Mallorca's wild northern coastline offers beautiful views from its hundreds of metres high cliffs, as well as hiking in the narrow gorges winding down from the mountains to the sea. The 2 most famous canyons are the Torrent de Pareis and Sa Caolbr below the island's highest mountain, Puig Major.

Torrent de Pareis

This canyon, almost 3 kilometres long, with its almost perpendicular walls of rock, which are up to 200 metres high, makes it a true natural monument. It is the 2nd largest gorge in the Mediterranean. Your hike will end with the small pebble beach of L'Olla, surrounded by rocks and clear blue sea.

Here you can admire up to 300 botanical species, of which 10% are endemics. The most famous endemic is probably the little frog, Alytes muletensis, which you can recognise by its typical colouring.

It is not recommended to visit the gorge in winter or after rain because of the flooded areas!

Sa Calobra

Sa Calobra is a small beach with a small hanging beach, which can be reached by car or bus or by boat from Port de Soller. If you pass this beach and follow the signs, after about 500 metres you will arrive at the small pebble beach of L'Olla, from which the aforementioned gorge continues. Refreshments can only be found around Sa Calobra beach. Toilets and showers for a fee are a little further on.

How to get there?

You candrive to the village of Sa Calobra, where there is a car park at the beginning. If you go by car, expect a fairly challenging drive through the mountains, parking costs €1.5/30 minutes or €15/all day.

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Theboat from Port de Soller departs 3 times a day and costs 21 eur / one-way or €30 / return. You can buy tickets with a 10% discount online on the official website of the shipping company, where you can also find the timetable.

There are no scheduled buses to Sa Calobra.