01
Puig de Massanella
The highest summit you can legally stand on (1,364 m), with a sea-to-sea panorama. A small estate fee applies on the classic line.
Mallorca's Serra de Tramuntana is a UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape, and the best way to understand it is on foot. These six routes are the island's hiking canon — ranked from the multi-day dry-stone trail that ties the whole range together, through the highest peak you can summit and the gorge you scramble down to the sea, to a ridge walk and a castle climb that pay off far beyond their effort. Most are pure Tramuntana; one trades the mountains for a boat ride to a wild offshore islet. Lace up, start early, and carry water.
02
Sa Calobra and the Torrent de Pareis
Sa Calobra, Escorca, Mallorca
Mallorca's most dramatic gorge — boulder-hop down the Torrent de Pareis to a beach between 200 m walls. Dry months only, never after rain.
03
Camí de s'Arxiduc (Valldemossa)
The Archduke's clifftop ridge above Valldemossa — the most cinematic balcony walk on the island. Exposed; pick a clear, calm day.
04
Castell d'Alaró
A short, steep climb to a ruined rock-top castle with a refuge serving coffee and cake at the summit. Big reward for the effort.
05
Parc Natural de sa Dragonera
Walk the lighthouses of a protected, uninhabited islet reached by a 15-minute boat from Sant Elm — falcons overhead, lizards everywhere.
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