Alfabia Gardens, on the Palma to Sóller road

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.