Mallorca walking trip: 6 days

Arrival at Valldemossa, a small town built around an old Carthusian monastery which proudly remembers the year in which Frederic Chopin and George Sand, first European bohemians, wintered here. Valldemossa can easily be reached by public bus from Palma de Mallorca.

Challenge: Travel to Valldemossa

Villages along the way: Valldemossa

Your first walk starts directly from your hotel. Leaving the village of Valldemossa, you reach an area with restricted access where a limited number of permits are granted each day to walk the Archduke’s Trail (Camí de s’Arxiduc). This permit is arranged for you by S-Cape Travel. Should there be no permits available, you will follow an alternative route nearby. Both options include sweeping views and an optional ascent to a peak

Challenge: 13,3 km / 8,26 mi, 775 m ascent, 775 m descent, 5,5 - 6 hours.

Villages along the way: Valldemossa

After a short transfer, you walk from the artists' colony of Deià to the coastal town of Port Sóller. Your route follows the coastline, through quiet Mediterranean woods (pines, oaks and madrone trees) and across a private estate where the owners serve delicious fresh orange juice.

Challenge: 12 km / 7,45 mi, 525 m ascent, 700 m descent, 5.5 hours.

Villages along the way: Deià, Port Sóller

After a taxi transfer to Cala Tuent,a summer village with a lovely beach, you begin a 6-hour walk. Your first follow the coastline to Port Sóller and then by way of the farm at Balitx d'Avall, situated among orange groves and olive orchards in one of the most remote valleys of Mallorca. 

Challenge: 13,6 km / 8,45 mi, 650 m ascent, 610 m descent, 6 hours

Villages along the way: Cala Tuent, Balitx d'Avall

From the port, you do a steep ascent to the cliffs which form a natural breakwater overlooking the bay. At the top, you have lovely views from 'Torre Picada', along the rocky coastline to the tiny island of S'Illeta just offshore. From the peak, you do a steep descent along a ravine to reach 'Sa Punta Llarga', a promontory which affords a lovely vista point back from sea level.

Challenge: Sa Punta Larga: 6,7 km, 270 m ascent and descent, 2,5 - 3 hours

                        Lake Cuber & Biniaraix: 9,7 km - 11,8km - 14,8km  / 6 - 7,3 - 9,1 mi, 100 / 270 m ascent, 775 / 980 m descent, 4.5 - 1,5 hours

Villages along the way: S'Illeta, Sa Punta Llarga

The trip comes to an end after breakfast.