Majorca Mallorca

Jan Edwards returns to the Majorca Mallorca Podcast with a tour of some of her latest food, drink and cultural discoveries around Mallorca. From a newly reopened countryside hotel near Manacor and a neighbourhood restaurant in Palma to Peruvian food, wine events and the Rafa Nadal Academy, Jan has plenty of recommendations. Jan Edwards is back, and this time the conversation ranges across a large...

What does it really take to build a new life in Mallorca? In this episode of The Majorca Mallorca Podcast, Vicki McLeod talks to Ottilie Quince, founder of OQ Service Course in Port de Pollença, about the eleven years she has spent building a business and a life on the island. Moving to Mallorca can look very different from the outside compared with the reality of actually building a life here. Ot...

Thinking about moving to Mallorca, working here or making the island your permanent home? This episode looks at some of the paperwork and practical realities you need to understand before making the move. Vicki McLeod is joined by Becky Bellafont Evans and Rebecca Edwards from Mallorca Solutions to discuss NIE numbers, residency, visas, seasonal work, Spanish citizenship, private medical insurance...

What is Sóller really like when you live there? Vicki and Oliver take the Majorca Mallorca Podcast out of the studio and meet Shirley in Sóller for a wide-ranging conversation about life in the valley, from tourism and traffic to housing, buses, winter in Mallorca and the extraordinary build-up to the August 2026 total solar eclipse. There are stories about Northern Ireland, weddings, eclipse prop...

What is it really like to work on a superyacht in Mallorca? Erica Lay, founder of EL CREW CO and author of The Superyacht Life , returns to the Majorca Mallorca Podcast to talk about yacht recruitment, crew life and the changing reality of working in one of the island's most important industries. From the days when newcomers could arrive with a backpack and a hope and a dream to today's world of q...

What would Mallorca’s total solar eclipse smell like? In this episode of the Majorca Mallorca Podcast, Vicki and Oliver meet Trudi Murray, founder of Gaia Natural, to explore the fascinating world of fragrance, memory and Mallorcan creativity. Gaia Natural creates bespoke amenities and spa products for some of Mallorca’s leading luxury hotels. Each property receives its own exclusive fragrance, in...

Is Mallorca really telling tourists to go home? This week, Vicki and Oliver examine the huge anti-tourism demonstration in Palma, the clashes outside Ses Voltes and the complicated reality behind the headlines. The protest may be described as anti-tourism, but concerns about housing, overcrowding, traffic, natural resources and the island’s tourism-dependent economy make the story far more complex...

On Wednesday 12 August 2026, Mallorca will experience one of the most remarkable natural events of our lifetime: a total solar eclipse. However, seeing it will not be as simple as walking outside and looking up. The eclipse will reach totality shortly before sunset, when the Sun is extremely low in the west-north-western sky. Across much of Mallorca, the Serra de Tramuntana, local hills, buildings...

Where should you eat in Mallorca when you want something better than the familiar tourist favourites? Food journalist Mia Naprta joins Vicki McLeod and Oliver Neilson to share some of her latest discoveries, from excellent-value menús del día and properly prepared Valencian-style paella to brunch, Japanese pancakes and an extraordinary three-and-a-half-hour Michelin-starred tasting experience. The...

Vicki and Ollie discuss the Omega Loop heatwave gripping Spain and Europe, their neighbour's house catching fire from a short-circuiting electrical cable, the total solar eclipse coming to Mallorca on August 12 (where to watch, traffic chaos, boat safety, and why not to trust ChatGPT for viewing locations), fire safety warnings, Port Andratx fiestas including the boat procession of the Virgin Mary...

After a bit of a break, Vicki and Oliver are back behind the microphones. In this episode they discuss the latest developments in Mallorca, including new direct flights from Canada and Abu Dhabi, why cycling tourism continues to be so important to the island, the evolution of Mallorca Live Festival, the upcoming San Juan celebrations, and the tragic fire at the Trianon 2 apartment block in Magaluf...

Gastro journalist Mia Naprta is back in studio (with a special guest appearance from Bert the dog) to tell us where she has been eating since we last saw her knee-deep in Restaurant Week. This episode covers the full spectrum of Mallorca's food scene: tapas at the two-Michelin-star Cap Vermell resort, a wine tasting at Richard Branson's Son Bunyola estate, Nikki Beach's season opening, and a data-...

