The almond festival in Ibiza

This Sunday, 12th February, you have the best plan in Santa Inés to celebrate the third edition of the Almond Festival (Festa de l'Ametlla), part of the town's patron saint festivities.

The small village of Santa Inés is located to the north of San Antonio and is one of the most charming in Ibiza, with a beautiful white church. Known for its extensive valleys full of almond trees, in winter they turned into a beautiful pearly hue when the trees begin to blossom.

The celebration of this highly prized nut on the island will be held in the municipal marquee of the village and will consist of various activities and exhibitors linked to the almond and its gastronomy.

At 11 am, there will be a 'Respectful Walk around the Pla de Corona' (Caminata Respetuosa por el Pla de Corona) around the new almond tree plantations. It will consist of a tour around the 286 almond tree plantations carried out in 2018 and the projects started since then in nearby plots: one with 400 almond trees and the last one with 3,000 new almond trees (2022).

From 12pm to 5pm the marquee will held an exhibition of typical products made with this wonderful fruit,  recipes and free gastronomic workshops.

• Milk, ricotta and almond biscuits with Ioana Manolache (11:45am)
• Almond and carob cream with dried figs with Marina Ribas Torres (12:30pm)
• Sugared almonds with María José Amengual (1:15pm)

To close this festivity. there will be a popular paella at 2pm followed by a concert by the cumbia group Flor d'Higuera.

This event is part of the project promoted last year by the Consell d'Ibiza's Department of the Rural Environment together with the village's residents' association, to renew the ageing almond tree plantations.

INITIATIVES TO MAINTAIN A FRUITFUL ALMOND CROP

Consell d'Ibiza recognises the importance of preserving almond cultivation in Ibiza, hence the need to renew the ageing plantations so that the almond blossom in the Pla does not end. 

With these new plantings, modern fruit growing practices are being evaluated to improve the commercial viability of almond cultivation, including irrigation.

In addition to pursuing the conservation and sustainability of rural landscapes for the production of natural products of great value to the population, it is vitally important to maintain the Pla de Corona because of the significance it has for Ibizans and its tourist attraction in winter. In fact, this area is the only agricultural landscape on Ibiza that forms part of the 'Atlas de Paisajes Agrarios de España' (Atlas of Agricultural Landscapes of Spain) published by the Ministry of Culture in 2013.

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