Ermita de Betlem

Mallorca route guide · Pla de Mallorca

Riding Ermita de Betlem

The Llevant’s famous dead end: out of Artà’s one-way grid onto the carretera de l’ermita de Betlem, a long shallow approach past Son Fang and the pont dels Cocons, then the wall — seventeen hairpins up the Ferrutx flank to the Coll des Pescadors and down to the hermitage gate, where the asphalt simply stops.

This is a true 19.1 km circuit: the road closes naturally rather than using an artificial turnaround.

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 259 m from low point to high point. There is 397 m of total ascent, enough to reward measured pressure over the rises without turning the whole route into a survival exercise.

Ride the early gradients a shade below the effort you think you can hold. The broken rhythm rewards cadence changes and short, controlled pressure rather than repeated spikes above threshold.

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

   Artà

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

2. 02

   seventeen hairpins to a hermitage that goes nowhere else

   seventeen hairpins to a hermitage that goes nowhere else is one of the route’s defining changes of scene and a useful marker for pacing the ride.

3. 03

   370 m high point

   At 370 m high point, the elevation trace reaches its ceiling before the road releases the height it has earned.

Why this road works indoors

muntro does not flatten Ermita de Betlem 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.