The Foothill Villages

Mallorca route guide · Serra de Tramuntana

Riding The Foothill Villages

The raiguer shelf road, twelve kilometres under the Tramuntana wall through five villages nobody rides through by accident: Biniamar’s plaça, the three-road fork at Es Creuers, the Torrent de Massanella bridge into Selva, then the corridor’s real climb to Moscari — rubble houses and green shutters closing on Santa Anna’s stone spire — before the road falls a hundred metres over two old ponts and runs out across almond and carob country to Campanet stacked on its hill.

This point-to-point line covers 12 km, from Lloseta toward Biniamar toward Selva toward Moscari toward Campanet.

The route is read through settlement edges: narrow streets, rooflines, roundabouts, church towers, old road alignments, and the moment the built fabric releases the rider back into open country.

Captured in muntro

Relief, gradient, and how to pace it

The elevation trace is rolling rather than alpine, spanning 97 m from low point to high point. There is 135 m of total ascent, enough to reward measured pressure over the rises without turning the whole route into a survival exercise.

Use the opening kilometres to find cadence and keep the power smooth. The route is ideal for endurance work, recovery riding, or simply exploring the island without a large climbing bill.

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

   Lloseta

   The route rolls away from Lloseta, giving you a few minutes to find cadence and read the road ahead.

2. 02

   Biniamar

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

3. 03

   Selva

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

4. 04

   Moscari

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

5. 05

   Campanet

   Campanet 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 Foothill Villages 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.

The point-to-point format gives the session a destination. There is no need to invent a finish when the real road already has one.