The Llucmajor Carretera

Mallorca route guide · Serra de Tramuntana

Riding The Llucmajor Carretera

The original Palma–Llucmajor road, and the straightest line this world has ever measured: two degrees of bend per kilometre over fifteen kilometres, where the previous best was seventy-six. The register first skipped this row as an urban duplicate of the Ma-19 autovia running beside it — measurement reversed the skip, because the autovia is the copy and this is the road it was built to replace. Three kilometres of dead-level drained marsh across the Pla de Sant Jordi, then a four-kilometre wall at 2.8 to 4.1 %, then five kilometres of open limestone shelf to a 170.7 m summit and a gentle fall into the town. A single OSM way, 630135704, carries 10,690.5 m of it — the second-longest one-way stretch ridden anywhere here — and Camp de sa Batalla, the field where Jaume III was killed in 1349 and the Kingdom of Mallorca ended, stands 8.4 m off the line.

This point-to-point line covers 14.9 km, from Can Capó toward the Pla de Sant Jordi straight toward Camp de sa Batalla toward Llucmajor.

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 169 m from low point to high point. There is 183 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

   Camí de Can Capó, Pla de Sant Jordi

   The route rolls away from Camí de Can Capó, Pla de Sant Jordi, giving you a few minutes to find cadence and read the road ahead.

2. 02

   Can Capó

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

3. 03

   the Pla de Sant Jordi straight

   the Pla de Sant Jordi straight is one of the route’s defining changes of scene and a useful marker for pacing the ride.

4. 04

   Camp de sa Batalla

   Camp de sa Batalla is one of the route’s defining changes of scene and a useful marker for pacing the ride.

5. 05

   Llucmajor

   Llucmajor 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 Llucmajor Carretera 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.