Ten shows, 5€ a ticket: Pedra en Viu hits Ciutadella Aug 29

Today's essentials (5 key points)

• Ibiza's newly opened Parador is already showing water leaks in several common areas, according to Periodico de Ibiza y Formentera.
• Open-Meteo forecasts an overcast, humid day across the Balearics, with highs around 30°C and almost no rain.
• Spain's DGT has released its driving advice for the end-of-summer 'Operacion Retorno', Diario de Ibiza reports.
• A new hotel in Portinatx, in northern Ibiza, has opened billing itself as a 'bohemian temple', the Nomade Temple, Diario de Ibiza and Periodico de Ibiza y Formentera report.
• Sant Antoni's municipal summer schools have hosted 700 children this year, the local council says.

Today's essentials

Ten shows, 5€ a ticket: Pedra en Viu hits Ciutadella Aug 29. Pedra en Viu turns Ciutadella (Menorca) into an all-day stage on Saturday 29 August 2026, from 10am to 10pm, with ten performances scattered across the old town and tickets at 5€ each (or a 30€ day pass).

Pedra en Viu, the artistic strand of Menorca's Pedra Viva festival, packs ten shows (theatre, puppetry, circus, dance and music) into unconventional corners of Ciutadella, according to the local Menorca press. The companies come from Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza, selected from around 30 applications, and the day runs a full twelve hours, from 10am to 10pm.

Here is where to actually go. The day opens at 10am on the Placa de la Catedral, right by the cathedral, and closes at 10pm with a concert at Jazzbah. In between, the shows move through Bastio de Sa Font, Hort des Quei, Pla de Sant Joan, Sa Colarsega, Hort Benejam, the Cinemes Moix Negre, La Margarete and Carrer Marques d'Albranca. Everything sits inside the historic core of Ciutadella, so the whole route is walkable on foot.

A couple of programme anchors: Ramat, by the Ibiza company Oasi, at 1pm, and Brocal, by Mallorca's Zahori, at 8pm. On price, it is 5€ per show, two of them free (Zooller and the closing Kuu Music Experience), and a 30€ pass covers the entire day. Tickets are on the official site pedravivamenorca.com or in person at the Cafe Anima in Ciutadella.

Getting there is the one thing to plan: Ciutadella sits at the western end of Menorca, so if you are coming from Mao or from the ferry, allow time for the drive or the island bus. Once you arrive, park on the edge of the centre and walk, since the venues are clustered and closed streets are common on event days.

What this changes for you: this is a rare, low-cost way to sample Balearic performing arts in one walkable spot in a single afternoon. If you want the lot, buy the 30€ pass; if you are dipping in, build your evening around the two free shows and add two or three 5€ tickets. And there is a sequel worth noting: the day after, on 30 August 2026, an artists' residency runs with mentors Anna Ponces, Toni Casares and Pedro Vidal, who also form the jury that will award the Pedra Viva 2026 prize, according to eliris.cat.

Weather today

Grey and muggy, highs near 30°C. Expect an overcast, humid day across the Balearics with highs around 30°C and barely any rain, according to Open-Meteo.

In Palma the forecast is a low of 27°C and a high of 30°C under a fully overcast sky, with only an 8% chance of rain and winds up to 17 km/h, per Open-Meteo. The picture is much the same across the rest of Mallorca (Calvia), 26°C to 30°C with lighter winds up to 14 km/h, and on the other islands (Sant Antoni) it runs 27°C to 30°C, rain near 5% and breezes to 16 km/h.

With cloud cover and high humidity doing more than the sun today, it will feel sticky rather than scorching. Light layers are enough and there is no real need to reshuffle plans around rain, so early or late is your call for the beach or a walk.

Transport & traffic

• DGT sets out its end-of-summer return advice. Spain's traffic authority (DGT) has published its recommendations for the 'Operacion Retorno', the wave of homeward journeys as the summer winds down, Diario de Ibiza reports. Weekend traffic has climbed all summer on the main routes toward the coast and resort areas, and the DGT is now framing its guidance around the return leg. On the islands the squeeze lands less on the roads than at the ports and the airport: if you are shipping a car by ferry or flying out in the closing days of August, book ahead and leave a wide margin, since demand concentrates on the final weekends.
• Two buses, three books. An Ultima Hora columnist recounts spotting four women on a Mallorca bus, two of them absorbed in paper books, a small scene worth a second look. Behind the anecdote is a quiet point about island public transport: the bus is dead reading time, and plenty of riders still choose a printed book over a phone. If your commute or day trip runs on the Mallorca network, it is a reminder that the ride itself can be the calmest part of the day.

What's changing for you

• Ibiza's new Parador is already leaking. The state-run Parador de Ibiza, opened in 2026 after some 20 years of construction, is already showing water leaks in several common areas, with damp smells and drips, according to Periodico de Ibiza y Formentera. The practical read for now is modest but real: if you were eyeing a stay or an event at the Parador in its first season, ask about the affected areas before you commit. As a public Parador, the fix falls to the state hotel network, so expect maintenance work rather than a quick private repair.

Local news to know

• Cloudy morning inland at Vilafranca de Bonany. The interior Mallorcan village of Vilafranca de Bonany starts the day very cloudy with temperatures near 26°C, according to Diario de Mallorca.
• A 'bohemian temple' opens in northern Ibiza. Diario de Ibiza and Periodico de Ibiza y Formentera report that the Nomade Temple hotel in Portinatx, in the north of Ibiza, has presented its 'bohemian temple' concept to media, officials and local guests.
• Clear skies and up to 34°C in Soller. Soller, in the Tramuntana valley of Mallorca, opens mostly clear and is set to climb from about 24°C at dawn to a high near 34°C, according to Diario de Mallorca.
• A 72-year-old llaut still sailing Pollenca bay. The classic llaut Isabel Maria, now 72 years old, still runs gentle crossings of the bay of Pollenca in Mallorca, keeping its slender traditional lines, Ultima Hora reports.