On the eve of Sant Joan, the whole island seems to stay up past midnight. It's Mallorca's midsummer night — the shortest of the year — and it's marked the way it has been for centuries: with bonfires on the sand, fireworks over the water, music in the plaça, and a dip in the sea for luck. There's no single place to be, because everywhere is doing its own version at once. This is a route through four of them. It starts in Palma, where the Nit de Sant Joan turns the seafront into the island's biggest celebration — crowds, fire and the cathedral lit up behind it all. Up in the Tramuntana, Deià keeps things more intimate, its festes winding through steep stone streets above the coast. Over on the east, Son Servera throws one of the liveliest village fiestas of the season. And along the shoreline, the revetla on Mallorca's beaches is the people's version — families claiming a patch of sand, lighting small fires and seeing in the 24th together. Pick one and commit, or hop between a couple if you're near the right towns. Either way, the trick is the same everywhere: stay out late, follow the smoke and the music, and don't be surprised if the night ends with your feet in the water.
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