The same diversity that the Illes Balears offer at a cultural level is also evident in crafts. You can buy arts and crafts in glass, ceramics, embroidery, fabrics, shoes, leather, silverware, trinkets, jewellery, pearls, all the latest trends in fashion and all those things that artists from round about have introduced alongside the traditions of the Illes Balears.
We invite you
to follow our Craft Trails to discover the traditional
occupations associated with our land and which form part
of its history and culture [+]
Dried apricots from Porreras are well-deserving of their fame and for years were a source of wealth for the village, which exported its crop all over the world [+]
In the past, today's Christmas markets were places where an assortment of different kinds of merchandise and food products to celebrate the season were sold. [+]
This exquisite product is one of the islands' most famous sausages. It is still made all over the islands and nowadays is registered under the Mallorcan Sobrassada geographical denomination. [+]
There was no tradition of flea markets in Mallorca until, a few years ago, an Australian began to introduce this method of buying and selling in the towns. The first one was in Consell, where every Sunday morning hundreds of stalls fill its industrial estate with colour. [+]
No other product is more typical or famous of the Illes Balears than the ensaimada. This sweet, spiral-shaped bun has become the breakfast not only of Mallorcans and visitors; its consumption has spread to bars and bakeries overseas. [+]
Majorca and Eivissa's most traditional liqueurs have their origin in the medicinal concoctions which the apothecaries used to prepare in the 16th Century to fight against epidemics. Two of these are herbes (herbs) and palo, which have a Denomination of Origin guarantee. [+]
Molten masses from Mallorca's glass kilns continue to keep glasswork alive after centuries of history. Unique pieces modelled by master glassblowers at their factories who follow a tradition that has remained practically unchanged down the years. [+]
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