This pocket-sized full-colour guide is designed for walking in Mallorca with a gastronomical touch, using public transport. Even ‘non-walkers’ will appreciate the recommendations for Mallorca restaurants. For each suggested restaurant there is a photograph of the décor and one of their dishes, plus sample menu, price guide, opening times and a recipe for one of their specialities. Other sections include: planning your trip, logistics on arrival, local markets and specialities, glossary of local food terms, and a restaurant mini-vocabulary. A special feature is the emphasis on natural local foods suitable for those with food intolerances. All recipes have been made by the authors and are known to ‘work’.

Area covered: The walks are dotted all around the island, with most in the west and mountainous northwest. Note: There is some overlapping of walk routes between this book and Landscapes of Mallorca. Do use the ‘Look Inside‘ facility to compare coverage in the two guide books.

The best months for walking in Mallorca are May, June and October, but you can hike on the island all year round, except for July-early September, when it is far too hot.

This book is also available in a Kindle edition from Amazon websites world wide.

Your choice of where to look for accommodation will be governed by several factors. For instance, if you intend to hire a car you will benefit from a much wider choice. On the other hand if you plan to rely on public transport, you will need to choose a centre offering good access to the walk routes or excursions you plan to do. There is also the factor of what type of accommodation you plan to use, for example whether you plan to stay in a hotel or in a self-catering apartment or villa. The author provides useful advice on the various options in the Where to Stay chapter which will be found in the introductory pages of the book.

10 walks, 2 excursions (1 long trip by train, tram and boat, the other a train ride to the centre of the island)
144 pages; plan of central Palma; area map; large-scale (1:35,000) topo maps
3rd ed, 2011; ISBN 978-1-85691-404-8; UK retail price £8.99 / USA retail price $14.99

Table of contents:

PLAN OF CENTRAL PALMA  inside front cover

INTRODUCTION   4
the walks  5
the excursions   5
the restaurants   6
the recipes   6
mallorcan food  7
mallorcan wines  9
planning your visit   10
when to go  10
where to stay   11
what to take   11
planning your walks   12
on arrival   14
tourist information  14
palma bus and railway station   14
shopping for self-catering   15
regional produce   15
health food shops in Palma   18
mercat de l’olivar   19

EXCURSION 1 · sa calobra   20
restaurants: lua (port de sóller), el guía (sóller)   26
recipes: stuffed artichokes, house salad, biscuit glacé  28

Walk 1 · biniaraix and fornalutx   30
PLAN OF SOLLER  31
restaurant: es turó (fornalutx)  37
recipes: spinach croquettes, oven-baked cod mallorcan-style,
mallorcan dry vegetable soup   38

Walk 2 · camí de s’arxiduc  40
restaurant: las palmeras (deià)  47
recipes: stuffed aubergines, stuffed apricots, avocados or
custard apples, almond cake and ice cream   48

Walk 3 · around bunyola   50
restaurant: es garrigó (bunyola)  56
recipes: mallorcan ratatouille (tumbet)   57

Walk 4 · castell d’alaró   58
restaurants: castell d’alaró hikers’ lodge, es vergé  66
recipes: roast meat marinade, baked shark steaks,
rabbit & onions   68

Walk 5 · orient to santa maria   70
restaurants: ca’n jaume (orient), celler sa sini (santa maria)  78
recipes: vegetarian lasagne, seafood stir-fry, frito mallorquín   80

Walk 6 · tossals verds   82
restaurant: refugi tossals verds  90
recipe: ‘dirty’ rice (arròs brut)   93

Walk 7 · around lluc monastery   94
restaurant: sa fonda (lluc monastery)  100
recipes: prawns in garlic, cabbage parcels with pork,
seafood paella  102

Walk 8 · santa eugènia   104
restaurants: vinya taujana, ca na cantona (santa eugènia)  110
recipes: mallorcan ratatouille with pork,vegetable pasties  112

Walk 9 · calvià to galilea   114
restaurants: bar parroquial (galilea), scott’s hotel (galilea)  120
recipes: tapas  121

