Event Dates
From: Monday, June 23, 2025
To: Monday, June 23, 2025
The event features a combination of street parties, pop concerts, drummers, devils, demons and fireworks.
San Juan’s Night of Fire – La Nit de Foc – takes place each June against the impressive backdrop of Palma’s Cathedral. The event features a combination of street parties, pop concerts, drummers, devils, demons and fireworks.
- Are you visiting La Palma? Stay at the Hotel Cort; a superb rated 4-star hotel close to all the gay bars in the Gomila district. The hotel has impressive decor, delicious breakfasts, and friendly staff.
The Event
- Next Edition: Monday 23rd June, 2025.
- The festivities begin during the day, where you can find traditional food, local costumes, and dancing on the streets.
- Once the sun sets, demons come out to the streets with their fire and light show, accompanied by people dancing to the beat of drums and flutes.
The Fire Run – El correfoc
- La Nit de Foc is celebrated across Mallorca, with the most significant events taking place in the capital, La Palma. At its heart is the fire run or correfoc, where the ‘devils’ run through the streets with firecrackers and fireworks; not for the fainthearted!
- The event takes place in Palma’s Parc de Mar by the cathedral from 22:30, followed by a midnight concert that lasts well into the early hours of the morning.
- Other famous fire runs are held in Captepera (80km from Palma), Alaró (19km from Palma), Sóller (30km from Palma), and Mancor de la Vall (39km from Palma)
- These small towns are well worth exploring during your visit to Mallorca, offering some amazing dining options, stunning natural beauty and charming boutique hotels and guest houses.
Gay events during the Night of Fire
- Most of the gay bars in Palma host special theme nights and parties during the San Juan festivities.
- The bars fill up early as people enjoy the lively atmosphere that spills onto the streets around Palma’s Gomila district, along with the Av de Joan Miro, the city’s de facto gay neighbourhood.
Popular Hotels in La Palma
The following hotels are close to the city’s top attractions and a short ride to the gay bars and clubs:
Convent de la Missio, Hotel Cort, Petit Palace, Hotel Can Alomar
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Carrer de Sant Feliu, 1
Featuring a plunge pool, Hotel Can Alomar is set in the tree-lined Paseo del Borne Boulevard in the centre of Palma. There is free WiFi throughout.
The spacious rooms feature satellite TV, king-size beds, a seating area and safe. The bathrooms feature a bath or a shower, hairdryer with diffuser, hairstraightener, free toiletries, and complimentary bathrobe and slippers. Room service is available.
Carrer de la Missió, 7A, 07003 Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Illes Balears, Spain
Housed in the old monastery Convent de la Missió dating from the 17th century, this modern and chic hotel boasts an excellent location in the centre of historic Palma.
Visit the beautiful, historical old town of Palma on foot from this hotel. You can stroll through the narrow streets surrounding the hotel and relax in the gardened patios. At the end of a busy days sightseeing in Palma, you can unwind in the sauna or by sitting in the cool of the interior patio.
Plaça De Cort 11, 07001 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Offering a roof top with a swimming pool and bar, Hotel Cort is located in Palma de Mallorca, 10 minutes’ walk from Palma Port. The air-conditioned hotel has a restaurant serving Mediterranean cuisine.
Each stylish room features a seating area with a flat-screen TV with Chromecast and minibar. The private bathroom includes a bathrobe and free toiletries. There is free Wi-Fi available.
Carrer de Can Campaner, 6
ICON Rosetó by Petit Palace is a boutique hotel set in Palma de Mallorca old town. Guests can enjoy a city view from the rooftop small pool and solarium.
This historic building used to be a convent and the rooms of this cosy boutique hotel features modern Balearic décor with wooden beams. All rooms have an iPad available on request, they include coffee facilities, and a private bathroom equipped with a shower. For your comfort, you will find free high-range toiletries
Carrer del Miracle, 10, 07002 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain
This house offers a kitchen with a dishwasher, a microwave and a fridge, a living-dining room with flat screen TV and a a DVD player, 2 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms with a shower. The perfect place to share with friends
Carrer de Pere Martell, 24, 07003 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain
Each unit is fitted with a terrace, a fully equipped kitchen with a dishwasher, A microwave, a fridge and a coffee machine. A seating area, a flat-screen TV, a washing machine, and a private bathroom with bidet
Carrer Terrer, 6, 07013 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain
The air-conditioned apartment is composed of 3 separate bedrooms, a fully equipped kitchen, and 3 bathrooms. with amenities such as free WiFi and a flat-screen TV. Guests benefit from a balcony and a terrace.
Carrer de Catany, 12, 07012 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain
The holiday home features 3 bedrooms, a flat-screen TV with cable channels, a fully equipped kitchen with a dishwasher and a microwave, a washing machine, and 2 bathrooms with a shower. Free WiFi
Carrer Rodríguez de Arias, 5
Possibly the most magical and beautiful gay bar in Palma to have a Cocktail, dinner, drink, smoke Shisha,
Avinguda de Joan Miró, 58
always a fun gay bar and if you feel peckish you can have some tapas friendly and nice staff
Carrer de Ticià, 22
Gay Cruising and fetish bar not for the shy boys
Carrer de la Vinyassa, 23
Gay Bar straight-friendly :) Located in the city center. Two floors. Bar-cruising area and party area for Friday and Saturday, called Secret Room.
It is a Night Bar, where you can have a quiet drink, we also have a dark room that is equipped with cabins, sling, shower etc ... On the other hand there is the "SECRET ROOM" where various Shows are made, for example : Erotic, Drag Queen, After (mixed).
Carrer de la Llotgeta, 12
Fun gay bar well worth a visit
Carrer de Pablo Iglesias, 12
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