# Sóller and the Serra de Tramuntana

The wooden train from Palma, the tram to the port, the boat to Sa Calobra and the Biniaraix ravine: what to do in Sóller, how to get there and when to go.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/balearic-islands/soller-and-tramuntana · Revisado: 2026-11-13

Sóller is a valley of orange and olive trees enclosed by the highest mountains in Mallorca, with a village of stone houses and Modernista façades at its centre and a natural harbour, almost round, four kilometres away. From Palma it is a little over half an hour through the tunnel, or an hour on the wooden train that has crossed the mountains since 1912. It is the best gateway to the Serra de Tramuntana, a World Heritage Site, for anyone who lives in Palma or arrives on the island without a car.

## What to do in Sóller

The classic day is done without a car: the train from Palma, a stroll around the square, the church of Sant Bartomeu and Carrer de sa Lluna, and the tram to the port for lunch by the sea. If the day is a long one, the boat to Sa Calobra leaves from the quay, an hour beneath the cliffs to the mouth of the Torrent de Pareis.

For walking you have two levels. The easy one, the walk to the Cap Gros lighthouse, an hour from the port, or the path from Biniaraix to Fornalutx among orange terraces. The serious one, the Biniaraix ravine, about 850 metres of climb up dry-stone steps to the coll de l'Ofre, part of the Ruta de Pedra en Sec, the GR 221.

If it rains, Can Prunera is a Modernista house with an art collection that includes Miró and Picasso. And on the way from Palma, from February to October, the Alfabia gardens, in Bunyola, just before the tunnel.

## How do you get there from Palma?

By car, along the Ma-11 and the Sóller tunnel: about 30 km and a little over half an hour. The centre of Sóller is a low-emission zone, closed to through traffic: park at the entrance to the village, at Sa Calatrava, or in the Calle Lepanto car park if you are going to the port. Blue-zone parking is paid all year in Sóller; in the Port, only from March to mid-November.

By train, from the Ferrocarril de Sóller station next to Plaza de España in Palma: an hour, €23 single and €30 return. Beware of winter: from 23 November 2026 to 1 February 2027 the train does not run, and the tram stops from 23 November to 22 December, with a replacement bus.

By bus, TIB line 204 leaves the Estació Intermodal in Palma every half hour, every day, and reaches Sóller in 35 minutes and the Port in 45. It is the cheapest option and the only one with long evening hours. The 203 takes the long way, via Valldemossa and Deià.

## How much time, and when to go?

A day is enough for the train, the tram and the port. With two, you can add the boat to Sa Calobra and the Biniaraix ravine unhurried, and sleep in the valley, which empties of day-trippers at dusk. Spring is the best season: orange trees in bloom, temperatures for climbing the ravine and the boat sailing every day from April. September and October are also good, with the sea still warm. In July and August, set out early: the ravine is an oven at midday and the port fills up. In winter the valley is quiet and green, but the train and the tram stop for a few weeks and the boat only sails on Tuesdays and Saturdays in November and from February to March.

## Where to eat

In the Port, Es Canyis has stood since 1954 facing the Repic beach and opens Wednesday to Sunday with non-stop cooking: it is the sure Sunday lunch. Randemar, on the promenade, opens every day with Mediterranean dishes for sharing. In the centre of Sóller, Ca'n Pintxo makes pintxos with island produce and the red prawn of Sóller, but it is not open on Sunday lunchtime, or on Thursdays and Saturdays.

## Where to stay

In the centre, the Gran Hotel Sóller, five stars in a 19th-century building with a rooftop pool, a short walk from the train. At the port, the Hotel Es Port, a 17th-century estate with gardens, two pools and free parking. And for walkers or tight budgets, the Consell de Mallorca's Muleta refuge, next to the Cap Gros lighthouse, from €14 a bed.

## Dónde está
- Zonas: Scenic train journeys in Spain
- Cerca: Valldemossa and Deià (a 8.0 km), Pollença and Cap de Formentor (a 28.6 km)

