The Ma-11 and the old Inca road

Mallorca route guide · Serra de Tramuntana

Riding The Ma-11 and the old Inca road

The commuter road out of Palma, ridden as the ride it can be early on a Sunday. The Ma-11 runs past Son Sardina to s'Esgleieta and the Alfàbia gyratory at the foot of the Coll de Sóller, with Bunyola a kilometre off it. The return is the old one: the Ma-2040 across the Ma-13, then the Carretera vella d'Inca — the road everything used before the motorway — out to Santa Maria's Plaça dels Hostals and back.

This is a true 56 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 203 m from low point to high point. There is 386 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

   Palma — the Ma-11 portal

   The route rolls away from Palma — the Ma-11 portal, giving you a few minutes to find cadence and read the road ahead.

2. 02

   Palma

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

3. 03

   s'Esgleieta

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

4. 04

   Bunyola

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

5. 05

   Alfàbia

   Alfàbia 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 Ma-11 and the old Inca road 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.