Mallorca

Palma old town

La Seu

Palma's cathedral by the sea: Gaudí's canopy, Barceló's chapel.

Afternoon · ~90 min

Valldemossa

Valldemossa

Stone village and Cartuja in the Tramuntana.

Morning · ~180 min

Formentor peninsula

Cap de Formentor

Cliffs and the lighthouse road at the island's tip. Position shown is the lighthouse.

Afternoon · ~180 min

Palma ↔ Sóller

Ferrocarril de Sóller

The 1912 electric train through the Tramuntana tunnels to Sóller, then the tram to the port: the car-free way into the mountains.

Morning · ~180 min · €23–30 per ticket

Opposite La Seu

Palau Reial de l'Almudaina

The royal palace facing the cathedral, from Islamic fortress to Gothic halls; free Wednesday and Sunday afternoons for EU residents.

Morning · ~75 min · €5–8 per ticket

Escorca

Sa Calobra and the Torrent de Pareis

A cove at the mouth of a gorge, reached by the hairpin road or by boat from Port de Sóller; go early, the road queues by late morning in season.

Morning · ~180 min

Carrer de Can Sanç

Ca'n Joan de s'Aigo

Ensaïmada and hot chocolate in one of Palma's oldest cafés.

Morning · ~45 min

Plaça Bisbe Berenguer de Palou

Celler Sa Premsa

A wine-cellar dining hall serving Mallorcan home cooking since 1958, under old barrels; closed Sunday.

Afternoon · ~75 min

S'Almunia, Santanyí

Caló des Moro

A small cove; go early, it is often full by late morning.

Early morning, before the cove fills · from Rocks on the path above the east side of the cove, looking south to the sea

Morning · ~150 min

Parc de la Mar

La Seu from Parc de la Mar

The cathedral and the Almudaina walls doubled in the park's sea-water lake: Palma's defining picture.

Blue hour, when the floodlights balance the sky; windless evenings for the reflection · from South-west corner of the lake on the Parc de la Mar promenade, looking north-east

Evening · ~30 min

Formentor peninsula

Mirador Es Colomer

A platform 200 metres above the sea facing the Colomer islet; mid-May to mid-October cars are held back by day, so come early or by the 334 bus.

Sunrise or before 10:00 (light on the cliffs, road still open to cars) · from Upper stepped terrace of the mirador, looking north-east to the islet

Morning · ~45 min

Sa Calobra road (Ma-2141)

Nus de sa Corbata

The 'tie knot' where the Sa Calobra road loops under its own bridge; photographers stop in the lay-by above, not on the bend.

Morning, before coaches; the loop is in sun from mid-morning · from Lay-by just above the loop on the descent, looking down onto the bridge

Morning · ~15 min

Above Port de Sóller

Mirador de ses Barques

The viewpoint on the Sóller–Lluc road looking down the valley to the horseshoe port.

Late afternoon, sun behind you over the port · from Front terrace of the mirador, looking south-west to Port de Sóller

Afternoon · ~30 min

Son Marroig, Deià

Mirador de sa Foradada

The pierced rock of Na Foradada below the Son Marroig estate; sunset over the sea from the roadside mirador.

Sunset, especially September–March when the sun sets over the sea · from Roadside mirador on the Ma-10 by Son Marroig, looking north-west to the rock

Evening · ~45 min

Above El Terreno

Castell de Bellver

A round Gothic castle above the bay.

Afternoon · ~90 min

Port de Sóller

Port de Sóller

The bay at the end of the old railway and tram.

Afternoon · ~180 min

West coast

Deià

Honey-stone houses climbing to the church where Robert Graves is buried; his house, Ca n'Alluny, is a museum a kilometre out.

Afternoon · ~120 min

Alcúdia

Alcúdia old town walls

A walled town with medieval gates and 26 towers along 1.5 km of 14th-century walls; walk the ramparts, then the lanes inside.

Morning · ~90 min

Porto Cristo

Coves del Drac

Show caves ending at an underground lake where a short live classical concert plays from boats; the east coast's rain plan.

Morning · ~90 min · €18.5–19.5 per ticket