The Serra de Tramuntana was made to be travelled slowly, and the campervan is the way to do it without a watch. The **MA-10** is the backbone of the range: a winding road linking stone villages, sea-view lookouts, turquoise reservoirs and hidden monasteries. This **two-day** itinerary runs from Valldemossa to the Santuari de Lluc, with an overnight stop on wheels and seven pauses best savoured on foot. **Day 1 — from the orange valley to the Archduke's coast.** You start in **Valldemossa** and its charterhouse, continue through **Son Marroig** and the pierced peninsula of **Sa Foradada**, eat in **Deià** by its cove and finish in **Sóller**: park the camper, wander the orange town and take the tram down to the port, where you sleep. **Day 2 — the wild side.** The morning is for **Sa Calobra** and the Torrent de Pareis (on the 10:00 boat from Port de Sóller, returning around 14:45, avoiding the dreaded tie-knot road). In the afternoon you head back up the MA-10 to the **Cúber and Gorg Blau** reservoirs, at the foot of Puig Major, and end at the **Santuari de Lluc** — the spiritual heart of the island and the best service and overnight point on the route. Got an extra day? From Lluc, Cap de Formentor is within reach for a sunrise.
From the orange valley to the Archduke's coast
Start in the highest village in the range. The charterhouse still preserves the cells where Chopin and George Sand spent the winter of 1838, with brief piano recitals. Leave the campervan in the car parks on the outskirts.
The house-museum of Archduke Ludwig Salvator (who bought it in 1877), with its Carrara marble temple overlooking the sea and the Sa Foradada peninsula — pierced by a large natural opening — at its feet.
A stone village clinging to the mountain, an artists' refuge, with a small cove of crystal-clear waters and picnic spots at the end of a path. A stop for lunch and to breathe.
Park the camper on the outskirts of Sóller and lose yourself in the Plaça de Sant Bartomeu and its orange-tree-lined streets. Take the vintage tram down to the port (~€10) and close the day by the bay, with a swim before the overnight stop.
🌙 Overnight: Overnight on wheels
The wild side: torrents and mountains
Avoid the dreaded tie-knot road: first boat at 10:00 from Port de Sóller (~1 hr crossing). Sa Calobra is a cove wedged between 200 m walls where the Torrent de Pareis meets the sea, a Natural Monument. The excursion takes the morning; return on the 13:45 boat to have the afternoon free.
Back in Port de Sóller (~14:45), drive up the MA-10 (~35 min) to these two turquoise reservoirs at the foot of Puig Major, Mallorca's highest peak. There's an almost flat circular walk around Cúber (~2 hrs) if you have time to spare.
The journey's end and the spiritual heart of Mallorca: a 13th-century monastery in the heart of the mountains. Next to the car park (paid), an IBANAT area offers grey and fresh water emptying and filling plus showers — the best service point on the route — and it's the ideal place to overnight.
🌙 Overnight: Overnight at the Lluc area
Editor's note
Golden rules for campervan travel: park on the outskirts of villages (the mountain roads are very narrow) and explore them on foot. You can only overnight on wheels, without bringing out chairs or tables or levelling the vehicle — that counts as camping and is prohibited outside authorised areas. The island's main enabled point for emptying and filling water is the Punto Limpio de Son Castelló (Palma), free from 8:00 to 19:30. Got an extra day? From Lluc, Cap de Formentor is ~1 hr away: drive up at sunrise or take the TIB 334 bus (in season, 15 May–18 Oct, private vehicles are banned from 10:00 to 22:00).