## Qué hacer
- **The Sóller train from Palma** (1 h · Everyone, children included; without a car · Desde 23 € single ticket Palma – Sóller): The Sóller train has linked Palma with Sóller since 1912 and keeps the look of that time: wooden carriages, seats that turn to face the group or forwards and a first-class carriage with sofas. It leaves from its station next to Plaça d'Espanya in Palma, stops at Bunyola and reaches Sóller in an hour.
The route
The first kilometres cross the Palma plain among houses and market gardens. Past Bunyola the sierra begins: thirteen tunnels, the longest of almost three kilometres, and the curved viaduct of the Cinc Ponts, five stone arches over the Montreals torrent. The highest point is about 200 metres up. On some departures the train makes a technical stop of about ten minutes at the Pujol d'en Banya viewpoint, with the Sóller valley below; ask at the Palma ticket office whether yours stops.
Times and prices
According to its website, trains leave Palma at 10:30, 12:50, 15:10 and 18:00, with one more departure at 10:00 marked "check at ticket office". From Sóller to Palma they leave at 9:00, 11:40, 14:00 and 17:00, and at 16:00 depending on the day. The Palma – Sóller single costs €23 and the return €30; the combined ticket with the tram to Port de Sóller, return, €40. Tickets are bought at the ticket offices or on the website.
The winter closure
From 23 November 2026 to 1 February 2027 the train does not run. In those weeks, TIB bus 204 leaves the Palma Intermodal Station every half hour and reaches Sóller in 35 minutes.
How to combine it
The most comfortable plan is to take the train in the morning, go down to the port by tram, have lunch there and return in the afternoon by train, or on bus 204 if it gets late: it leaves every half hour until night.
- **Boat from Port de Sóller to Sa Calobra and the Torrent de Pareis** (5 h · Families, couples, walkers who return on foot · Desde 35 € adult return, 2026): What it is
The scheduled boat that leaves from the pier at Port de Sóller and sails north, beneath the cliffs of the Serra de Tramuntana, to Sa Calobra. There you disembark, walk through the rock tunnels to the mouth of the Torrent de Pareis, a pebble beach between vertical walls, and return on the afternoon boat. By road, Sa Calobra lies at the end of a descent of tight bends; by sea, it is an hour away.
Times and prices
From April to October there are four departures a day from the Port: 9:50, 11:20, 13:00 and 15:00; the returns from Sa Calobra are around 13:45 and 16:40. In November and from February to March, only Tuesdays and Saturdays, out at 11:30 and back at 13:45, booking by phone. In 2026 the return costs €35 for adults, €27 for ages 12 to 22, €18 for ages 6 to 11, and under-6s do not pay. Online there is a 10% discount.
What to know
All departures depend on the sea: in a strong tramontana they are cancelled. Call the day before to confirm. Bring footwear for the stones on the beach and water: there are bars at Sa Calobra, but nothing in the torrent.
- **The Sóller tram to the port** (20 min · Everyone; with small children · Desde 10 € journey, on board): An electric tram from 1913
The Sóller tram was inaugurated on 4 October 1913 and was the first electric tram in Mallorca. It was designed by the engineer Pedro Garau to link the town with its port, and its fleet keeps the three original motor cars, numbered 1 to 3, built by Carde y Escoriaza in Zaragoza, along with two trailers of the same period. In 1954 the jardineras, the open-sided trailers that run in good weather, were bought from the Palma trams, and later five cars arrived from Lisbon, adapted to the 914-millimetre track gauge.
From Plaça d'Espanya to the port promenade
The line is 4,868 metres long. It leaves Plaça d'Espanya, opposite the train station, goes down Avinguda Cristòfol Colom, beside the municipal market, passes Es Born and Plaça de la Constitució and crosses the Torrent Major on an iron bridge built by La Maquinista Terrestre y Marítima. Then it runs through the orange groves of the L'Horta district, with two stops it makes only if someone pulls the cord and the bell rings, and reaches the port along the bay shore as far as Plaça de Sa Torre. It ends at the old port tram station, which is now the Mar y Sol hotel and restaurant. The journey takes between 20 minutes and half an hour, depending on the stops it makes.
On the hour, €10 on board
From Sóller it leaves on the hour, from 8:00 to 19:00. From the Port it returns at half past, from 8:30 to 19:30. The ticket costs €10 per journey and is paid on board; there is no need to book. If you come from Palma on the Sóller train, the combined return ticket Palma – Port de Sóller costs €40 and includes the tram; with that ticket the train time is fixed, but you can take any tram from Sóller to the Port.
