
Bay of Palma
Bay of Palma
Skip the sand entirely — an adults-only night boat out on the Bay of Palma, with a swim, music and the coastline lit up from the water.
Book through Thril.Every June, Mallorca stays up for its shortest night. Sant Joan — San Juan — falls on the eve of 24 June, and the classic way to mark it is a beach: a bonfire on the sand, fireworks over the bay, and a crowd by the sea until dawn. It's magic, and it's free, but it's also a crush. This is the other list. Five curated, bookable ways to spend midsummer if you'd rather have a seat, a table or a deck than a patch of beach. They run from the genuinely magical — a night of fire, percussion and ritual in a garden near Bunyola — to a barefoot solstice dinner in the sand at Nikki Beach, a panoramic adults-only tasting menu high above Palma at Es Balcó, and an adults-only night boat out on the Bay of Palma, watching the coast light up from the water. The morning after, the Fundació Miró throws its doors open free for the feast day itself. Good to know: most of these are on the night of 23 June and the dinners need a reservation — book ahead. The Miró open day lands on 24 June, the feast itself, and is free. Pick one, or string the night together.
Bunyola · 23 June
Solstice night of music, fire, percussion and ritual in a garden in the Tramuntana foothills — the magical end of the spectrum, far from the beach.
View detailsMagaluf · Every June 23
Barefoot dinner in the sand with the solstice as the backdrop — book a table by email.
View detailsSon Vida, Palma · 23 June
An adults-only midsummer tasting dinner with live music, high above the lights of Palma.
View detailsPalma · Every June 24
Wake up to the feast day with free entry, workshops and family activities at Miró's foundation.
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