Walk 10 · palma city   122
restaurants: sa bóveda  131

excursion 2 · Inca market  132

ISLAND MAP   134-5

restaurants: celler ca’n ripoll, celler sa travessa  136

TRANSPORT   137
EAT GF, DF   138
eating in restaurants  138
self-catering   139
gf, df shopping  139
gf, df cooking; conversion tables  140

GLOSSARY (menu items, shopping terms)   141
INDEX   143
IN the restaurant (pocket vocabulary)  inside back cover

The following is the index of places; the book also contains an index of recipes (which is not shown here). Page numbers shown in bold are where photographs appear; those shown in italics are where maps appear.

Alaró 61, 65, 67, 134-5
Avenc de Son Pou (cave) 71, 72, 74, 76, 77

Biniaraix 30, 31, 32, 33, 35
Binifaldó 97, 98
Bunyola 21, 50, 51, 53, 55, 134-5

Ca S’Amitger Information Centre (Lluc) 95, 97, 99
Calvià 114, 115, 116, 134-5
Camí de S’Arxiduc 40, 41, 42, 44
Canaleta de Massanella 82, 84, 86
Castell d’Alaró 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66
Cúber Lake 83, 84, 134-5

Deià 40, 41, 42, 46, 134-5

Fornalutx 30, 31, 34, 35, 36

Galilea 114, 115, 116, 119, 134-5
Gorg Blau 82, 83, 84, 134-5

Inca 132, 133, 134-5

Lloseta 83, 86, 134-5
Lluc, Santuari de 94, 95, 97, 98, 99, 101, 134-5

Orient 72, 75, 134-5
Orient Valley 70

Palma 14, 19, 123, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 134-5
plan, centre inside front cover
plan, west 124
Penyal d’Honor 50, 53, 54
Port de Sóller 21, 24, 26, 134-4
Puig d’Alaró 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, front cover
Puig d’en Marron 106, 107
Puig de Santa Eugènia 106, 109

Sa Calobra 20, 21, 134-5
Salt d’es Freu (waterfall) 71, 72, 74
Santa Eugènia 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 134-5
Santa Maria 70, 71, 73, 75, 134-5
Sóller 21, 22, 23, 25, 32, 35, 134-5
plan 31

Tossals Verds (refuge) 11, 13, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 91

Valldemossa 41, 42, 43, 134-5

MALLORCA, 3rd edition (2010); updated 22/10/2011

Updates for the walks, restaurants, shops and recipes on Mallorca given below supplement those provided in the guidebook. It is vital that this Update is read in conjunction with the text of the book, but note that the Update applies only to the edition stated and not to any earlier editions. (If you have an older edition of this book you can “upgrade” to the latest edition at half price.)

Information has been forwarded to us by users of the book, and Sunflower Books offers the data in good faith but cannot be held responsible for any misleading or inaccurate content in the Update. Unless indicated otherwise, what appears here has not been verified by the author or publisher, so please allow due caution when new or amended routes are suggested. Each piece of information is dated; bear in mind that some of the older observations may have since been overtaken by events or further changes. If, during your holiday, you are using the current edition of the guide and are able to provide any additional updating to add to this page, we will be pleased to hear from you. Please send information, preferably in hard copy, by post, to Sunflower Books, PO Box 115, Exeter EX2 6YU (or if you prefer, by e-mail, to mail@sunflowerbooks.co.uk).

Opening times: We have just returned from a lovely holiday in Mallorca and found your Walk and Eat Mallorca book a very good guide book with plenty of great walks. We especially enjoyed the walk from Soller to Biniaraix but were disappointed to find the Bar Bodega closed, as a matter of fact the whole village seemed to be closed in October, we were so looking forward to our freshly squeezed orange juice! On another day we did your walk in Palma city taking in Castell de Bellver on a Monday but again were disappointed to find that only people on tours were allowed into the Castle on a Monday and not individual tourists, but nevertheless we enjoyed the view. (User, 10/11)

Walk 6: Paquita the cook has left Tossals Verds. (Author, 3/11)