
Mountain bike hire
Why not explore the beautiful sites of Mallorca by bike? This shop is part of a company that was founded in 1986. They can easily get you on the road with their wide range of bicycles.
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© Sa Calobra TT
A stunning yet taxing cycling through the Mallorcan hills
With undulating roads and an altitude gain of almost 2000m this relatively short ride, at just 75km, will get your lungs and your legs pumping.
Taking in one of the most famous roads in Mallorca, the ride from Port de Soller to Sa Calobra takes you over Puig Major and the Coll dels Reis.
The engineer responsible for this road, Antonio Paretti, used the mountains natural curves and the gradient is surprisingly steady. However the last 2 kilometres are the hardest with two points where the road reaches 11.5%.
Puig Major Tunnel 871 metres (from Soller)
Length: 14.5 Kilometres
Altitude Gain: 855 metres
Average Gradient: 5.9%
Coll de Cals Reis 723 metres (from Escorca)
Length: 2.6 Kilometres
Altitude Gain: 155 metres
Average Gradient: 6.0%
Coll de Cals Reis 723 metres (from Sa Calobra)
Length: 10 Kilometres
Altitude Gain: 711 metres
Average Gradient: 7.1%
Puig Major Tunnel 871 metres (from Gorg Blau)
Length: 4.8 Kilometres
Altitude Gain: 243 metres
Average Gradient: 5.1%
If you are doing this ride during the summer months, leave early, as the Sa Calobra road becomes very busy with buses and hire cars. Once in Sa Calobra, if you don't feel like cycling back, then you can take your bike back to the Puerto Soller on the boat.
This route is courtesy of Tramuntana Tours, who are based in Soller.
Why not explore the beautiful sites of Mallorca by bike? This shop is part of a company that was founded in 1986. They can easily get you on the road with their wide range of bicycles.
Travelling in Mallorca is about exploring the beautiful sights, enjoying the fresh air and having a bit of an adventure. What better way to do it than on a bike? This shop offers a wide range of bicycles to hire, whether you are looking for a road bike or an e-bike.
Travelling in Mallorca is about exploring the beautiful sights, enjoying the fresh air and having a bit of an adventure. What better way to do it than on a bike? This shop offers a wide range of bicycles to hire, whether you are looking for an e-bike or mountain bike.
Why not explore the beautiful sites of Mallorca by bike? This shop is part of a company that was founded in 1986. They can easily get you on the road with their wide range of bicycles.
All bikes are supplied with a helmet, pump, saddlebag containing a spare inner tube, patch kit, tyre levers, allen keys, water bottle holder, and a lock.
Bike rental shop in central Palma offering a variety of road bikes, so you can explore Mallorca like a local and in an eco-friendly way.
Explore the Torrent de Pareis gorge, just 10 minutes walk from Sa Calobra. This give you the chance to stretch out those biking muscles before the return journey!
Housed in a wonderful Modernist building, Can Prunera was built in the early 20th century and the museum was opened on 24 August 2009. The vast majority of works on display at this museum belong to the Fundació d’Art Serra.
Sóller is a botanist’s and enthusiast’s paradise. The Botanical garden is found in a country estate known as “Camp d’En Prohom”, on the outskirts of Sóller. Its primary purpose is to preserve rare or endangered species of the Balearics, and is the result of many years of study and hard work, and now hosts one of Spain’s most extensive wild flora seed banks.
This museum is a naturalist entity dedicated to exhibiting and conserving the natural heritage of the Balearic Islands and making the general public aware of the importance of its preservation.
The vintage carriages are still in use, providing a fantastic opportunity for tourists, and a relief for locals from the terrors of the old Palma-Soller road.
The Serra de Tramuntana mountains (translated as the "mountains of the north wind") run the length of Mallorca's northwestern coastline extending for almost 90km and claim some of the island’s most magnificent scenery. In 2011, it was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO under the cultural landscape category.
Poet and author Robert Graves (1895-1985) lived in Deià, Mallorca, from 1929 until his death. He is buried in the churchyard on the hill next to the church.
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