Quiet Lanes of Mallorca

Mallorca’s secret southern corner

Holiday information

Nights: 6
Grade: 1 (occasional short ascents)
Terrain: beaches, salt flats and rolling plain
Hotels: two agroturismos (working farms)
Meals: 6 breakfasts, 6 dinners

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About Mallorca >Mallorca is distinctly Mediterranean in character, both in its ways of life and its landscapes. What is most astonishing is the variety of scenery on such a relatively small island. At its heart lies a gently rolling plain whose almond groves provide a beautiful display of blossom each spring. This is bordered to the south and east by the hills which frame the island’s rugged, lesser-known coastline, while to the north rises the Tramuntana Sierra, whose craggy limestone peaks plunge into the sea. Aleppo pines, holm oaks, olives, carob and orange trees predominate, the latter bearing their main crop in January. The island’s gastronomy is excellent, the sea providing a range of fish – one of the most popular of which is sea-bass, sometimes baked in rock-salt – and seafood. Savour dishes such as caldereta de sambfaina, a lobster casserole; sopa mallorquina, made with bread, garlic and leeks; the ratatouille-style tumbet; and llom amb col – pork and pine nuts wrapped in cabbage leaves.

self-guided hotel-to-hotel cycling, luggage transported
gentle discovery of unspoiled southern Mallorca
stay in two delightful agroturismos, both with a pool
pretty beaches and timeless rural landscapes

Quiet lanes wind their way through the patchwork patterns of ancient farms and salt flats leading to pretty beaches that reveal Mallorca’s genuine face. This is a side of the island that few tourists experience, and cycling here is a true delight, especially when combined with two enchanting agroturismos, converted farmhouses offering a genuine family welcome, extensive gardens, swimming pools and the freshest of local produce.

You can expect an effusive welcome at both these agroturismos – you are made to feel like one of the family, and dinners are very convivial affairs.

Alison Garcia Hall, Product Manager for Spain

From the Migjorn, the unspoiled coastal plain of sand dunes and salt flats of southern Mallorca, you cycle towards the rural heart of the island through the rolling inland plain known as Es Pla, a landscape of tiny farms, pretty villages and market gardens that has remained unchanged for centuries.