Oliver sits down with Steve Redfern, former Leicester, England and Sheffield Eagles prop, who seventeen years ago brought six teams to a beach in Mallorca and started what is now one of Europe's biggest beach rugby tournaments. This year's edition had 84 teams, six pitches, more women's teams than men's, and an estimated two million euros flowing into the Magaluf economy over one weekend. Steve ta...

In this episode, Vicki McLeod welcomes food writer and Mallorca restaurant reviewer Jan Edwards back to the studio for a wide-ranging conversation about food, restaurants and life on the island. Jan begins with the new edition of the Chefs(in) guide, a restaurant and cocktail bar guide covering Mallorca and the Balearics, before she and Vicki dive into chef culture, why the restaurant industry can...

In this episode, Vicki McLeod sits down with long-time Mallorca resident Justin Jones for a moving and deeply human conversation about life before and after the accident that changed everything. Justin originally came from George, South Africa, before moving to the UK and later to Mallorca after visiting his brother on the island. What began as a weekend visit soon turned into a new life, first th...

Oliver Neilson talks to Shirley Roberts of Sollerweb about life in Sóller, changing seasons, local fiestas, tourism, traffic, housing, restaurants and the communities that keep the valley alive. Here is a link to the agenda for the firo on SollerWeb, and make sure you visit back, she writes about life in the valley every day. https://l1nq.com/sr9k8q0 ...and if you can't get a wristband for access...

A warm, thoughtful conversation with Tara Huber, creator of Deia Unpacked , about life in Deià, the stories that shape a village, and what happens when a place changes from holiday fantasy to real home. This week’s guest is Tara Huber, host of Deia Unpacked , a podcast devoted to the characters, ideas and voices that give Deià its identity. Tara first came to Mallorca in 1989 and, after years of r...

This week on the Majorca Mallorca podcast, Vicki sits down with Glynis German for a conversation about one of life’s few certainties, death. It may sound like a heavy topic, but this episode is full of warmth, honesty, humour and practical advice. Glynis shares how her background, family life and years in Mallorca led her to become an end-of-life doula, funeral celebrant and host of Death Cafés. T...

In this episode, Vicki sits down with Bronwen Griffiths, president of Cancer Support Mallorca, to talk about her remarkable life in Spain and the charity’s work supporting people affected by cancer on the island. Bronwen shares how she moved from the UK to Spain in her twenties, built a life across Menorca and Mallorca, spent decades teaching at Bellver International College, and eventually steppe...

Oliver sits down with Nick Brown, a regular in the Majorca Mallorca community known for translating complicated rules into plain English, to unpack what is changing at Europe’s borders. They cover the Entry/Exit System (EES) kiosks and biometrics, how the Schengen 90 days in any 180 days rule actually works, what could cause longer queues at Palma, and the practical stuff people can do to reduce s...

Mallorca Restaurant Week is live, and despite the name, it’s five weeks long. We’re joined in the studio by Anna Ruiz Alvaro and Mia Narpta , the team behind Mallorca Restaurant Week, to share what’s new for this edition, why the event focuses on the low season, and how it brings together restaurants, producers, hotels, and partners across the island. We talk about: When it runs, and why the timin...

Happy New Year, and welcome back to the Mallorca Mallorca Podcast. This week, Soller Shirley joins Vicki in the studio for a wide-ranging winter chat, starting with festive downtime, sea walks, and why the quiet season can be the most grounding time to live in Mallorca. From there, we dive into one of the island’s most loved winter traditions, Sant Antoni in Sóller , from bonfires and barbecues to...

Vicki sits down with Maya Flynn , a Poland-born health practitioner who lived in Ireland before moving to Mallorca . Maya shares how her own health journey, from low thyroid and fatigue to digestive issues, led her into naturopathic nutritional therapy and functional medicine. Together they unpack why symptoms are often signals, not the real problem, why the body is individual, and how lifestyle,...

Food writer and Restaurant Week organiser Mia Naprta joins Vic and Ollie for a fast, funny, very hungry catch up on what she’s been eating around Mallorca, plus the places she’s most excited about right now. They talk winter comfort food, Croatian Christmas traditions, Palma’s stand out lunch menus, tapas worth the splurge, and why first impressions matter so much when a new venue opens. You will...

In this episode, Vicki speaks with Imke, a life coach and counsellor based in Mallorca, about what it really means to change direction in life. Imke spent almost 25 years working as a cardiologist in Germany before moving to Mallorca. What she expected to be a continuation of her career became a moment of deep questioning, leading her to step away from medicine and retrain in counselling and coach...