Sineu Wednesday market, over 700 years old
Weekly Wednesday-morning market with a 1306 privilege from King Jaume II and live animals, around the church and Plaça del Fossar; walking around is free.
Closed on Saturdays and Sundays according to Google
Towns of Mallorca · Es Pla (central plain)
Sineu
In the heart of the island: a Wednesday market, a palace of the Kings of Mallorca and a winged bronze lion.
- Things to do
- 3 in town · 9 nearby
- Best time
- Wednesday morning, market day
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Things to do in Sineu
James II made Sineu one of his residences and rebuilt his palace here in the early 14th century. Beside the Gothic church of Santa Maria stands “es lleó”, the winged lion of Saint Mark, the town’s patron, cast in bronze in 1945. The former Minim friary, with its Baroque cloister, has been the town hall since 1877.
Sineu Market and Formentor with boat trip
Coach trip combining Sineu's Wednesday market, beach time at Formentor and a boat ride, with hotel pickup.
Bus day trip to Formentor, Port de Pollença, Alcúdia and Sineu market
Coach day through the north and interior with pickup in Porto Cristo, Cala d'Or or Colònia de Sant Jordi, ending at Sineu market.
Sineu on the map
The stamp marks the town; the dots are the experiences in and around it, coloured by category.
In Sineu
- Sineu Wednesday market, over 700 years old0.1 km
- Sineu Market and Formentor with boat trip0.2 km
- Bus day trip to Formentor, Port de Pollença, Alcúdia and Sineu market0.2 km
Around
- Visit to Expo Biodiversity, Costitx's natural-history cabinet5.5 km
- Fused glass workshop on a Llubí estate: make your own glass bowl5.7 km
- Els Calderers manor estate and museum visit7.1 km
- Museu de la Paraula – Rafel Ginard's house in Sant Joan7.2 km
- Natural dyeing on silk on a Sant Joan estate (3 h)7.3 km
- Telescope stargazing night on Puig de Bonany8.7 km
When to visit Sineu, and tips
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When to go
Wednesday morning, market day, complete with a livestock section. Sant Marc is celebrated on 25 April, and the spring fair on the first Sunday of May.
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A local tip
Come by train: SFM line T3 stops in Sineu, a few minutes from the old town. On market day the central car park fills up early.
Quick facts
- Market
- Wednesday morning
- Sant Marc
- 25 April
- Winged lion
- Bronze, 1945
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Near Sineu
Within 12 km as the crow flies, nearest first.
Visit to Expo Biodiversity, Costitx's natural-history cabinet
A collection of insects, fossils and animals from the Iberian-Balearic region and around the world, open on the first and third Sunday of each month.
Fused glass workshop on a Llubí estate: make your own glass bowl
A workshop on an organic estate near Inca where you make a 25 cm fused-glass bowl; it is collected or shipped after firing.
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Els Calderers manor estate and museum visit
Visit to a Mallorcan manor estate with more than 30 rooms, black pigs, a smithy, an oven and a wash house, open every day.
Museu de la Paraula – Rafel Ginard's house in Sant Joan
A museum of orality and Mallorcan popular culture in the birthplace of the poet Rafel Ginard, in the heart of the Pla.
Closed on Saturdays and Sundays according to Google
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Natural dyeing on silk on a Sant Joan estate (3 h)
A walk in the countryside to pick pigment plants and flowers, then a workshop dyeing a silk scarf that you take home the same day.
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Guía local de astronomía del Puig de Bonany (listado en GuruWalk)
Telescope stargazing night on Puig de Bonany
Guided viewing of constellations, planets and the Moon from Puig de Bonany with a telescope, in Spanish and pay-what-you-want.
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What to do around here
Nearby towns
- Lloret de Vistalegre4.2 km
- Costitx5.5 km
- Maria de la Salut5.9 km
- Sant Joan5.9 km
- Llubí6.3 km
- Montuïri8.5 km
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What is there to see and do in Sineu?
James II made Sineu one of his residences and rebuilt his palace here in the early 14th century. Beside the Gothic church of Santa Maria stands “es lleó”, the winged lion of Saint Mark, the town’s patron, cast in bronze in 1945. The former Minim friary, with its Baroque cloister, has been the town hall since 1877. Atlas de Mallorca lists 3 experiences in town and 9 nearby: Sineu Wednesday market, over 700 years old, Sineu Market and Formentor with boat trip, Bus day trip to Formentor, Port de Pollença, Alcúdia and Sineu market, Visit to Expo Biodiversity, Costitx's natural-history cabinet, Fused glass workshop on a Llubí estate: make your own glass bowl, Els Calderers manor estate and museum visit.
When is the best time to visit Sineu?
Wednesday morning, market day, complete with a livestock section. Sant Marc is celebrated on 25 April, and the spring fair on the first Sunday of May.
Any practical tips for visiting Sineu?
Come by train: SFM line T3 stops in Sineu, a few minutes from the old town. On market day the central car park fills up early.
Sources
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