Getaways from Palma: day trips and destinations close by.

Sóller, through the tunnel, in a little over half an hour

Three roads lead to almost everything on this page. The Ma-11 crosses the sierra through the tunnel and drops you in Sóller in a little over half an hour; the centre of the town is a low-emission zone, so you park at the entrance. To the north-west you climb to Valldemossa and Deià, two villages joined by the Ma-10, which runs high above the sea: 25 to 40 minutes depending on where you are going. The Ma-13 crosses the island's plain to Pollença and Cap de Formentor, about 50 minutes away.

Without a car you can reach all three. The Sóller train leaves Plaça d'Espanya and takes an hour to cross the sierra in wooden carriages from 1912; the TIB 204 bus makes the same trip in 35 minutes from the Estació Intermodal, every half hour. Line 203 goes up to Valldemossa and Deià and continues to Sóller, with fewer departures at weekends, and the 301 goes to Pollença and the Port. From the Port, in season, line 334 takes you to the Formentor lighthouse.

The Valldemossa Charterhouse, Monday to Friday

About 25 minutes away, Valldemossa and the stretch of the Ma-10 that leads to Deià. The day of the Charterhouse, Son Marroig and the Graves house has to be Monday to Friday: the Charterhouse closes on Sunday and Robert Graves's house all weekend. For Sunday there is the plan of paths and oil in Deià and Valldemossa, 40 minutes away, with the climb to Es Puig, the Camí de Castelló and the Son Moragues shop.

With 35 minutes by car or the 204 bus you reach Sóller and its valley of orange trees. Two ways to spend the day: the wooden train and the tram to the port, with Can Prunera and the Cap Gros lighthouse, or the Biniaraix gorge up to the Coll de l'Ofre, about 17 km and 850 m of climbing along the GR 221 steps, with lunch in the Port.

At 50 and 55 minutes, the north-east. The market Sunday in Pollença combines the Plaça Major, the 365 steps of the Calvari and Cala Bóquer; Formentor by boat and bus leaves the car at the Port and reaches the beach in a 25-minute boat ride.

The Ma-2210 closed in summer and the Sóller train stopped in winter

The Formentor lighthouse road, the Ma-2210, is closed to cars in season. In 2026 it was in force from 15 May to 18 October, from 10:00 to 22:00: you can drive to the beach as long as there is room in the car park, and from the beach to the lighthouse only the 334 bus, bicycles and authorised vehicles pass. The dates change each year.

The Sóller train does not run from 23 November to 1 February; the 204 bus continues. The boat to Sa Calobra is suspended in a tramontana wind, and in November and from February to March it only runs on Tuesdays and Saturdays. In Valldemossa, the Charterhouse closes in winter; check its calendar before going.

The Biniaraix gorge is an oven in summer

In spring the Sóller orange trees blossom, the boat to Sa Calobra runs daily from April and the Biniaraix gorge can be climbed without the heat; it suits October to May. In summer the gorge is an oven: better Formentor, with boat and bus running together, especially in June and September, and Valldemossa first thing, before the coaches. September and October bring warm sea for the Deià cove. In winter there remain the Pollença market, which is every Sunday of the year, and the paths of Deià and Sóller on the 204 bus on days without a train.

An hour of mountains in wooden carriages

• Without a car, in a day: the Sóller train with the tram to the port. An hour of mountains in wooden carriages, the village, the tram, lunch facing the beach and back on the 204.
• With one night: Sóller by train, boat and gorge. On Saturday, train, tram and boat to Sa Calobra; a night in the Port, and on Sunday, Biniaraix or Fornalutx. All without a car.
• With two nights: Valldemossa and Deià, 25 minutes away. The Graves house on Friday, the Charterhouse and Sa Foradada on Saturday, and the cove and the Camí de Castelló on Sunday, while the Charterhouse is in season.