Serra de Tramuntana: Valldemossa, Deià, Sóller

Between the sea and wind-carved limestone, the Tramuntana shifts scale in a handful of bends: from lively Palma Bay up to Valldemossa’s millennia-old olive terraces at 420 m. You trace Chopin and George Sand at the charterhouse, drift on to Deià—long favored by Robert Graves—and roll down to Sóller with its 19th‑century orange groves linked to trade with France. The MA-10, UNESCO-listed for dry-stone terraces and waterworks, strings together viewpoints and rock-hewn curves.

Here’s how the day flows: hotel pickup in Palma, a Mercedes at your disposal, and stops tuned to your rhythm. With a dedicated driver in Palma de Mallorca, you wander while he handles tight lanes and parking—from the charterhouse (about 45 minutes from Palma) to Port de Sóller via Son Marroig and the marquesses’ lookout. Taste an ensaïmada in Valldemossa, pause for coffee by Sa Foradada if timing allows, then return via the 10.3 km Sóller tunnel to ease the late afternoon.