# Two nights in Pollença and Formentor, an hour from Palma

Friday in the Plaça Major and the Calvari, all of Saturday at Formentor by bike, bus or boat, and Sunday of market and the climb to the Puig de Maria. All an hour from Palma.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/balearic-islands/pollenca-and-formentor/itineraries/two-nights-lighthouse-and-market-pollenca · Revisado: 2026-11-13

Dónde: Pollença and Cap de Formentor

Pollença is an hour from Palma, close enough to go and come back in a day and far enough for two nights to change the trip. With the Plaça Major as your base you see the village once the day-trippers have gone, go up to the Formentor lighthouse first thing or by bike on the road free of cars, and on Sunday you wake up right above the market.

## How to get there from Palma?

By car, along the Ma-13 motorway towards Alcúdia and the Sa Pobla and Pollença exit: about 55 km, close to 50 minutes. Without a car, take TIB line 301, which stops in Pollença and at the Port. If you drive and sleep at the Hotel Juma, ask when booking for its free parking, which has limited spaces: the centre has narrow streets.

## Where to sleep?

AccommodationAreaWho for

Hotel JumaPlaça Major, PollençaSeven rooms, everything on foot, the market at the door

Hotel Illa d'OrPine promenade, Port de PollençaSea, pools, spa and bikes; bus and boat to Formentor nearby

Son Brull2 km from the village, among vineyardsFive stars with a spa; closed until 11 April

## Out of season

From late October to mid-May there is no bus 334 and no restriction: on Saturday drive up to the lighthouse before 10:00, stop at the es Colomer viewpoint on the way back and go down to the beach. The boat to the beach runs from April to October.

## El plan

### Friday · 18:00 · Arrival at the Plaça Major
Leave the car and your bags at Hotel Juma. The square and the terraces around it are the best place for your first hour in the village.

### Friday · 19:30 · The Calvari at sunset
Five minutes on foot to the 365 steps. At the top, the oratory and the low light over the rooftops and the bay.

### Saturday · 08:30 · Breakfast at Gran Cafe 1919
On the Port promenade, six kilometres away. It opens at 8:00.

### Saturday · 09:30 · The Formentor lighthouse by bike
Electric bike from Rent March, from €18.20 a day. About 20 km to the lighthouse, with the road closed to cars from 10:00. If you do not cycle, go up on bus 334, roughly every 35 minutes from the Port.

### Saturday · 13:00 · A swim at Formentor beach
On the way back from the lighthouse, the white-sand beach under the pines. If you went by bus, it has its own stop.

### Saturday · 15:30 · Lunch at Stay, on the Moll Nou
The kitchen is open until 20:00, so a late lunch is no problem. Mallorcan bluefin tuna, grilled fish or Mallorcan lamb.

### Sunday · 09:30 · Plaça Major market
You come down from the hotel and you are already at the market, open until 13:30. Afterwards, the Museu de Pollença, free until 13:30.

### Sunday · 11:30 · Climb to the Puig de Maria
An hour and a half there and back, 4.3 km, to the 14th-century sanctuary with views over the bay.

### Sunday · 14:00 · Lunch at Celler La Parra and the drive back to Palma
Suckling pig or oven-roast lamb in the 1962 house at the Port. You leave after lunch and are in Palma in under an hour.

## Consejos

### Book Sunday lunch
Celler La Parra fills up on Sunday at midday.

### Check the restriction dates
Every year the DGT publishes the new dates for the Formentor road.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How much does the getaway cost?
It depends mostly on the hotel. Not counting accommodation, allow €50–90 per person per day for meals, bike or bus and boat.

### Can I do it without a car?
Yes: bus 301 from Palma to Pollença, bus 334 and boat to Formentor in season, and everything else on foot.