The company does not allow animals except guide dogs or pets in an approved carrier, nor bicycles or electric scooters.
From 23 November to 22 December, by bus
This year the tram stops from 23 November to 22 December 2026 and is replaced by an alternative bus run by the company. The Palma train also stops running from 23 November until 1 February 2027: see the listing for the train and tram station. Apart from the tram, the TIB bus 204 links Sóller and the Port every half hour all year.
With a pushchair or small children
With small children it is an outing in itself, and for anyone who arrives in Sóller without a car it is the natural way down to the port. If you have a lot of luggage or a pushchair, bear in mind that in summer and at beach hours it is full.
- **Biniaraix Gorge, from Sóller to the Coll de l'Ofre** (5 h 30 · 8.5 km · Fit walkers; with children, only the first stretch · Free): What it is
The cobbled path that climbs through the Biniaraix gorge, among olive terraces and dry-stone walls, from the hamlet of Biniaraix to the Coll de l'Ofre. It is one of the best-known stretches of the Ruta de Pedra en Sec, the GR 221, and a landscape protected as a Site of Cultural Interest.
What it is like
From Sóller's square you reach Biniaraix in about 20 minutes by the path that leaves beside the torrent, about 2.5 km according to the Consell's track. There the climb begins: about 6 km more and 800 metres of ascent on stone steps and ramps to the Coll de l'Ofre, at 900 metres, with the Puig de l'Ofre beside it and, on the other side of the pass, the Cúber reservoir. In all, about 8.5 km and 850 metres of climbing from Sóller. Out and back by the same path, allow 5 to 6 hours. If you just want to see it, walk up the gorge for an hour and come back: it is the prettiest part.
Getting there and parking
On foot from the centre of Sóller. By car, park at the entrance to the town: the centre is a low-emission zone and Biniaraix has very little room. Without a car, bus 204 from Palma drops you in Sóller.
Things to bear in mind
The Consell rates the whole stage as high difficulty because of its length and ascent. The stone steps are slippery in rain and the gorge has no shade in the middle of summer days. There is no drinking water on the path.
- **Walk to Cap Gros lighthouse from Port de Sóller** (2 h · 3.5 km · Families, sunset · Free): The western point of the bay
Cap Gros lighthouse stands at the western end of the mouth of Port de Sóller and controlled the entrance to the port. The climb is the most rewarding short walk from the port: a little over an hour round trip to see the whole bay, almost closed, like a lake with the town at its far end. Behind the lighthouse, looking north, you see the cliffs of the coast and, inland, the Puig Major, the Puig de l'Ofre and Es Teix, three peaks of over 1,000 metres.
Beside it, 110 metres above the sea, is the Muleta refuge: between 1911 and 1956 it was a military radiotelegraph station and today it is a hostel of the Consell de Mallorca on the Ruta de Pedra en Sec, the GR 221.
From Santa Catalina to the lighthouse, step by step
Start on the port's seafront promenade and walk towards the Santa Catalina neighbourhood, on the side of the port facing the lighthouse. When the houses end, the climb begins, along the narrow lighthouse road or along the GR 221 route, which goes by path. In all it is about 3.5 kilometres from the port and a little over 100 metres of ascent, spread over a continuous gentle slope, with no difficult sections. At an easy pace allow an hour up and a little less down, by the same path.
At the top are the lighthouse, the refuge and the view. Bring water in summer: it is a short slope, but a continuous one.
Eating or having a drink at Muleta
The refuge serves food and drink. For its guests it publishes breakfast from 8:00 to 9:00 for €5.50, a midday menu at 13:30 for €13, dinner at 20:30 for €9.50, a children's menu at €5.50 and a picnic bag for €8. If you want to eat there, call first on 971 634 271 or 971 630 042; its listing does not say whether it serves those who come just to pass the time. If you fancy sleeping beside the lighthouse, see the listing for the Muleta refuge.
Better on foot than by car
The road reaches the lighthouse, but the Consell recommends walking up because there is no room to park at the top, and the road is narrow and winding. You reach the port without a car on the Sóller tram, which drops you on the promenade, or on bus 204 from Palma. If you go up with a dog, keep it on a lead: you share the road with the odd car and the path with GR 221 walkers.
What time to climb
In July and August, go up early or late and avoid the middle of the day. The best time is sunset: the lighthouse faces west and the sun sets over the sea in front of you.
