Sunday, March 30, 2025 - Thursday, April 10, 2025
Mallorca,
International,
Mallorca
Mallorca's mountains make hikers' hearts leap for joy, especially the long-distance hiking path GR221, known as the "Drystone Route." It leads across the northwest coast of the island and combines all of the highlights which constitute hiking on Mallorca: coastal views you cannot get enough of; the alpine-like Tramuntana mountains, in between the two reservoirs, where Mallorca's highest mountain is reflected in the water; or the citrus fruit in the idyllic Sóller valley, where you can smell spring already from a distance. Scenic villages such as Deià and Valldemossa are located along the route as well as monasteries, extensive country estates, fincas and renowned coastal towns such as Pt Andratx. The landscape features fragrant macchia, evergreen and holly oak forests providing shade. Inquisitive sheep and mountain goats may accompany us along the route of the dry-stone walls. Mallorca is the largest of Spain's Balearic islands, sometimes spelled Majorca in British English. Today known as a vacation destination, Mallorca has been part of the Carthaginian, Roman, Vandal, Moorish, Aragonian and Spanish territories. Characterized by agricultural terraces and inter-connected water works-including water mills-as well as dry stone constructions and farms, the Serra de Tramuntana is listed as a World Heritage cultural landscape.
