Serra de Tramuntana & Mountain Villages: A Full-Day Mallorca Itinerary
The UNESCO-listed Serra de Tramuntana is the Mallorca most visitors miss from the beach: honey-stone villages, olive terraces carved a thousand years ago and a 1912 wooden train rattling through the mountains. Here is how to see Valldemossa, Sóller, Deià and Sa Calobra in one full day — with the best-rated tours to book for each stretch.
At a glance
- 1Valldemossa monastery in the morning
- 2Vintage wooden train to Sóller
- 3Deià and the coastal viewpoints
- 4Sa Calobra & Torrent de Pareis
Morning: Valldemossa and the Carthusian monastery
Start in Valldemossa, the cobbled village where Chopin and George Sand spent the winter of 1838–39 at the Real Cartuja monastery. Arrive before the coach crowds at 10:30 to have the blond-stone lanes almost to yourself, and try a coca de patata pastry with an almond milkshake — the local ritual. Guided day tours from Palma pair Valldemossa with the Sóller valley from around €55, and some add a Mallorcan wine tasting.