- **Can Prunera, Sóller's Modernista museum** (1 h 30 · Art, rainy days · Desde 11 € general admission; reduced €9, free under 12): The Pruneres, from Belfort to Carrer de sa Lluna
Can Prunera is a Modernista house built between 1904 and 1911 on Carrer de sa Lluna, the shopping street in the centre of Sóller. It was commissioned by Joan Magraner and Margalida Vicens, whom the town called els Pruneres. Like many families in the valley, they emigrated after a blight wiped out the orange trees in 1865, and made their fortune in Belfort, in France, trading in fruit, vegetables and liqueurs. On their return they wanted a house that stood out: French-style Modernisme in the middle of a stone town. It is not known who designed it. The museum records the hypothesis of Joan Rubió i Bellver, with no document to confirm it, and that it was built by the town's master builders.
Tiles, stained glass and the Serra collection
The first things you look at are the floors: hand-made hydraulic tiles, 20 by 20 centimetres, with a different pattern in each room. Then come the stained-glass windows, high ceilings, curving forms, carved furniture and lamps of the period. Each room has its own design, so the house is explored as a succession of lived-in rooms rather than as a museum of display cases.
On the walls hangs the Serra collection, with 19th- and 20th-century work: Miró, Picasso, Gauguin, Foujita, Klimt, Barceló or Dennis Oppenheim, among others. General admission lets you move at your own pace, with no fixed route, with an audio guide included.
Campo de Juego and the sculpture garden
Besides the house, the ticket gives access to the Campo de Juego, a sensory, immersive space which the museum presents as designed for ages 0 to 99, by Irene Fernández of Createctura. With children it is the part that justifies the visit. Behind the house is the sculpture garden, with a speciality coffee café and a wine bar. You can go into the garden, the café and the shop without a ticket: if you just want a coffee in the shade in the centre of Sóller, that works too.
Eleven euros with an audio guide, or with a guide and a drink
General admission costs €11; the reduced rate, €9, for young people aged 12 to 24 and over-65s; under-12s do not pay. The guided visit lasts an hour, takes in the house and the collection and ends with a drink in the garden, wine, beer or a soft drink; book on their website, which does not publish its price. There is also a private visit for groups with an expert in history and art, and on Fridays a night visit behind closed doors with wine for €45. For families it runs the workshop "The Secret Life of Objects", on Saturdays at 11:30 and Thursdays at 17:00, at €7, for children from age 3.
Allow an hour and a half without hurrying, a little more if you sit in the garden.
Winter and summer hours
From 1 October to 14 April it is open Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00 and Sunday from 10:00 to 14:30. From 15 April to 1 October, Monday from 10:00 to 18:00, Tuesday to Thursday until 19:00, Friday and Saturday until 20:00 and Sunday from 10:00 to 14:30. In its FAQ the website gives a different, longer winter schedule: if you go late or on a Sunday afternoon, call first on 971 638 973.
It is at number 86 Carrer de sa Lluna, a few minutes' walk from the square and the station of the Sóller train. If you arrive by car, the centre has paid blue-zone parking and green zones for residents only: see the Sóller car parks before entering the old town.
- **Alfabia Gardens, on the Palma to Sóller road** (1 h · Families, gardens; a stop on the way · Desde 10 € general admission; €5 Mallorca residents, free under 12): Closed until 15 February 2027
If you are reading this in winter: the gardens are closed and their website announces reopening on 15 February 2027. Their season normally runs from 14 February to 31 October, every day from 9:30 to 18:30, with last entry an hour before closing. The website itself warns that closing times may change, so confirm the day before.
An estate of Andalusi origin at the foot of the sierra
Alfabia is a manor house with its gardens on the way out of Bunyola, at kilometre 17 of the Palma to Sóller road, just before the tunnel. Its history begins before the Christian conquest: the estate is documented in Muslim times, and those on the Sóller train see it from the window as they leave Bunyola, surrounded by Andalusi-inspired gardens. The original houses were Gothic and fortified, around a closed courtyard; a tower was added in the 16th century, and the Baroque renovation of the 18th gave shape to what you see today, with the 1760 facade. In 1860 Queen Isabella II visited it, and the Jardinet de la Reina dates from that year.
It was declared a national monument in 1954 and a Site of Cultural Interest in 2003. It opened to tourist visits in the 1960s.
