Tag: Orient

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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…

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Free falling: Es Salt d’es Freu

Es Salt des Freu

On my cycling trips to Orient I had often wondered about the many cars parked along the road down from Coll d’Honor. But I only learned about the marvellous waterfalls of Es Salt d’es Freu in my interview with Joan Aguiló. There are no rivers on Mallorca so torrents and cascades are a rare attraction. Es Salt d’es Freu is a highly popular destination, particularly on the weekend, but if you come early in the morning you may still have this unique stretch of nature for yourself. No way I leave…