Mallorca is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean, offering everything a walker or cyclist may wish for. There are beaches along the south coast, a central plateau with isolated hills bearing castles and monasteries to visit, and mountains plunging into the sea along the north coast. The mountains are green all year and in Spring there are lots of flowers. The sea may still be a bit bracing though.

The trip is notionally Saturday 24 April to Sunday 2 May, with activities happening from the Sunday to Saturday within this.  You are welcome to arrive early, and you are welcome to stay later also.  At the time of year we go, daytime temperatures are typically around 20°C but chilly can happen.  Rain is a possibility and you should bring waterproofs (that’s why the island is green) but we’ve never had a day completely written off. More than one wet day is unlucky.

There is also the historic centre of Palma and its cathedral, the quaint port town of Sóller accessible by narrow gauge railway, and rustic traditional towns and villages in the middle of the island.  There is a sauna too.

Our 3* hotel is in Ca’n Pastilla, just to the east of Palma and at the end of the wide sandy Palma Bay, and a short bus ride from the airport and city centre. It’s a resort with all the facilities you might expect, but a long way from the infamous party spots of Palma Nova and Magalluf and quite genteel. Tourists are more likely to be from elsewhere in Europe rather than from the UK.

The trip coincides with a trip organised by Cycleout, a London-based gay cycling group and cyclists should contact me about joining Cycleout for a very modest charge.  There will be 20+ cyclists of various ages.

Walking will be for the walkers to decide what they want to do; in the past, the use of a hire car made more of the island accessible without protracted bus or taxi rides and you may consider doing this again.   https://www.seemallorca.com/walking/guide and published guide-books will give some walk ideas.

Cycleout have negotiated a 10% discount of the hotel prices – please contact me for the code.