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Day 0: Bus from Palma to Valdemossa |
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Valdemossa, view from
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Day 1: Circuit hike to Teix mountain |
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Valdemossa from distance. The red circle on the right marks the window of our room :) |
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Above the valley that we just walked through |
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Ascending the Teix mountain, with the Mediterranean Sea in the background |
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View north from a place near the Teix peak towards the highest peaks of Mallorca |
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A break on Teix |
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Mirador de Ses Bases, view of Valdemossa |
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Back in Valdemossa |
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Day 2: Valdemossa - Deia |
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Finn wanted to try daddy's shoes :) |
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The plateu on the left is an old coal mile, and on the right an oven for making chalk. |
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Nice view of the coast to the south |
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An eremit's cave |
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A nicely located refugio |
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An impressive rock wall |
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Entering the "archidux" trail, a classic walk near the edge of the cliffs with stunning views |
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The Na Foradada peninsula with a rock window |
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View north |
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The first view of our destination for this day, Deia village. |
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A long descent followed along the foot of high walls, and then through olive groves. |
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Deia village |
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Inside Deia. This village was more green and lush than most of the towns and villages we visited on Mallorca. Especially along the stream in the lower part of the village, where we stayed (in Refugio Can Boi). |
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Day 3: Deia - Soller |
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From refugio Can
Boi in Deia the trail followed a very nice
path down towards |
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Cala Deia. Unfortunately the restaurant was closed, otherwise it would have been perfect with a coffee on the terrace... |
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There is a coastal trail here that we would like to come back to hike in the future. |
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Nice views of the coast to the north |
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More coastal views... |
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Finn by an olive tree |
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The little chapel where the paths divied. |
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Coffee at Refugi Muleta. |
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The tourist resort Port de Soller. From there we took the almost 100 year old wooden tram up to Soller. |
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Day 4: Circuit hike to the Barranc de Biniaraix canyon |
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We took the bus to Fornalutx village, where we started the hike. |
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We soon reached the tiny settlement of Binibassi. The rain was getting worse. |
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View of Biniaraix village during rain... |
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We had a coffee in the cosy cafe in Biniaraix, waiting for the rain to stop. |
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Soller town in the distance |
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Entering the Barranc de Biniaraix canyon. |
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The canyon was really impressive |
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A small waterfall |
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The canyon was really impressive, but it was very difficult to capture this with the camera... |
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The path must have taken a lot of work to construct... |
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Binibassi in the background and Biniaraix in the foreground |
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Back in our B&B in Magdalena's flat. |
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Soller was a really nice town. |
| Day 5: Train to Palma and bus to Esporles |
| No hiking this day. |
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Finn playing on a square in Soller |
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The charming train from the 1920s travelled through the mountains with nice views. |
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From Palma we took a bus to Esporles, which was also a very cosy town. |
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Here we stayed in another B&B, in Antonio's house. |
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Day 5: Esporles - Banyalbufar |
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Breakfast on Antonios roof terrace :) |
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The best view of this day |
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Fruits from "Strawberry tree" |
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Banyalbufar village |
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View from our hotel
room |
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After the hike we went to Palma |
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The lobby of Hotel Born in Palma. A bit fancier than we are used to... :) |
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We were positively surprised about Palma. It's a very nice city! |
