The Sóller train, an hour of wood and tunnels from Palma to the sierra.

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.