Spain Self Guided Biking / Mallorca

Tour Dates: 7 days, Mar – November

Mallorca is an amazing island that is widely regarded as a cyclist’s paradise offering quiet roads, breathtaking panoramas, comfortable rural hotels, great food and wine and almost year round sunshine.

Mallorca is an amazing island that is widely regarded as a cyclist’s paradise offering quiet roads, breathtaking panoramas, comfortable rural hotels, great food and wine and almost year round sunshine. With its smooth tarmac, steady gradients, snaking climbs and spectacular descents, you can see why many professional cyclists are based here and do their winter training on the mountains of the island.

This cycle tour crosses the Tramuntana Mountains on the north-west of Mallorca, and includes the classic routes to Cap de Formentor, Sa Calobra and Puig Major. You will take in the most beautiful climbs on the island.

Tour Difficulty

This tour is rated as moderately challenging; though the distances are not too long, you can always add extra mileage. You will be spending 2 nights in many locations and you can always take a day off the bike. Daily distances average around 60 km and longer loops can easily be arranged.

  • Difficulty: Very Hilly
  • Road Conditions: Smooth & Paved
  • We offer carbon road bikes, hybrid bikes and electric bike rentals on this tour.

Tour Highlights

  • Europe’s newest cycling destinations!
  • Pristine mountain valleys
  • Snow capped peaks
  • Historical cities
  • Ride in the lovely seaside city of Sarande on the Ionian Sea
  • See the archaeological wonder of Butrint

2024 Price: From €1750 Euros per person / double occupancy Single Supplement: €570 Euros

High Season Supplement (June – August): From €200 Euros

High Season Single Supplement: €600 Euros

Year around departures

Bike Rentals: Carbon Road Bike / €250 Euros

Hybrid Bike / €200Euros,

Electric bikes (both hybrid and road e bikes available) / €300Euros

Would you prefer a Guided Tour in Mallorca? Contact us for details about Chartering a private tour. You bring the group, and we will handle the rest.

Price Includes:
  • 6 night’s accommodations with 6 breakfasts
  • Transfer from Palma airport at start and end of tour
  • luggage transfers
  • map with route directions
  • Emergency phone numbers for our Spain staff support (shorter and longer itineraries available)
Price Does Not Include:

International flights, lunches, dinners, bike rentals, ferry tickets from Sa Calobra to Port de Soller

If you are interested in a longer tour: We suggest adding an additional night in Port de Soller.

Sample Itinerary

Day 1 Transfer from Palma airport to Alcúdia

Alcúdia is the most picturesque of the towns in this region. It has less of a resort-feel to it than some of the other destinations further along the coast. Dramatic past events have left their mark everywhere in Alcúdia. First inhabited by the Phoenicians and Greeks, then established in 123 B.C. as the Roman settlement, it was subsequently attacked by Vandals, Byzantines and Arabs, before being conquered by Catalan Christians. The conquerors left their cultural heritage behind, and it is still visible in the town’s small alleyways. You’ll be spending 2 nights in a lovely inn within the historical center of the town. This afternoon, you will receive your rental bikes and tour maps and route notes. If you arrive late, we’ll arrange the bike fitting the following morning.

  • Accommodation: Alcúdia

Day 2  Alcúdia to Formentor and back, Distance: 60 km, Elevation Gain: 950 meters

The route today is one of the most famous cycling roads in Spain. You follow the hilly course along the Formentor peninsula to the lighthouse at the Cap de Formentor. After returning along the peninsula, there is the option to extend the ride to Cala Sant Vicenç. Tour de France champion in 2012, Bradley Wiggins, owns a house along this route and holds the unofficial record out and back along the peninsula – timed at just under one hour… don’t worry if it takes you quite a bit longer!

  • Accommodation: Alcúdia

Day 3   Alcúdia to Selva, Distance: 60 km, Elevation gain: 750 meters

You will ride through the interior of the island on undulating terrain seeing some of the lovely agricultural regions that are a bit off the tourist path. You’ll finish your ride in Selva , a small village with historical significance, set in the foothills of the Tramuntana Mountains. The ancient architecture and narrow cobbled streets create a traditional charm.

  • Accommodation: Selva

Day 4  Selva to Port de Soller, Distance: 50 km (to Sa Calobra), Elevation gain: 1,000 meters
Distance to Port de Soller without going to Sa Calobra: 55 km, Elevation gain: 1,150 meters

You’ll ride into the heart of the Tramuntana mountains. When you reach the intersection with a road that takes you to the small port of Cala de Sa Calobra, you’ll need to make a choice. The road to Sa Calobra is a world famous downhill on serpentine switchbacks that are positively amazing! We suggest riding down the switchbacks and then taking the boat to Port de Soller. And, if you are seeking the ultimate challenge, you can ride back up the switchbacks and continue along a gorgeous route past Puig Major, the highest mountain on the island through a short tunnel and then downhill to Port de Soller.

  • Accommodation: Port de Soller

Day 5  Port de Soller to Estellencs, Distance: 52  km, Elevation gain: 900 meters

Your ride follows the scenic coastal road to the villages of Deia and Valldemossa. These are often referred to as classic Mallorcan villages; however, even this is down-playing the charm and beauty of the area. The villages are home to a variety of rock stars and painters, and are wonderfully secluded within the mountains. You’ll continue along the coast to your lodging tonight in the small hamlet of Banyalbufar where you will spend 2 nights.

  • Accommodation: Banyalbufar

Day 6  Estellencs loop,Distance: 65 km, Elevation gain: 1,200 meters

The finBanyalbufar loop,al day in the saddle varies in length depending on how far you wish to cycle. You can follow the scenic coastal road to Estellencs or Andtrax and return the same way, or there is a long and difficult loop ride you could choose to do. Return to your hotel in Banyalbufar.

  • Accommodati on: Banyalbufar

Day 7: After breakfast, transfer to the airport in Palma de Mallorca.