Hi All Booked to fly out to Mallorca on Friday 11th March and come back on Tues 15th. So we've got 3 full days walking. I'm very keen to wild camp and link 3 days walk together. So we would prefer somewhere not too populated, high, and of course, spectacular. Trouble is, there seems so much choice -got Paddy's book- that I don't know where to start. We will also need a start and finish with easy public transport back to the Airport at La Palma. Has anyone got any suggestions?
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 This or this and variations thereon as a starter....
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Cheers Ed. Just the ticket
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I did the most of the of the GR221 between Valldemossa and Pollensa last autumn as a series of day walks using public transport. Did not notice many campsites except the one at the LLuc monastry which looked pretty good, Also can do high a couple of mountain walks from there. http://www.gr221.info/stages.htm Found this book quite useful Mallorca-North-Mountains-Charles-Davis I had some excellent walks and will go back one day!
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As a route would recommend Soller to Pollenca via LLuc - 3 days walk (you might be able to do in 2 if have a hard and fast first day), easy to get from Palma to Soller (take the mountain train!) and buses from Pollenca to Palma every couple of hours, the walk will take you by the highest parts of the mountains. Soller and Pollenca are very nice old towns.
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Appreciate all the advice. Steve when you did Valldemossa to Pollenca did you see any discrete flat spots?-Sure you know why I'm asking. Where you tempted to take variants off the GR221 or was it really the most attractive route?
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Turn on your messaging mark?
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Bear with me-trying to find out how!
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Click on 'my profile' (top right under your name) and next to avatar. Scroll down and tick 'message me'.
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Hi Marc, In terms of numbers of walkers seemed to me to be on a par with the lake district,in the valleys more walkers and nobody about up top after tea time.
So its probably a case of late and highish and get up early. Lots of woodlands about even at altitudes of 2000ft and plenty of flat places to, should not have to walk to far off the path to find a bit of solitude. Would never light a fire here are woods are very dry and could be capital crime ?, finding water may be a problem.
Between Valdemossa and Soller there seems to be 2 or 3 parrallel routes I lost the GR221 but still got to Soller after (walking round in circles for a couple of hours) and hardly past a sole.
The book I put link to has maps that cover the particular walk only so not much good if you need to join walks up. (Think you can buy map accompaniment to the book that cover the area as whole?).
Would recommend buying good walking map as apart from the GR221 signposting of the many paths is non existant.
Between Soller and LLuc have only used the GR221 and its an very interesting walk. This seems to be the most direct route as with all of GR221 there are side routes up to peaks and down into valleys.
Note the paths are nearly all stone and cobble so harder sole for boot is good, I ended up using pages of a tourist guide as insole for my shitec boots (it worked well).   Â
There is a link to free online OS map here
OS map spain
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Thanks Steve -that really is very useful and reassuring. Ed- I think I have activated "message member". Can't wait to get there. On your link the pics looks every bit as spectacular as parts of the GR20! (But less people)
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Not quite the GR20 - but really nice...and very few people; esp outside of weekends. Messaged you.
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