The Island is split into a few distinctive areas. The most favoured part for cyclists is Western Mallorca, which encompasses the spectacular Serra de Tramuntana mountain range with its razorback limestone cliffs which plunge down into the turquoise sea. Some of the most beautiful towns and villages are dotted around this area, and there are some lovely gelaterias to boot, which is always well deserved after a few hard hours on the bike in the sun.
Mallorcca Cycling is a good port of call for route planning.
Gradients in this part of the island on average tend to be around 6%, sometimes topping out around 11%, but never for very long, unless of course you tackle the twisty road up from Sa Colabra, which offers an exceptional- yet beautiful- challenge.
Should slogging it up a col not be your sort of thing, there are hundreds of kilometres worth of wide open rolling countryside roads to explore, known as ‘The Interior’, which boasts the islands vineyards and rural hamlets. Brings a whole new meaning to the coffee stop.
The go-to guide for finding your way around the many kilometres of routes on Mallorca is the Bike Mallorca Bicycle Map (I bought mine from Amazon). It shows gradients and class of road, whilst providing some suggested routes with profile and distances to boot. It also sets out the MTB tracks.
