Landscapes

On just 3,640 square kilometers (about the size of Saarland), Mallorca combines an astonishing variety of landscapes — from alpine high mountains to fertile plains to spectacular steep coasts and fine sandy dream beaches.

Serra de Tramuntana

The backbone of the island: a 90-kilometer-long mountain range that stretches along the entire northwest coast, with the Puig Major (1,445 m) as the highest peak. Since 2011, the Tramuntana has been a UNESCO World Heritage — as a cultural landscape, because the combination of natural beauty and centuries-old human design (dry stone wall terraces, olive groves, irrigation systems) is unique. The Tramuntana offers Mallorca's most spectacular landscapes: steep cliffs that drop 300 meters into the sea (Cap Formentor), deep gorges (Torrent de Pareis), mountain villages like Deia and Fornalutx that cling to the slopes like swallow's nests.

Es Pla — the Plain

The heart of Mallorca: a gently rolling plain in the center of the island, which is the granary and the fruit/vegetable garden of Mallorca. Windmills (many restored as finca hotels), almond trees (a pink and white sea of blossoms in January/February!), vineyards, and sleepy villages like Sineu, Petra, and Montuiri shape the landscape. Less touristy, but authentically Mallorcan.

Serres de Llevant

The smaller, gentler mountain range in the east: lower hills (up to 560 m), crisscrossed by stalactite caves (Coves del Drac, Coves del Hams, Coves d'Arta). The east coast alternates between Calas (small rocky coves with turquoise water) and gentler sandy beaches.

The Coast

Mallorca's 554 kilometers of coastline offer everything: the dramatic steep cliffs of the Tramuntana northwest coast (rocky, wild, hardly accessible), the gentle sandy beaches of the Bay of Alcudia and Palma in the north and southwest, the spectacular Calas (rocky coves) of the east and southeast coast (Cala Mondrago, Cala Varques, Cala Llombards), and the cape landscapes of Formentor and Ses Salines at the very south.