125th anniversary of the Tour of Mallorca of the 9 of Santanyí

This 2024 is the 125th anniversary of the Tour of Mallorca organized by nine members of the Reial Gremi d'Assadolladors, for that reason, the Consell de Mallorca has organized this summer a tour of Mallorca to commemorate the anniversary of the 'Santanyinera' expedition, which will take place between July 25th and August 3rd.

The vice president of the Consell and island councilor of Culture and Heritage, Antònia Roca, presented the program of events to be held from March 22nd to August 3rd, including lectures, wine tastings and concerts.

On July 25th will start the return to Mallorca with a total of nine fixed boats and others that will be added in different sections on an ad hoc basis. Roca has assured that the Balearic will be incorporated in the last stretch of the tour.

"The number of participating boats has been limited to nine because that is how it was done in 1899," said Roca. The route will start in Cala Figuera and will continue through Portocolom, Porto Cristo, Cala Ratjada, Alcúdia, Sóller, Banyalbufar, Andratx and Palma.

The trip around Mallorca organized by the nine intrepid sailors in 1899, aboard the llaüt San Miguel, is the first documented trip by Mallorcans for leisure purposes. This documentation was found in the Can Clar Archive and later, in 2019, the book "9. Diaria de l'expedició santanyianera al voltant de Mallorca" was written, which records these facts.