Es Colomer Viewpoint and Albercutx Watchtower

It is the first stop on the Formentor road: a balcony on the Punta de la Nau, more than 200 m above the sea, facing the islet of es Colomer. From here you see the Serra de Tramuntana and the Mediterranean.

The islet painted by the Pollença School

Es Colomer is about 300 m long and rises 112 m above the water. The painters of the Escola de Pollença and many artists who came through here from the end of the 19th century painted it again and again: for them it summed up the rugged coast of the sierra. The good light is the afternoon's, and at sunset groups gather to watch the sun go down over the sea.

Antonio Parietti and his road

At the viewpoint there is a monument to Antonio Parietti Coll, the engineer who designed the Formentor road and the viewpoint itself. Half an hour is enough to look out and see the monument.

Climbing to the Albercutx watchtower

At the top, at 380 m, you see the Albercutx watchtower, one of the lookout towers built between the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th against pirates. With Joan Binimelis's system, the tower keepers gave warning with smoke by day and fire by night, from tower to tower as far as Palma, in a little over half an hour; to Inca, sa Pobla or Campanet the warning arrived with messengers on foot or on horseback. Centuries later it was an observation post during the world wars and the Civil War: abandoned military installations remain, with drawings of aeroplanes on the walls, and the access track was opened by Republican prisoners from a nearby concentration camp. From the top you see Cap de Formentor, es Colomer, Pollença bay and the Cavall Bernat range.

Several walking routes leave from the viewpoint, one of them to the tower. The town council does not publish its distance or time: ask at the Port tourist office before setting out, and bring water.

By car or on the 334

The viewpoint is on the first stretch of the Ma-2210, between Port de Pollença and Formentor beach. In season (in 2026, 15 May to 18 October), from 10:00 to 22:00, you can drive past only while there is room in the beach car park: when it fills, the barrier at km 2, on the way out of the Port, closes to unauthorised vehicles. Stopping outside the marked spaces is fined. Line 334 stops at the viewpoint, and by bike it is the first stop on the ride to the lighthouse. The rest of the year access is free.