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Outdoors

Cycling to Orient: Coll d’Honor

Cycling to Orient

The way up from Bunyola to the Coll d’Honor is one of the signature climbs on Mallorca. The quiet road is winding through most beautiful Tramuntana landscape, all the way up to the pass on 550m altitude. And who can resist a destination called Orient, anyway? What sounds like long-distance travel actually isn’t far from any point on the island.  Once you leave the woods behind a high plateau opens up and you enter a different world. Birdsong mingles with the bells of grazing sheep and the hum…

Food

Top stop: Café Ca’n Topa

Café Ca'n Topa

A mountain pass is by definition a place of passage. For cyclists, however, often it‘s also a stop over. And Café Ca’n Topa is another good reason to climb up the serpentines to the Coll de Sóller. Anticipating a coffee break makes cycling even more fun. The route through the Tramuntana between Bunyola and Sóller is breathtakingly beautiful. I always marvel at the sweeping views over the bay of Palma and the orange valley. At Café Ca’n Topa the oranges from the valley come freshly squeezed in a…