Palma de Mallorca
Palma was founded as a Roman camp upon the remains of a Talaiotic settlement. The city was subjected to several Vandal raids during the fall of the Western Roman Empire, then reconquered by the Bizantine Empire, then colonised by the Moors (who called it Medina Mayurqa) and, in the 13th century, by James I of Aragon.
Inca
We start the tour with a visit to a famous Inca leather shop
Torrent de Pareis
Winding the narrow road to Lluc we reach the beach of Sa Calobra and the mouth of the Torrent de Pareis, which make up this imposing whim of nature. We are on a peculiar beach surrounded by great steep mountains and, in the background, the turquoise blue of the sea, a setting that conquers visitors and local people. The Torrente de Pareis, the main protagonist of this creation of nature, is the habitat of different species of animals and local vegetation that provide it with incalculable environmental value.
Sa Calobra
In Sa Calobra, we will embark on a cruise to the Port of Sóller, sailing along the north coast of the island and observing the maritime cornice of the Sierra de Tramuntana (listed as a World Heritage Site) that offers spectacular views of nature in state pure.
Puerto de Soller
The port of Soller is a historic enclave coveted in ancient times by privateers and pirates due to Mallorca’s location on the Mediterranean Sea.
The Sóller Valley offers us mixed scents of orange blossom and citrus, idyllic landscapes and a rich maritime history that we can discover on this train journey. From the port itself, we will take the emblematic wooden tram to the town of Sóller where its bustling streets and famous modernist buildings such as its Church of San Bartolomé or the old Banco de Sóller welcome us. Sóller, known as the cradle of modernism, has an extensive history among its streets and buildings. The old colonial-style stately houses and palaces tell us how in the 19th and 20th centuries, Mallorcan merchants made their fortune with the orange trade in France and how King Alfonso XIII proclaimed the town of Sóller as a city and commercial and cultural center of area.
From the center, we will start the return route with the classic train from Sóller to Palma. Its wooden wagons, pampered with care, take us with their soft rattle back in time to 1912 when it was inaugurated. The train is characterized by being a narrow gauge railway, rare today and by presenting a very varied old rolling stock, of a detailed character and artisan maintenance.