The coffered ceiling, the Gothic chair and the olive mill
The visit is self-guided, with an audio guide via QR code. You pass through the gardens and the house, which holds a Mozarabic wooden coffered ceiling, restored in 1985, and a Gothic chair from around 1490 to 1500. You also see the olive mill, the estate's oil press, rebuilt in 1533 and restored in 1995. In 2025 a sculpture by Joan Miró was installed in the garden.
The website gives no official duration; allow at least an hour, a little more if you linger in the house and the olive mill.
Ten euros, with a dog and without a picnic
General admission costs €10. Residents of Mallorca pay €5 on showing ID, and children under 12 go in free. Discounts cannot be combined. Pets are allowed. You cannot picnic within the estate. The website itself warns that, because of the terrain and the architecture, the gardens are not adapted for people with reduced mobility: bear this in mind if you come with a wheelchair or pushchair.
At kilometre 17 of the Ma-11
It is on the Ma-11, at kilometre 17 of the Palma – Sóller road, in the municipality of Bunyola: from Palma, about 20 minutes by car. It is the logical stop on the way to Sóller through the tunnel. TIB bus 204 links Palma and Sóller along this road; ask the driver for the nearest stop before getting off, because from Bunyola village the way is along the hard shoulder. In the valley the Sóller train and Can Prunera, another house with history, await you.
- **Fornalutx and Biniaraix on foot from Sóller** (2 h 30 · Families who walk, couples · Free): Two villages above the orange valley
Biniaraix and Fornalutx are the two villages that look out over the Sóller valley from the skirts of the sierra, among terraces of orange, lemon and olive trees. Biniaraix is a hamlet of Sóller built on a small hill and declared a historic ensemble of cultural interest; Sóller town council puts it about 20 minutes' walk from the square. Fornalutx, a little higher up and already a different municipality, lies at the foot of the Puig Major, the highest mountain in Mallorca, and belongs to the network of Spain's Most Beautiful Villages. Linking them on foot, returning via Binibassí, is a half-day walk on dry-stone paths still in use.
From Sóller's square to the Placeta de la Concepció
You set off from Sóller's square and follow the path that goes up the torrent towards Biniaraix, about 2.5 kilometres along the GR 221 route. You reach a small square with the 16th-century church of la Concepció. Beside the wash-houses is Cas Don, a house with the Pinopar coat of arms, and from there leaves the old road to Lluc, which goes into the Biniaraix gorge, the most elaborate cobbling in the whole sierra according to the Consell de Mallorca.
The Camí des Creuer and the streets of Fornalutx
From Biniaraix to Fornalutx you climb the Camí des Creuer, a stepped path between vegetable gardens that leaves you in the village. Fornalutx keeps its traditional layout: cobbled streets and stairways, stone houses, little chapels on corners and defensive towers. The church square, dedicated to the Nativitat de la Mare de Déu, is the centre of the village and has bars with terraces. On Carrer de sa Font you can see painted tiles on the eaves of es Poador and Can Xoroi, a manor house that keeps its olive mill; the town council bought it and today it is a cultural centre, with a collection of these tiles. The Ca n'Arbona tower, from the 17th century, built for defence against pirates, is now the town hall.
The return via Binibassí
To avoid repeating your route, leave the church square by Carrer de Sant Sebastià and Carrer de Sant Joan as far as the cemetery, which has Modernista work. A track that ends in cobbles takes you to Binibassí, a former Islamic farmstead with a defensive tower, olive mill and chapel. The water from its spring, collected in an irrigation channel, once drove a mill and still serves the wash-houses and gardens around. The GR 221 joins there, coming from Sóller and turning towards Biniaraix: follow it to return to the valley.
Stone steps, two or three hours
Allow two or three hours with stops for the whole round trip from Sóller. There are no difficult sections, but there are slopes and many stone steps, which are slippery after rain: wear shoes with good soles. Do it with children who already walk, not with a pushchair. With a dog, on a lead, because you pass through streets, closed gardens and other walkers.
Parking at the entrance to Fornalutx
Fornalutx is small, with narrow, sloping streets. If you drive up, leave the car at the entrance to the village and walk in. To do the whole route on foot, park in Sóller and set off from the square: first look at the Sóller car parks, because the centre is a low-emission zone.

