The Artà plain and the camí d'Infern

Mallorca route guide · Pla de Mallorca

Riding The Artà plain and the camí d'Infern

The Ma-12 is the island's north-east shore road and this is the half of it nobody rides: the Son Real arc past the necropolis and the mares quarry, the wooded opening at Son Serra de Marina, and the long farmland run across the Artà plain. Just short of Artà the ride turns inland onto the Camí de Carrossa and the camí d'Infern — nine kilometres of unreffed lane below Calicant that earned its name honestly — and comes back the same way to the bay.

This is a true 78.8 km circuit: the road closes naturally rather than using an artificial turnaround.

This is coastal Mallorca rather than a generic blue horizon: the road’s relationship with coves, cliffs, ports, stone retaining walls, and open water is what defines it.

Captured in muntro

Relief, gradient, and how to pace it

The elevation trace is rolling rather than alpine, spanning 241 m from low point to high point. There is 869 m of total ascent, enough to reward measured pressure over the rises without turning the whole route into a survival exercise.

Treat this as a long mountain day. Fuel before you need it, cap the early effort, and let the descents reset your breathing; the profile is too large to rescue with one heroic final interval.

Points to watch for

The best Mallorca routes are remembered as a sequence of places, not as a GPX line. These are the changes of scene that organise this ride.

1. 01

   Can Picafort — the west gate

   The route rolls away from Can Picafort — the west gate, giving you a few minutes to find cadence and read the road ahead.

2. 02

   Can Picafort

   Can Picafort is one of the route’s defining changes of scene and a useful marker for pacing the ride.

3. 03

   Son Serra

   Son Serra is one of the route’s defining changes of scene and a useful marker for pacing the ride.

4. 04

   Ses Pastores

   Ses Pastores is one of the route’s defining changes of scene and a useful marker for pacing the ride.

5. 05

   the Camí de Carrossa

   the Camí de Carrossa is one of the route’s defining changes of scene and a useful marker for pacing the ride.

Why this road works indoors

muntro does not flatten the Artà plain and the camí d'Infern into a workout backdrop. The route’s bends, height, and junction order come from the road itself, while a compatible trainer reproduces the changing gradient under your pedals.

Because the course closes naturally, it works especially well for repeated laps, steady endurance rides, and comparing the same decisions under fatigue.