You've been here long enough that the postcard checklist is done — so this is the weekend you actually keep meaning to do with the kids. Two unhurried days that swap the resort strip for the island residents quietly love: ride a hundred-year-old train, make art, grab a car, sleep by the bay, then a forest ride on horseback and a boat that drops you on a beach you can't reach by road. Day one stays in the Sóller valley, all orange groves and tramline. Day two crosses to the Bay of Alcúdia for pine trails, a vast quiet wetland and the sea. Everything here is real and bookable — pick the pace that suits your smallest traveller and leave the rest for next time.
The Sóller Valley
The wooden 1912 train over the Tramuntana — thirteen tunnels and a ten-minute viewpoint stop — then the open-sided tram down to the port.
Saturday-morning hands-on making in the Modernista museum's Islas de la Curiosidad — a calm, indoor break from the rails.
Step off the tram into a horseshoe bay — a long family lunch and a dip before the drive north.
The Bay of Alcúdia
Start in the saddle: a guided hour through the Son Bauló pines, calm enough for first-time riders and every age.
The Balearics' biggest wetland is its easiest wild walk — flat boardwalks, bird hides and 1,600 hectares of reeds. Free, but grab a permit at the visitor centre.
Finish on the water: a return boat with an hour on the white-sand beach below the lighthouse that's a nightmare to reach by car in summer.
If anyone's up for a dawn start, swap in a sunrise boat to spot wild dolphins off the north coast.
Editor's note
More than you'll fit in two days, on purpose — every stop is close enough to swap in or out. Book the Sóller train and the Saturday Can Prunera workshop ahead, pick up the hire car once you're back down the valley (you'll want it for day two's bay), and remember s'Albufera is free but needs a quick permit from the visitor centre.