## Dónde comer
- **Es Canyis** (Restaurant, Port de Sóller, €€€). Qué pedir: the Sóller prawn carpaccio to start and a rice dish or the lobster caldereta to share; for dessert, the île flottante, made in view in the dining room
- **Ca'n Pintxo** (Restaurant, Sóller, €€). Qué pedir: several pintxos to share: the vegetable cappuccino, the bluefin tuna tataki or the lamb with sobrasada; with the Lluna beer or the Es Ví wine, made for the house
- **Randemar** (Restaurant, Port de Sóller, €€€). Qué pedir: rice dishes, home-made pasta or fresh fish to share; the pizzas come out of the wood-fired oven, and as evening falls the terrace becomes a cocktail bar

## By car: By car, through the tunnel from Palma
By car you reach Sóller from Palma in a little over half an hour along the Ma-11 and the tunnel, and you can stop at the Alfabia gardens or drive up to Fornalutx. The problem is parking: Sóller's centre is a low-emission zone and the Port fills up in summer. Leave the car and get around on foot or by tram.
Presupuesto orientativo: 90–180 € por persona y día.
### Dónde dormir if you're driving
- **Gran Hotel Sóller** (Spa hotel): The work of Pavía Birmingham on Carrer de sa Romaguera
The Gran Hotel Sóller occupies a 19th-century building designed by Joaquín Pavía Birmingham, the architect of the Diputación de Mallorca palace, who also worked on the extensions to Palma cathedral. Renovated as a five-star boutique hotel, it now belongs to the Alvotel group. It is at number 18 Carrer de sa Romaguera, in the old town: on foot you have, a few minutes away, the square, the church of Sant Bartomeu, the station of the Sóller train and the tram to the port.
Rooms in the main building and the annexe
It has 38 rooms and suites, divided between the historic building and an annexe. The simplest is the standard double, which is in the annexe and is the cheapest option. Next come the executive doubles, with or without a balcony (the one with a balcony is around 23 m²), the superiors, all with a balcony and larger, and the deluxe, with or without a terrace. At the top of the scale are the suite, in the quietest part of the hotel, and the premium suite, with two bedrooms each with its own bathroom, one with a jacuzzi, a lounge and a terrace. The website does not give the size of the others or their views: if you want to sleep in the 19th-century building, say so when you book.
Two pools: the rooftop and the spa
The roof has an open-air pool with 360-degree views over the town, the church facade and the sierra. The pool and sunloungers are for guests only; the rooftop bar, which opens in summer, also serves outside customers from 11:00 to 21:30, with a snack menu from 13:00 to 20:30.
Below, the spa is small and has a heated pool with jets, jacuzzi, sauna, hammam and gym. It is open every day from 9:00 to 21:00, guests have full unlimited access, and children may enter at any time accompanied by an adult. Massages can be booked, including tuina, the speciality of their masseuse Mei Hong.
Breakfast and dinner at Ca'n Blau
The Ca'n Blau restaurant serves breakfast, a buffet with hot dishes prepared on the spot, and also opens at lunchtime and in the evening with Mediterranean cooking using local, seasonal produce from Mallorca and the Balearics. At lunch the menu is for snacking; in the evening, à la carte. In summer you also eat on the garden terrace. If you prefer to go out, Ca'n Pintxo is beside the church, a few minutes away.
Parking in the centre of Sóller
The hotel has its own paid car park, at €18 a day, with few spaces at the main entrance and at the back. Reserve it when you book or by asking at reception, especially at weekends and in high season. Sóller's centre is a low-emission zone: confirm with the hotel how to reach its door by car.
Direct booking and contact
Direct booking on their website carries a best-price guarantee and a 15% discount on the flexible rate from seven nights. Contact: 971 638 686, WhatsApp 644 21 38 42 or info@granhotelsoller.com.
- **Hotel Es Port** (Hotel): A fortified 17th-century house in the port
The Hotel Es Port occupies a fortified 17th-century mansion on Carrer Antonio Montis in Port de Sóller, at the foot of the sierra. Around it are about 40,000 m² of grounds with native vegetation, centuries-old trees, terraces, Mediterranean gardens and an organic vegetable garden. It is a four-star hotel with 147 rooms spread over several buildings, with the old house in the centre.
Sleeping in the tower or in the historic building
The website lists nine room types. The most distinctive are the two in the defensive tower, with views the hotel highlights, and those in the historic part: the double in the historic building and the junior suites. There are also standard and superior doubles, suites, superior suites and a grand suite. Some have been renovated recently, though the website does not say which, and it does not publish sizes or views for each type: if sleeping in the 17th-century house or in the tower matters to you, ask for it specifically.
Three pools, spa and tennis
The outdoor pool is 25 metres long and has landscaped terraces and sunloungers; in summer a children's pool is also opened. The covered, heated 18-metre pool is part of the spa, which also has a hydromassage bath, foot bath, swan-neck and waterfall jets, sauna, steam bath, sensation showers and a treatment room. Spa access is free for guests, from 7:30 to 21:00. Children may enter from 10:00 to 15:00 with an adult, except in July and August, when it is adults only. Massages and rituals are booked separately, by writing to spa@hotelesport.com.
For activity, three tennis courts, two of them clay, and table tennis in summer.
Sa Possessió and Sa Figuera
Both kitchens are run by chef Xisco Arbona. Sa Possessió, the main restaurant, is in the house, beside the old tafona (olive mill), and serves dinners with an international menu. Sa Figuera is in the garden, beside the pool, with signature cooking based on Mallorcan recipes; it opens Monday to Saturday from 19:00 to 22:00 and is booked at safiguera@hotelesport.com or on the hotel's phone number. The bar is called Sa Tafona. Outside the hotel, on the promenade, there are Randemar and, on Platja d'en Repic, Es Canyis.
Free parking in Port de Sóller
The hotel's private car park is free, and in a port where parking in season is costly, it is its clearest practical advantage. Leave the car there and get around on foot or by tram to Sóller; the pier for the boat to Sa Calobra is in the same port.
Booking and conditions
Reception is open 24 hours and you can check in online before arriving. The card only guarantees the booking: nothing is charged when you book and the bill is paid at the hotel. Cancelling or changing is free up to 24 hours before arrival; after that, or if you do not show up, they charge one night. The Balearic tourist tax is paid separately. The website does not publish check-in and check-out times or rules on pets: ask on 971 631 650 or at info@hotelesport.com.
### Servicios
- **Car parks in Sóller and Port de Sóller**: Sóller's centre is a low-emission zone: park at the entrance, at Sa Calatrava. In the Port, the car park on Carrer Lepanto. Paid blue zone.

