Festivals and Traditions of Mallorca: The Fira del Ram in Palma and the Fira de Alcúdia

When it comes to celebrating traditional festivals, the Balearic Islands don’t mess around, but prepare all year round to offer the best to their visitors. From the big cities to the small towns, in Mallorca they know how to enjoy their fiestas and have fun year after year. 

But there are two festivals that are especially important for Mallorca and at ROIG rent a car Mallorca, we would like to explain what they are all about. Come and join us to discover the Fira del Ram in Palma and the Fira de Alcúdia, two of the festivities and traditions of Mallorca that you cannot miss on your holidays!

Discover the Fira del Ram in Palma

The Fira del Ram in Palma has around 150 attractions and every year brings together people from all over Mallorca to spend some of the best afternoons of fun with friends or family. 

This party tends to get quite crowded, so we recommend that you hire our premium chauffeur driven car hire service in Mallorca, so you don’t have to worry about traffic jams or parking. You can also get to the party by taxi in Mallorca.

This year, the Fira del Ram will begin on 23 February and will run until 7 April, to welcome spring, as it should.

Historical origins of the Fira del Ram

Nowadays, the Fira del Ram in Palma has become a kind of amusement park that is set up every year for these festivities. But this has not always been the case. 

The Feria del Ramo, or Bouquet Fair, has its origins when a sculpture of the Veronica, bearer of the relic of the Santa Faz (Holy Face), arrived on the island. It is not known exactly when or how this image arrived in Palma. However, tradition has it that Cardinal Antoni Cerdà sent this statue from Rome to the nuns of the Santa Margarita monastery.

However, historians believe that the relic was sent by the Roman cardinal Jaume Pou Berard, who had a sister in the monastery. 

It is not clear, therefore, when and by whom the sculpture arrived in Palma, but what is clear is that it came directly from the eternal city.

Every spring, the people would go to visit the statue in the monastery, until it became too small, and they had to invade the streets of the city. This is how the Fira del Ram in Palma came to live, one of the best things to do in Mallorca during your stay on the island.

Typical gastronomy of the Fira del Ram: flavours of Mallorca

The Fira del Ram is a festival with a great gastronomic tradition. Most families and friends get together to buy and taste the typical recipes, year after year, and this festival would be nothing without a good portion of food! 

These are the most outstanding products that you can find at the fair’s stalls:

• Crespells: These dried pastries in the shape of stars, flowers or moons are the delight of sweet lovers.

• Rubiols: This is a sweet dough like a pastry, filled with jam, angel’s hair, ricotta or chocolate.

Frit: It is the union of a wide variety of fried foods to produce a mixture of flavours.

Everything you need to know about the Fira de Alcúdia

We continue with the festivals and traditions of Mallorca, this time to present the Fira de Alcúdia, a festivity not to be missed if you are on the island.

From the end of September until the beginning of October, Alcúdia celebrates its autumn festival in style. This is a festival full of craftsmanship in which local artists show and sell their best products, all made on the island of Mallorca.

To get to Alcúdia you can rent a car in Mallorca, as every year the Town Hall sets up a special car park for visitors.

Activities and attractions of the Fira de Alcúdia

The Fira de Alcúdia always kicks off with an exhibition by the Gegants d’Alcúdia. This act will lead to the inauguration of the festival, along with all its activities. We recommend that you read the leaflet of this year’s Alcúdia festivity, where you will find the specific timetables and locations of each of the events.

However, we would like to introduce you to some of the reasons that will make you change all the plans you had in mind, so that you don’t miss these interesting days:

• Art exhibitions
• Home cooking samples
• Live concerts
• Exhibitions of vintage vehicles
• Play area for the little ones
• Parade with fireworks
• Animal area
• Horse shows
• And much more…

What to visit in Alcúdia?

Visiting Alcúdia during its fiesta is the best idea you could have. You may even be thinking of looking for accommodation directly in this town. If so, you can hire the airport transfer service with ROIG, so you don’t have to worry about public transport timetables and routes. 

However, the Fira is not the only thing worth seeing in Alcúdia. This is a town with a lot of charm in which you can find emblematic spots such as the following:

• Alcúdia Old Town
• Walls of Alcúdia
• Xara Gate
• Alcúdia Market
• Church of San Jaime
• Alcúdia Beach
• S’Albufera Natural Park
• Monographic Museum of Pollentia
• Among others…

Now you know two of Mallorca’s most important festivals and traditions: the Fira del Ram and the Fira de Alcúdia. At ROIG we want to help you get to know the island as freely as possible and fall in love with it as much as we do. That’s why on our website you’ll find the best car hire deals in Mallorca, which will allow you to get around with the peace of mind of knowing that you’ve hired a professional, expert company with good customer service.