activities in Majorca

Temperatures begin to drop, family celebrations begin and the streets are filled with good atmosphere: December is coming. This month is undoubtedly one of the most traditional throughout the year, and the island offers plenty of activities to do during this season. We've prepared some of this month's most common plans for you, ready? Enjoy the snow in the Serra de Tramuntana Believe it or not, it snows in Majorca as well. Maybe not as...

Things to do in Majorca with kids

Are you thinking of planning a family trip but don't know where to go? Majorca is one of the most popular tourist destinations as it offers a wide variety of activities for everyone: for those who are looking for a place to celebrate, for those who are looking for a place to relax from work, and for all those families who want to make unforgettable memories with their children. The reasons are clear: good weather, family attractions, idyllic...

The best trekking route in the Serra de Tramuntana

Do you need to take a break few days and you're not a beach lover? There are endless ways to spend your holidays in Majorca, as the island offers much more than beaches and coves. If you are passionate about nature and the mountains, this is the perfect way to get to know the island and discover the mountains. The route will take us through the most important mountain range on the island: the Serra de Tramuntana, and is considered the...

The best cycling route to discover the Serra de Tramuntana

A green landscape, the sea breeze and a mild weather, could you ask for anything else? This Mediterranean jewel offers countless places to discover and things to do, but there is no doubt that a visit to the Serra de Tramuntana is a must. It is one of the most emblematic places on the island, and they hide picturesque villages that will make you fall in love. Explore a total of 90 kilometres of beautiful landscapes, historic buildings,...

The 10 best hikes in Mallorca

Majorca is known worldwide for its sun and beach tourism. But there is another part of Majorca which is unknown to most tourists. Those visitors who have had the chance to get to know this different side of Majorca have been surprised by the variety of activities that can be done on this island. One of those alternative activities that can be done on the island, especially in low season, is hiking. Walks on foot through different areas of...