The go-to Mallorca travel guide for over 30 years.
Strap on your boots and discover Mallorca on foot with the Sunflower Mallorca travel guide. And on the days when your feet may have had enough, enjoy some spectacular scenery on one of our legendary car tours.
The Sunflower Mallorca guide is indispensable for hiking in Mallorca or seeing Mallorca by car. This was the first walking guide for Mallorca, the guide that won Sunflower the Sunday Times 'Oscar' for best travel guide - and eventually made the island one of the most popular walking areas in Europe.
The author has lived on Mallorca for over 35 years and knows the island intimately. She has also been able to recheck most of the routes - as well as adding several new walks.
This completely revised 9th edition, in a wider format with 50% more pages, features newly drawn maps and incorporates both the GR221 ('Drystone Route') and the GR222 (still a work in progress). These long-distance walks have been incorporated in the day walks. There are also 6 car tours with accompanying fold-out touring map, as well as plans of Palma and Soller, bus, train and boat timetables and panels of information on Mallorcan customs and features of the landscape. A free online update service informs users of any route-change information.
Inside the Sunflower Mallorca guide book you'll find:
90 long and short walks for all ages and abilities - each walk is graded so you can easily match your ability to the level of walk
Topographical walking maps - give you a clear sense of the surrounding terrain
Free downloadable gps tracks - for the techies
Satnav guidance to walk starts for motorists
6 car tours and fold-out touring map - for easy reference on your tour
Strolls to idyllic picnic spots - enjoy our recommendations for where to picnic along the way
Timetables for public transport - ideal if you want to link two walks or avoid hiring a car on your holiday
Online update service for the latest information
Whether you decide to tour Mallorca by car or explore on foot we look forward to showing you around.
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Höhe: 115 mm
Breite: 209 mm
Dicke: 16 mm
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978-1-85691-537-3 (9781856915373)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Since 1983 people out walking in sunny climes have been relying on our 'little blue books' to follow the trails - and to make friends with other walkers. Sunflower started by exploring the Atlantic Islands, but has branched out: we still love islands - from the Azores to Zakynthos - but we cover many mainland destinations too, like land-locked Switzerland and the coastal Basque Country. All our guides have the familiar mix of car tours, walks and picnics. More recently, we introduced restaurants and recipes in our 'Walk & Eat' series, which explores around cities from Stockholm to Avignon.
Table of contents:
Preface 5
Getting about 7
Plan of Palma; Useful addresses/telephone numbers 8
Picnicking 10
Picnic suggestions 11
Touring 18
Car tour 1: SPECTACULAR SOUTHWEST SETTINGS 20
Car tour 2: PRETTY MOUNTAIN VILLAGES 24
Car tour 3: THE MAGNIFICENT MOUNTAIN ROUTE AND THE CAPES 28
Car tour 4: VILLAGES OFF THE BEATEN TRACK AND THE 'FAR EAST' 36
Car tour 5: THE ROUTE OF CAVES AND MONASTERIES 42
Car tour 6: SOUTHERN RESORTS AND THE PUIG DE RANDA 47
Walking (see explanation of grading symbols on page 53) 52
Grading, waymarking, maps, GPS 52
Right of way 53
What to take 54
Weather 54
Dogs and other nuisances 55
Walkers' checklist 55
Where to stay 56
A country code for walkers and motorists 57
Spanish and Mallorquin 58
Language hints for walkers and picnickers 58
Organisation of the walks 60
The long-distance GR221 and GR222 trails 61
Island customs - past and present 62
THE WALKS
1 Sant Elm * (Cala en Basset) * Sa Trapa * Punta Fabioler * Ses Basses * Andratx 68
2 Ruta de ses Comes (The 'Valleys route') 72
3 S'Arraco * Sa Trapa * Punta Fabioler * Ses Basses * S'Arraco 73
4 Puig d'en Farineta (Puig Basset) 76
5 Galatzo ascent from Sa Font d'es Pi 77
6 Galatzo circuit from Puigpunyent 79
7 Galatzo ascent from near Estellencs 81
8 S'Esclop 83
9 From Calvia to Galilea 87
10 Planicia - finca publica 90
11 Esporles and the Ermita de Maristella 93
12 Bunyola and the Penyal d'Honor 94
13 Mirador Leandro Ximenis 97
14 Santa Eugenia * Ses Coves * Puig d'en Marron * Santa Eugenia 98
15 Valldemossa * Cami de S'Arxiduc * Teix * Coma d'es Cairats * Valldemossa 101
16 Three variations on the Drystone Route north of Valldemossa 107
17 Sa Foradada from Son Marroig 110
18 Deia * Cala de Deia * Deia 112
19 Deia * Son Coll * Soller 114
20 Es Castell d'Alaro 116
21 From Orient to Santa Maria 119
22 Soller * Biniaraix * Es Barranc * Es Cornadors * Soller 122
23 Cuber Lake * L'Ofre * Cuber Lake 126
24 The three peaks circuit 128
25 Biniaraix and Fornalutx 130
26 Mirador de Ses Barques * Sa Costera * Cala Tuent * Sa Calobra 132
27 Es Torrent de Pareis 135
28 Cuber Lake * Tossals Verds * Lloseta 139
29 Cuber Lake * Font d'es Prat * Coll d'es Prat * Coll de Sa Batalla (Bataia) 143
30 Lluc * Ses Voltes * Puig d'en Galileu * Lluc 147
31 Around Puig Roig: Lluc * Mossa * Coll dels Ases * Es Cosconar * Lluc 150
32 Around Lluc Monastery 154
33 Puig de Massanella - the classic ascent 156
34 A scramble up Puig Tomir 159
35 From Lluc to Pollenca 162
36 Puig de Maria 165
37 The Ternelles Valley 166
38 Mortitx and the Cova de ses Bruixes 168
39 Boquer Valley 170
40 Ermita de la Victoria * Penya d'es Migdia * Talaia d'Alcudia * Coll Baix * Mal Pas 172
41 Ermita de la Victoria * Coll Baix * Ses Fontanelles * Ermita de la Victoria 175
42 From Betlem to Es Calo 176
43 Ermita de Betlem and Bec de Ferrutx 178
44 Cala Ratjada to Cala Mesquida 180
45 Cala Torta* Torre d'Albarca * Platja d'es Verger * Cala Torta 182
46 Cala Pi * Cap Blanc * Cala Pi 184
Transport timetables 186
Index 190
Glossary 192
Fold-out island map inside back cover
