Jardí Botànic de Sóller: The Mallorca Garden

The path leads once across the entire island. Winds its way from the mountains to the coast. Through the fertile plains, dry and wetlands. Over stone steps, along landscaped beds and ponds, connected by an ingenious irrigation system. If Mallorca were a garden, it would be the Jardí Botànic de Sóller. More than one thousand species are growing here, among them every plant that can be found on the Balearic Islands.

A Green Oasis

Other than the pleasure grounds of Alfabia or Raixa, the Sóller Botanic Garden is a scientific project. It shows the plant collections in their natural habitat. Wild flora as well as ornamental and medicinal plants. But also fruit trees and vegetables. Against the impressive backdrop of the Tramuntana mountain range, the lush garden is still a green oasis.

Diversity and Beauty

A destination for researchers and school classes, for nature lovers and little explorers. Marvel at the diversity and beauty of nature. Take your time and sit down on one of the stone benches. Listen to birdsong or the buzzing of insects, watch the butterflies and the small lizards sunbathing on the warm stones.

At key points, panels in four languages explain the plant world around you. Rock and fissure-loving plants, for example. Plants that grow in torrent beds or on the cool side of the mountains. But also endangered species. And collections from other Mediterranean islands and the Canary Islands.

Garden Eden

Rare species like a palm tree called elephant foot. And a few steps further down orange and lemon trees, typical for the Sóller valley.

You can watch the gardeners expertly taking care of this garden eden. Thanks to the incredible variety, there is always something to discover. If you are into blossoms and flowers, though, spring is the best season to visit.

Museum of Natural Sciences

In 1985, the once private garden of the beautiful Art Nouveau villa Camp d’en Prohom became the Jardí Botanic de Sóller. The manor now houses the Balearic Museum of Natural Sciences (MUCBO).