### Which day is best to arrive?
Friday, so you have Saturday for Formentor and Sunday for the market.

## Dónde dormir if you're driving
- **Hotel Juma**: Dates engraved at the entrance
The Juma is at number 9 Plaça Major in Pollença, facing the church and in the middle of the Sunday market. It opened in 1907 and is still in the hands of the same family: it presents itself as the oldest hotel still operating in Mallorca. On the entrance floor the dates of its history are still engraved, 1907, 1958 and 1997. The same house runs L'Hostal Boutique Rooms, opened in 2003 on Carrer del Mercat, a minute's walk away.
Seven rooms, two categories
There are only seven. The standard doubles, of about 16 m², have air conditioning and heating with controls in each room, wifi, Chromecast and locally produced toiletries. The superior doubles, of about 20 m², are corner rooms with direct views of Plaça Major, with the same equipment and more space. They keep their original joinery and Mallorcan-style furniture. Their website gives no check-in or check-out time, nor says whether dogs are allowed: ask when you book.
What you gain by booking on their website
Booking direct, the hotel offers free parking (limited spaces), a best-price guarantee, priority for upgrading to a better room, early check-in if the room is ready, check-out until 13:00 if requested beforehand and a discount on breakfast. The website does not say which rates include breakfast: check when you book.
The car in a centre of narrow streets
From Palma it is about 55 km along the Ma-13 motorway towards Alcúdia and the exit for Sa Pobla and Pollença. The centre has narrow streets and the square fills with stalls on Sunday mornings: if you come by car, ask for parking when you book and ask which way to arrive that day. Without a car, TIB bus 301 links Palma with Pollença and the Port.
The square at all hours
On foot you have the Calvari, the Sunday market at the same door and the Museu de Pollença, and the Puig de Maria starts on the edge of the town. The Port and the boat to Formentor are about 6 km away.
- **Hotel Illa d'Or**: A 1929 hotel over the water
The Illa d'Or opened in 1929, when there were almost no houses around it in Port de Pollença; its website keeps the photo from then. It is at the end of the Pine Walk, the quietest stretch of the seafront promenade, with its own jetty over the bay. It is a superior four-star.
Rooms and facilities
It has double rooms, suites with big windows onto the sea and apartments with a living-dining room opening onto the garden. There are three pools: an outdoor one, a heated indoor one and one facing the sea for adults only, aged 16 and over, like the spa, with a hydrotherapy circuit, sauna, steam bath and treatments. A gym, tennis court, laundry, left-luggage and vehicle hire complete the picture.
For eating, there is the panoramic restaurant La Terrassa, the gourmet 1929, with views of the promenade, and a snack bar. The hotel also has a traditional sailing boat, the Isabel María, for outings with guests.
For cycling
It hires out bicycles, and has a garage to store them, a washing area and a washing machine. The Formentor road starts at the door: in season, with cars cut off from 10:00 to 22:00, it is the best starting point for cycling up to the lighthouse.
Getting there
From Palma, about 60 km along the Ma-13 and through Pollença. Without a car, TIB line 301 reaches Port de Pollença; the stop for line 334 to Formentor is in the Port itself.
- **Son Brull Hotel & Spa**: At the foot of the Puig de Maria, at kilometre 49.8
Son Brull is a former 18th-century monastery converted into a five-star hotel, a member of Relais & Châteaux and holder of a Michelin Guide Key for 2026. It sits at the start of the Serra de Tramuntana, at the foot of the Puig de Maria, 2 km from Pollença and 6 km from the sea. You reach it by the Palma to Pollença road, the PM-220, at kilometre 49.8, just before entering the town. Parking is free, with two electric-car charging points, and staff carry up your luggage and park your car at the entrance.
Mind the dates: the hotel warns that it is closed until 11 April, while it renovates the rooms and the pool area.
Nine ways to sleep
The rooms range from the superior and deluxe to the duplexes, the grand deluxe and premium deluxe, the junior suites (some with a terrace) and the villa suites, with a terrace and private pool. They are understated, in wood and white, with views of the countryside. Check-in is from 15:00; if you arrive earlier, you can use the spa while the room is prepared. Cots for babies aged 0 to 2 are free.
What comes from the estate
The estate has 32 hectares in terraces with centuries-old olive trees, citrus, fig trees, a vegetable garden and organic vines. From the three hectares of vines, with Mallorcan varieties such as callet, gorgollassa, giró ros or prensal blanc, come the house wines; from the olive trees, table olives and its oil. The oranges go into the breakfast juice and marmalade, the hens lay the eggs and the bees give honey twice a year. Two donkeys, Siona and Masiana, keep the grass down.
The 3/65 and the bistro
There are two restaurants: the 3/65, serving gastronomic Mallorcan cooking, and a Mediterranean-flavoured bistro and bar, where breakfast is also served. The hotel recommends booking a table in advance and warns that the long tasting menu at the 3/65 is not for small children, who are better off eating in the bistro. Vegetarian dishes can be adapted for vegans with 24 hours' notice.
A spa also open to those not staying
The spa opens every day from 8:00 to 20:00, with a sensations pool, steam bath, sauna and cold-water pool; treatments from 10:00 to 19:00. It admits over-16s, like the gym. Without staying at the hotel you can spend the day with advance booking, from €160 per person with the 9:00 yoga class. For guests there is yoga every morning, a tennis court with rackets and balls, and electric and mountain bikes for a maximum of two hours, booked 24 hours ahead.
Children and ages
The main pool is for over-12s and babies aged 0 to 2. Families with children aged 3 to 12 are directed by the hotel to the villa suites, which have their own pool. The tourist tax is €4.40 per person per night for over-16s, with a 75% discount between 1 November and 30 April.
Two kilometres from the town, eight from the Port
The Puig de Maria starts almost at the door. Pollença, with the Calvari and the Sunday market, is 2 km away; the Port and the boat to Formentor, about 8.

