
On the night of Sant Joan (23 June), Cala Deià trades the fireworks and fire-runs of the city for something gentler: a habaneres concert in the small cove tucked beneath the cliffs of the Serra de Tramuntana. Locals and visitors gather on the rocks and the little beach to sing along to the old Cuban-rooted sea songs and share trempó, the typical Mallorcan summer salad of tomato, pepper and onion. It is one of the island's most atmospheric and least frenetic ways to mark the summer solstice — an alternative to the packed sands of Palma and the correfoc at the Parc de la Mar.
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