Majorca

Majorca
duration: 8 days

dates of arrival:
25.05.2012 / 01.06.2012 / 08.06.2012 / 15.06.2012 / 07.09.2012 / 14.09.2012 / 21.09.2012 / 28.09.2012 / 05.10.2012 / 12.10.2012

Experience Mallorca by bike

You will be enchanted by Mallorca’s beauty. Discover the picturesque fishing villages, the weekly market in Santany and the famous Dragon caves. Enjoy a bath in secluded ocean bays, cycle along old stone walls through fields with almond trees and vast orchards. You will be moved by the panoramic view from the Randa monastery and fascinated by gnarled olive trees, deserted fincas and the bizarre cliff coastline on the hike to the artist village of Deya. A special treat is the ride with the historic train from Palma to Soller. In wooden railway cars you ramble through the Tramuntana Mountains with orange and lemon orchards stretching as far as the eye can see. Visit Fornalutx, a beautifully situated mountain village and speed down the steep 10 km/ miles descent to the bay of Sa Calobra. A boat ride along the coast, Kap Formentor, the monastery Lluc and the town of Palma offer prime photo opportunities!

1. day  Arrival Cala Blava - Puig d´en Ros

Individual journey. By taxi (approx. Euro 20,-) to the first hotel.

2. day  El Arenal/Cala Blava – San Jordi 50 km

Welcoming and tour information. You cycle near the coast to Capocorp Vell, the realm of the Cyclops (remnants of native inhabitant dwellings). Typical wind wheels line the way to the salt-work fields of Llevant with its salt-lakes shimmering a white-reddish colour. In San Jordi, there are beautiful sand beaches with crystal-clear water waiting for you.

3. day  San Jordi – Porto Cristo 60 km

To a botanic garden via Ses Salines. You visit a picturesque bay near Cala Santany. Through small fishing villages to the famous stone nature bridge "Es Pontas". Near Porto Cristo there are the Dragon caves with their grotesque pictures and forms.

4. day  Porto Cristo – Can Picafort 55 km

Via the sleepy village Son Carrio you bike to Manacor, the town of the Majoricas-pearls and of ceramics (visit of the exhibition). Via Santa Margerita ("most beautiful town square of Mallorca") through one of the most beautiful landscapes of the island to Can Picafort.

5. day  Puerto Pollensa/Alcudia 45 km

Today you need not pack your suitcases. You spend one more night in Can Picafort. The tour takes you via an ornithological park (nature reserve) to Puerto Pollensa (an old Roman harbour). Along the coastal way to Alcudia (oldest town of the island) and then back to Can Picafort.

6. day  Can Picafort – Porto Soller 45 km + bus transfer

Into the interior of the island via Muro and Inca and then to the mountainous landscape of the Sierra. There is a bus transfer to the monastery Lluch (break for a visit) and then biking to 1200 m above sea-level. Descend via Fornalutx ("the most beautiful village of Spain"), then partly through orange and lemon plantations to Porto Soller, one of the most attractive fishing villages of the island. In Fornalutx one has an excellent Paella-menu (inclusive).

7. day  Porto Soller - Palma de Mallorca/Playa de Palma train journey + 20 km

With the "Nostalgic Train" through the "Orange Valley" ("It is not allowed to pick fruits during the tour.") down to the capital Palma. Sightseeing tour in the old town with cathedral. You bike home along the coast to Playa de Palma.

8. day  Playa de Palma Return

Individual return journey or extension