Walking

Mallorca, although now well-established as a walking destination, still manages to offer fabulous walks away from the crowds. Mallorca´s landscape is both varied and beautiful.

Explore rugged gorges, mountain ridges, and green valleys. Walk through shady woods or along dramatic cliff tops plunging into the sea. Walking routes allow you to get off the beaten track to enjoy isolated beaches and breathtaking mountain tops. Follow well-trodden paths used by pilgrims, smugglers and native inhabitants of years gone by. Whether you are looking for easy strolls or longer hikes and scrambles, Mallorca has it all.

Imagine setting off before “sun up” to beat the heat and witness the first rays of sunlight emerging from the east. We’re climbing Puig de Massanella, Mallorca’s highest accessible peak (1352m).
The mountain’s lower slopes are dense with oaks and like a theatre curtain, they pull away to reveal the contours of this beautiful island at your feet.
On arrival at the summit, we breakfast on pastries called “Ensaimadas”, fruit juice and coffee, as we drink in the splendour of it all.

Alternatively we could head for the enchanting inland villages of Campanet and Buger to combine culture with walking, visiting venues where basket weaving is still carried out by the old method and knocking on the door of the hilltop house of a villager who has extended his home to incorporate a ceramics’ kiln and outlet shop.

The magnificent historic city of Palma should not be left out of the many options available, with it’s architectural gems and bustling tapas bars, which seem just too inviting to walk past. The streets of the old quarter are not that well known, apart from those leading to the Cathedral and the arab baths, so naturally in the name of discovery we take the others.

If you’d like to sleep over somewhere for a night and fully appreciate staying up in the hills, then the pilgrims route up to Lluc Monastery from Selva is very attractive, traveling along a centuries old cobbled path. On arrival we ease back into a chair at the terrace bar and listen to birdsong whilst we check in. At night, we’ll dine and stroll out under a star filled sky, before putting our heads down in one of the monastery’s cells for the night.
After breakfast our route pulls out of the amphitheatre of rock that cradles Lluc to reach a vantage point overlooking the whole of the east. An old charcoal producer’s path leads to a valley, which many have described as the “Garden of Eden”. Dramatic scenery and a rocky staircase accompany us to Caimari and the end of our mini adventure.

These excursions are only a few to whet your appetite. For details of these and  many, many more, email Richard Strutt or view his website at www.mallorcanwalkingtours.puertopollensa.com

Uttings Eden provides the perfect base for walking holidays in Mallorca, our villas offer luxury accomodation to chill out and relax after a long trek.