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Outdoors

Sóller Garden Route: Pleasure Hike

Sóller Garden Route

Popular with hikers on Mallorca, Sóller is both gateway to the Tramuntana and starting point for coastal tours. The picturesque town is famous for the oranges and lemons grown in the valley. Lesser known yet of stunning beauty is the Sóller garden route. A circular hike through unique cultural landscape.  Along terraced olive orchards and citrus groves. Past blooming gardens and secluded villas. And there is a different view of the mountain range or the sea behind every bend. This pleasure hike…

Outdoors

Jardí Botànic de Sóller: The Mallorca Garden

Jardí Botànic de Sóller

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…