Round the island

A loop that follows the whole outline of Mallorca, starting and finishing in Palma. It is more than most people ride in a day, so it is usually done in three to five days; the stages below are one way to split it into four.

The route goes clockwise. It leaves Palma along the west coast to Andratx, then takes the Ma-10 through the Tramuntana: Banyalbufar, Valldemossa, Deià and Sóller, then over Puig Major to Lluc. From there it descends to Pollença and Alcúdia, follows the north-east coast to Artà and Cala Ratjada, goes down the east coast to Portocolom and Santanyí, and comes back along the south coast through Colònia de Sant Jordi and Cala Pi to s’Arenal and Palma.

Four stages

1. Palma to Sóller, about 97 km, over the coast road of the Tramuntana.
2. Sóller to Alcúdia, about 72 km, over Puig Major and down by Lluc and Pollença.
3. Alcúdia to Portocolom, about 96 km, along the north-east and east coasts.
4. Portocolom to Palma, about 101 km, round the south of the island.

The first two days have the mountains and nearly all the cafés on this page. From Can Picafort to Palma we have no café on the route yet, so on stages 3 and 4 plan your food and water stops in the towns. The route does not include the Cap de Formentor, which is a separate out-and-back from Port de Pollença.

The track is drawn along OpenStreetMap roads with elevations from the official Spanish terrain model. Nobody has ridden it for this site yet.