Mediaeval market in Capdepera. | R.F.
It was not alone among Mallorcan municipalities in having been declared a “vila” by King Jaume II at the turn of the fourteenth century, but Capdepera makes the most of this mediaeval connection by holding an annual Mediaeval Market.
First held in 2000, and so 700 hundred years after becoming a vila, the market has become a major and hugely popular event on the annual calendar. Whereas others have dabbled with mediaeval markets, Capdepera goes the whole hog and turns the clock back to the days of Vikings and goodness knows what else.
From the time it gets under way, the village will create an atmosphere of several centuries before. The whole weekend features weird and wonderful mediaeval characters - barbarians, tribal dancers, jugglers - with numerous processions and more. The Saturday is the main day in that events, including non-mediaeval rock concerts, go on into the small hours. For visitors in Capdepera’s coastal resorts, special transport is laid on to and from Capdepera village.