## Dónde dormir without a car
- **Hotel Juma**: Dates engraved at the entrance
The Juma is at number 9 Plaça Major in Pollença, facing the church and in the middle of the Sunday market. It opened in 1907 and is still in the hands of the same family: it presents itself as the oldest hotel still operating in Mallorca. On the entrance floor the dates of its history are still engraved, 1907, 1958 and 1997. The same house runs L'Hostal Boutique Rooms, opened in 2003 on Carrer del Mercat, a minute's walk away.
Seven rooms, two categories
There are only seven. The standard doubles, of about 16 m², have air conditioning and heating with controls in each room, wifi, Chromecast and locally produced toiletries. The superior doubles, of about 20 m², are corner rooms with direct views of Plaça Major, with the same equipment and more space. They keep their original joinery and Mallorcan-style furniture. Their website gives no check-in or check-out time, nor says whether dogs are allowed: ask when you book.
What you gain by booking on their website
Booking direct, the hotel offers free parking (limited spaces), a best-price guarantee, priority for upgrading to a better room, early check-in if the room is ready, check-out until 13:00 if requested beforehand and a discount on breakfast. The website does not say which rates include breakfast: check when you book.
The car in a centre of narrow streets
From Palma it is about 55 km along the Ma-13 motorway towards Alcúdia and the exit for Sa Pobla and Pollença. The centre has narrow streets and the square fills with stalls on Sunday mornings: if you come by car, ask for parking when you book and ask which way to arrive that day. Without a car, TIB bus 301 links Palma with Pollença and the Port.
The square at all hours
On foot you have the Calvari, the Sunday market at the same door and the Museu de Pollença, and the Puig de Maria starts on the edge of the town. The Port and the boat to Formentor are about 6 km away.
- **Hotel Illa d'Or**: A 1929 hotel over the water
The Illa d'Or opened in 1929, when there were almost no houses around it in Port de Pollença; its website keeps the photo from then. It is at the end of the Pine Walk, the quietest stretch of the seafront promenade, with its own jetty over the bay. It is a superior four-star.
Rooms and facilities
It has double rooms, suites with big windows onto the sea and apartments with a living-dining room opening onto the garden. There are three pools: an outdoor one, a heated indoor one and one facing the sea for adults only, aged 16 and over, like the spa, with a hydrotherapy circuit, sauna, steam bath and treatments. A gym, tennis court, laundry, left-luggage and vehicle hire complete the picture.
For eating, there is the panoramic restaurant La Terrassa, the gourmet 1929, with views of the promenade, and a snack bar. The hotel also has a traditional sailing boat, the Isabel María, for outings with guests.
For cycling
It hires out bicycles, and has a garage to store them, a washing area and a washing machine. The Formentor road starts at the door: in season, with cars cut off from 10:00 to 22:00, it is the best starting point for cycling up to the lighthouse.
Getting there
From Palma, about 60 km along the Ma-13 and through Pollença. Without a car, TIB line 301 reaches Port de Pollença; the stop for line 334 to Formentor is in the Port itself.

