Category: Crafts and trades

Dry stone walls in Mallorca: the art of building in the Serra de Tramuntana
Crafts and trades

Dry stone walls in Mallorca: the art of building in the Serra de Tramuntana

There is one thing that greatly surprises many people visiting Mallorca for the first time, especially if they visit the Serra de Tramuntana. We are referring to those long stone…

Antiguos oficios en Búger
Crafts and trades

Old Crafts in Búger

Today we are going to talk about two old crafts in Búger, already extinct in Mallorca, because almost everything is now produced in large factories and not by hand. Many…

Construcc
Crafts and trades

Building with marés: the stone that shaped Mallorca

If there is one material that defines Mallorca’s urban and architectural landscape, it is marés. For centuries, this sandstone quarried from the island’s quarries has been used to build houses,…

Mestres d'aixa - ship's carpenters
Crafts and trades

Mestres d’aixa: Mallorca’s shipwrights

For centuries, the sea was Mallorca’s main link with the rest of the Mediterranean. To build the wooden vessels that made this trade and navigation possible, there was a craft…

Summer calls for... ice cream
Crafts and trades

How ice cream was made in Mallorca 200 years ago

Eating ice cream is commonplace today, but in Mallorca 200 years ago it was not. Obtaining ice and making ice cream was quite a challenge, as there were no fridges…