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Epic cycling route on Cap de Formentor peninsula at dawn, Mallorca Spain — 145km with 2952m elevation
Cap de Formentor, Mallorca

The climbs of Mallorca

The 15 climbs we single out in Mallorca, sorted by elevation difference. Each one features on at least one of our routes.

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A hairpin on the narrow road down to Port de Valldemossa, dry stone wall and pine woods on the cliffside.

Port de ValldemossaCat 2

4.9 km · 7.5% · 366 m of climbing

placement not confirmed against our own notes

Port de Valldemossa is known as Sa Calobra's little sister, and like Sa Calobra it is a dead end — you roll down to the harbour and climb back out the same way.

You can ride this climb on these routes

Two riders stopped at a junction below Sant Salvador, the signpost beside them and the hilltop sanctuary behind.

Sant SalvadorCat 2

5.5 km · 6.3% · 353 m of climbing · summit 510 m (sign)

Sant Salvador rises alone from the plain in the south-east of the island, which is why the summit gives you a full 360-degree view: Formentor to the north, Cabrera to the south, the Tramuntana to the west.

You can ride this climb on these routes

Road bikes leaning on the sea rail at Port des Canonge, pebble shore and a wooded headland beyond.

Port des CanongeCat 3

4.6 km · 6.0% · 278 m of climbing · summit 321 m (GPX)

placement not confirmed against our own notes

Port des Canonge is the place almost no cyclist reaches: a narrow road down through dense pine woods to a fishing village between red cliffs and the sea, and only one way back out.

You can ride this climb on these routes

Coll de sa CreuCat 3

5.8 km · 5.3% · 306 m of climbing · summit 375 m (GPX)

placement not confirmed against our own notes

Coll de sa Creu is the pass between the Palma plain and Puigpunyent, and the first climb on the way out of the city — steady throughout, with the steepest pitches at around ten per cent.

Es Capdellà — GalileaCat 3

6.7 km · 4.0% · 282 m of climbing · summit 408 m (GPX)

placement not confirmed against our own notes

The climb from Es Capdellà ends in Galilea, one of the highest villages in the western Tramuntana, and it is even enough to ride in a single gear the whole way.

Coll de sa GramolaCat 3

5.31 km · 5.0% · 268 m of climbing · summit 361 m (GPX)

placement not confirmed against our own notes

Coll de sa Gramola is the first climb on the Ma-10 north from Andratx, and over the top begins the coast road along the cliff edge towards Estellencs.

Coll de sa Creueta (Platja de Formentor)Cat 3

3.4 km · 5.5% · 252 m of climbing · summit 266 m (GPX)

placement not confirmed against our own notes

This is the Formentor climb from the beach rather than from Port de Pollença: it starts at the water's edge, passes Mirador des Colomer and carries on up onto the spine of the peninsula.