## Dónde dormir if you're cycling
- **Hotel Illa d'Or**: A 1929 hotel over the water
The Illa d'Or opened in 1929, when there were almost no houses around it in Port de Pollença; its website keeps the photo from then. It is at the end of the Pine Walk, the quietest stretch of the seafront promenade, with its own jetty over the bay. It is a superior four-star.
Rooms and facilities
It has double rooms, suites with big windows onto the sea and apartments with a living-dining room opening onto the garden. There are three pools: an outdoor one, a heated indoor one and one facing the sea for adults only, aged 16 and over, like the spa, with a hydrotherapy circuit, sauna, steam bath and treatments. A gym, tennis court, laundry, left-luggage and vehicle hire complete the picture.
For eating, there is the panoramic restaurant La Terrassa, the gourmet 1929, with views of the promenade, and a snack bar. The hotel also has a traditional sailing boat, the Isabel María, for outings with guests.
For cycling
It hires out bicycles, and has a garage to store them, a washing area and a washing machine. The Formentor road starts at the door: in season, with cars cut off from 10:00 to 22:00, it is the best starting point for cycling up to the lighthouse.
Getting there
From Palma, about 60 km along the Ma-13 and through Pollença. Without a car, TIB line 301 reaches Port de Pollença; the stop for line 334 to Formentor is in the Port itself.
- **Son Brull Hotel & Spa**: At the foot of the Puig de Maria, at kilometre 49.8
Son Brull is a former 18th-century monastery converted into a five-star hotel, a member of Relais & Châteaux and holder of a Michelin Guide Key for 2026. It sits at the start of the Serra de Tramuntana, at the foot of the Puig de Maria, 2 km from Pollença and 6 km from the sea. You reach it by the Palma to Pollença road, the PM-220, at kilometre 49.8, just before entering the town. Parking is free, with two electric-car charging points, and staff carry up your luggage and park your car at the entrance.
Mind the dates: the hotel warns that it is closed until 11 April, while it renovates the rooms and the pool area.
Nine ways to sleep
The rooms range from the superior and deluxe to the duplexes, the grand deluxe and premium deluxe, the junior suites (some with a terrace) and the villa suites, with a terrace and private pool. They are understated, in wood and white, with views of the countryside. Check-in is from 15:00; if you arrive earlier, you can use the spa while the room is prepared. Cots for babies aged 0 to 2 are free.
What comes from the estate
The estate has 32 hectares in terraces with centuries-old olive trees, citrus, fig trees, a vegetable garden and organic vines. From the three hectares of vines, with Mallorcan varieties such as callet, gorgollassa, giró ros or prensal blanc, come the house wines; from the olive trees, table olives and its oil. The oranges go into the breakfast juice and marmalade, the hens lay the eggs and the bees give honey twice a year. Two donkeys, Siona and Masiana, keep the grass down.
The 3/65 and the bistro
There are two restaurants: the 3/65, serving gastronomic Mallorcan cooking, and a Mediterranean-flavoured bistro and bar, where breakfast is also served. The hotel recommends booking a table in advance and warns that the long tasting menu at the 3/65 is not for small children, who are better off eating in the bistro. Vegetarian dishes can be adapted for vegans with 24 hours' notice.
A spa also open to those not staying
The spa opens every day from 8:00 to 20:00, with a sensations pool, steam bath, sauna and cold-water pool; treatments from 10:00 to 19:00. It admits over-16s, like the gym. Without staying at the hotel you can spend the day with advance booking, from €160 per person with the 9:00 yoga class. For guests there is yoga every morning, a tennis court with rackets and balls, and electric and mountain bikes for a maximum of two hours, booked 24 hours ahead.
Children and ages
The main pool is for over-12s and babies aged 0 to 2. Families with children aged 3 to 12 are directed by the hotel to the villa suites, which have their own pool. The tourist tax is €4.40 per person per night for over-16s, with a 75% discount between 1 November and 30 April.
Two kilometres from the town, eight from the Port
The Puig de Maria starts almost at the door. Pollença, with the Calvari and the Sunday market, is 2 km away; the Port and the boat to Formentor, about 8.