## Car-free: Car-free, by train or bus 204
Sóller is the Mallorca destination that works best without a car: the historic train or bus 204 from Palma, the tram to the port, the boat to Sa Calobra and the GR 221 paths on foot. In winter the train stops for a few weeks, but the 204 runs every half hour all year.
Presupuesto orientativo: 60–160 € por persona y día.
### Dónde dormir without a car
- **Gran Hotel Sóller** (Spa hotel): The work of Pavía Birmingham on Carrer de sa Romaguera
The Gran Hotel Sóller occupies a 19th-century building designed by Joaquín Pavía Birmingham, the architect of the Diputación de Mallorca palace, who also worked on the extensions to Palma cathedral. Renovated as a five-star boutique hotel, it now belongs to the Alvotel group. It is at number 18 Carrer de sa Romaguera, in the old town: on foot you have, a few minutes away, the square, the church of Sant Bartomeu, the station of the Sóller train and the tram to the port.
Rooms in the main building and the annexe
It has 38 rooms and suites, divided between the historic building and an annexe. The simplest is the standard double, which is in the annexe and is the cheapest option. Next come the executive doubles, with or without a balcony (the one with a balcony is around 23 m²), the superiors, all with a balcony and larger, and the deluxe, with or without a terrace. At the top of the scale are the suite, in the quietest part of the hotel, and the premium suite, with two bedrooms each with its own bathroom, one with a jacuzzi, a lounge and a terrace. The website does not give the size of the others or their views: if you want to sleep in the 19th-century building, say so when you book.
Two pools: the rooftop and the spa
The roof has an open-air pool with 360-degree views over the town, the church facade and the sierra. The pool and sunloungers are for guests only; the rooftop bar, which opens in summer, also serves outside customers from 11:00 to 21:30, with a snack menu from 13:00 to 20:30.
Below, the spa is small and has a heated pool with jets, jacuzzi, sauna, hammam and gym. It is open every day from 9:00 to 21:00, guests have full unlimited access, and children may enter at any time accompanied by an adult. Massages can be booked, including tuina, the speciality of their masseuse Mei Hong.
Breakfast and dinner at Ca'n Blau
The Ca'n Blau restaurant serves breakfast, a buffet with hot dishes prepared on the spot, and also opens at lunchtime and in the evening with Mediterranean cooking using local, seasonal produce from Mallorca and the Balearics. At lunch the menu is for snacking; in the evening, à la carte. In summer you also eat on the garden terrace. If you prefer to go out, Ca'n Pintxo is beside the church, a few minutes away.
Parking in the centre of Sóller
The hotel has its own paid car park, at €18 a day, with few spaces at the main entrance and at the back. Reserve it when you book or by asking at reception, especially at weekends and in high season. Sóller's centre is a low-emission zone: confirm with the hotel how to reach its door by car.
Direct booking and contact
Direct booking on their website carries a best-price guarantee and a 15% discount on the flexible rate from seven nights. Contact: 971 638 686, WhatsApp 644 21 38 42 or info@granhotelsoller.com.
- **Refugi de Muleta** (Mountain hut, desde 14 € / bed): A refuge in a radio station
The Muleta refuge occupies the old military radiotelegraph station that between 1911 and 1956 watched the entrance to Port de Sóller, 110 metres above the sea and a step from Cap Gros lighthouse. It is run by the Consell de Mallorca and is the end of a stage of the Ruta de Pedra en Sec, the GR 221, which comes from Deià and continues towards Sóller, the Biniaraix gorge and Tossals Verds.
Sleeping and eating
It has 30 places in a shared dormitory. A bed costs €14 per person, €9 up to age 16, shower included; sheets can be hired for €4.50 and a towel for €2. It serves breakfast from 8:00 to 9:00 (€5.50), a midday menu at 13:30 (€13) and dinner at 20:30 (€9.50), as well as a picnic bag for €8. These are the rates published in the Consell's listing; confirm them when you book.
Getting there
On foot from Port de Sóller, following the lighthouse road or the GR 221, in under an hour. There is a road to the lighthouse and you can drive up, but the Consell recommends walking because there is no room to park at the top.
Who it is for
For GR 221 walkers and for anyone who wants to sleep cheaply by the sea, watch the sunset at the lighthouse and go down early to the port to catch the Sa Calobra boat.
### Servicios
- **TIB bus 204, Palma – Sóller – Port de Sóller**: Direct bus through the Sóller tunnel: leaves the Palma Intermodal Station every half hour, reaches Sóller in 35 minutes and the port in 45. Every day.
- **Sóller train station and tram stop**: The Palma train station and the tram departure to the port, in Sóller's Plaça d'Espanya. The train stops from 23 November 2026 to 1 February 2027.

