Everyone likes a party and Es Firó in Sóller is the noisiest of them all !
Three days of history and pageantry played out in the colourful re-enactment of the invasion by Turkish and Algerian pirates of Sóller and their successful defeat in May 1561, the pleasure for the spectator is seeing history brought alive with a fiesta that is now one of best-known in Mallorca attracting huge numbers from all over the island and beyond.
Es Firó weekend will take place on 7th – 11th May in 2026 . The main event, the battle, takes place on Monday but the fiesta begins on the previous Thursday with the investiture of the ‘Valentes Dones’ (the brave sisters who successfully held off an attack on their house by the pirates) at the spectacular Sant Bartomeu Church in Sóller’s main square.
On Saturday there is a solemn procession of hundreds of people through the streets of Sóller carrying the statue of ‘Mare de Déu de la Victòria’ (Our Lady of the Victory) to the church, flowers are offered and the Sant Ponc 1561 flag is hung.