## Dónde dormir if you're flying
- **Hotel Juma**: Dates engraved at the entrance
The Juma is at number 9 Plaça Major in Pollença, facing the church and in the middle of the Sunday market. It opened in 1907 and is still in the hands of the same family: it presents itself as the oldest hotel still operating in Mallorca. On the entrance floor the dates of its history are still engraved, 1907, 1958 and 1997. The same house runs L'Hostal Boutique Rooms, opened in 2003 on Carrer del Mercat, a minute's walk away.
Seven rooms, two categories
There are only seven. The standard doubles, of about 16 m², have air conditioning and heating with controls in each room, wifi, Chromecast and locally produced toiletries. The superior doubles, of about 20 m², are corner rooms with direct views of Plaça Major, with the same equipment and more space. They keep their original joinery and Mallorcan-style furniture. Their website gives no check-in or check-out time, nor says whether dogs are allowed: ask when you book.
What you gain by booking on their website
Booking direct, the hotel offers free parking (limited spaces), a best-price guarantee, priority for upgrading to a better room, early check-in if the room is ready, check-out until 13:00 if requested beforehand and a discount on breakfast. The website does not say which rates include breakfast: check when you book.
The car in a centre of narrow streets
From Palma it is about 55 km along the Ma-13 motorway towards Alcúdia and the exit for Sa Pobla and Pollença. The centre has narrow streets and the square fills with stalls on Sunday mornings: if you come by car, ask for parking when you book and ask which way to arrive that day. Without a car, TIB bus 301 links Palma with Pollença and the Port.
The square at all hours
On foot you have the Calvari, the Sunday market at the same door and the Museu de Pollença, and the Puig de Maria starts on the edge of the town. The Port and the boat to Formentor are about 6 km away.
- **Hotel Illa d'Or**: A 1929 hotel over the water
The Illa d'Or opened in 1929, when there were almost no houses around it in Port de Pollença; its website keeps the photo from then. It is at the end of the Pine Walk, the quietest stretch of the seafront promenade, with its own jetty over the bay. It is a superior four-star.
Rooms and facilities
It has double rooms, suites with big windows onto the sea and apartments with a living-dining room opening onto the garden. There are three pools: an outdoor one, a heated indoor one and one facing the sea for adults only, aged 16 and over, like the spa, with a hydrotherapy circuit, sauna, steam bath and treatments. A gym, tennis court, laundry, left-luggage and vehicle hire complete the picture.
For eating, there is the panoramic restaurant La Terrassa, the gourmet 1929, with views of the promenade, and a snack bar. The hotel also has a traditional sailing boat, the Isabel María, for outings with guests.
For cycling
It hires out bicycles, and has a garage to store them, a washing area and a washing machine. The Formentor road starts at the door: in season, with cars cut off from 10:00 to 22:00, it is the best starting point for cycling up to the lighthouse.
Getting there
From Palma, about 60 km along the Ma-13 and through Pollença. Without a car, TIB line 301 reaches Port de Pollença; the stop for line 334 to Formentor is in the Port itself.
- **Son Brull Hotel & Spa**: At the foot of the Puig de Maria, at kilometre 49.8
Son Brull is a former 18th-century monastery converted into a five-star hotel, a member of Relais & Châteaux and holder of a Michelin Guide Key for 2026. It sits at the start of the Serra de Tramuntana, at the foot of the Puig de Maria, 2 km from Pollença and 6 km from the sea. You reach it by the Palma to Pollença road, the PM-220, at kilometre 49.8, just before entering the town. Parking is free, with two electric-car charging points, and staff carry up your luggage and park your car at the entrance.
Mind the dates: the hotel warns that it is closed until 11 April, while it renovates the rooms and the pool area.
Nine ways to sleep
The rooms range from the superior and deluxe to the duplexes, the grand deluxe and premium deluxe, the junior suites (some with a terrace) and the villa suites, with a terrace and private pool. They are understated, in wood and white, with views of the countryside. Check-in is from 15:00; if you arrive earlier, you can use the spa while the room is prepared. Cots for babies aged 0 to 2 are free.
What comes from the estate
The estate has 32 hectares in terraces with centuries-old olive trees, citrus, fig trees, a vegetable garden and organic vines. From the three hectares of vines, with Mallorcan varieties such as callet, gorgollassa, giró ros or prensal blanc, come the house wines; from the olive trees, table olives and its oil. The oranges go into the breakfast juice and marmalade, the hens lay the eggs and the bees give honey twice a year. Two donkeys, Siona and Masiana, keep the grass down.
The 3/65 and the bistro
There are two restaurants: the 3/65, serving gastronomic Mallorcan cooking, and a Mediterranean-flavoured bistro and bar, where breakfast is also served. The hotel recommends booking a table in advance and warns that the long tasting menu at the 3/65 is not for small children, who are better off eating in the bistro. Vegetarian dishes can be adapted for vegans with 24 hours' notice.
A spa also open to those not staying
The spa opens every day from 8:00 to 20:00, with a sensations pool, steam bath, sauna and cold-water pool; treatments from 10:00 to 19:00. It admits over-16s, like the gym. Without staying at the hotel you can spend the day with advance booking, from €160 per person with the 9:00 yoga class. For guests there is yoga every morning, a tennis court with rackets and balls, and electric and mountain bikes for a maximum of two hours, booked 24 hours ahead.
Children and ages
The main pool is for over-12s and babies aged 0 to 2. Families with children aged 3 to 12 are directed by the hotel to the villa suites, which have their own pool. The tourist tax is €4.40 per person per night for over-16s, with a 75% discount between 1 November and 30 April.
Two kilometres from the town, eight from the Port
The Puig de Maria starts almost at the door. Pollença, with the Calvari and the Sunday market, is 2 km away; the Port and the boat to Formentor, about 8.