## As a family: Train, tram and boat in a single day

For children, Sóller is a day of transport: the wooden train with its tunnels, the tram to the beach and the boat along the cliffs. All with short journeys and stops for a swim or a snack. The valley's museums and gardens let under-12s in free.

### What works best
The train from Palma: an hour with thirteen tunnels, which flies by

The tram to the Port, 20 minutes, and the beach when you get off

The boat to Sa Calobra: free up to age 6, €18 for ages 6 to 11

The walk to Cap Gros lighthouse, an hour of gentle climb on road

### Where to sleep
Hotel Es Port, with a garden, outdoor and heated pools, and tennis

Gran Hotel Sóller, in the centre, with a rooftop pool

### Where to eat
Randemar, with wood-fired pizzas and all-day kitchen

Es Canyis, with continuous kitchen from 12:30 to 22:30 facing the beach

### Bear in mind
The Biniaraix gorge is long and steep: with children, only the first stretch

In a rough sea the boat does not sail: treat it as a plan, not a certainty

Can Prunera and the Alfabia gardens are free for under-12s

### Qué hacer as a family
- The Sóller train from Palma
- Boat from Port de Sóller to Sa Calobra and the Torrent de Pareis
- The Sóller tram to the port
- Walk to Cap Gros lighthouse from Port de Sóller
- Can Prunera, Sóller's Modernista museum
- Alfabia Gardens, on the Palma to Sóller road
- Fornalutx and Biniaraix on foot from Sóller

## With teenagers: Gorge, lighthouse and boat along the coast

With teenagers, Sóller gives a day of real effort and another by the sea. The Biniaraix gorge is a serious climb up stone steps; the boat to Sa Calobra and the Torrent de Pareis leave a photo that is not forgotten.

### What works best
Biniaraix gorge to the Coll de l'Ofre: 850 m of climbing from Sóller

Boat to Sa Calobra and a walk through the tunnels to the Torrent de Pareis

Sunset at Cap Gros lighthouse

Going to and from Palma by bus or train on their own, without a car

### Where to sleep
Refugi de Muleta, in a shared dormitory, beside the lighthouse

Hotel Es Port, with tennis and a pool

### Where to eat
Pintxos at Ca'n Pintxo, in the centre

Randemar, on the Port promenade

### Bear in mind
The boat ticket for ages 12 to 22 costs €27 return, less than the adult one

There is no water in the gorge: everyone should carry their own

### Qué hacer with teenagers
- Boat from Port de Sóller to Sa Calobra and the Torrent de Pareis
- Biniaraix Gorge, from Sóller to the Coll de l'Ofre
- Walk to Cap Gros lighthouse from Port de Sóller

## Consejos

### Go by train and come back by bus
The train is the journey; bus 204, the flexible way back, every half hour until night.

### Check the closures calendar
In November, December and January, check on the train's website which days it runs.

### Confirm the boat the day before
In tramontana (north wind), Sa Calobra sailings are suspended.

### Don't drive into the centre
It is a low-emission zone: the fine is €200.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How do you get from Palma to Sóller without a car?
On the Sóller train from Plaza de España, an hour, or on TIB bus 204 from the Estació Intermodal, 35 minutes, every half hour.

### Does the Sóller train run in winter?
In the 2026-2027 season it does not run from 23 November to 1 February. The rest of the year, yes.

### How much does the Sóller train cost?
€23 single and €30 return. With the tram to the Port, €40 return.

### Where do you park in Sóller?
In the car parks at the entrance, such as Sa Calatrava; the centre is a low-emission zone. In the Port, on Calle Lepanto.

### Can you take a boat to Sa Calobra from Sóller?
Yes, with Barcos Azules from the quay at the Port: an hour each way, €35 return for an adult, daily from April to October.

### How many days do you need?
One for the train, the tram and the port; two to add the boat and the Biniaraix ravine.