Muro, sa Pobla and the marjal

Mallorca route guide · North Mallorca

Riding Muro, sa Pobla and the marjal

The drained marsh behind the Bay of Alcúdia, which is a grid of dead-straight farm lanes between irrigation ditches and the only genuinely flat landscape on Mallorca. The ride runs from Muro to sa Pobla and takes the camí vell d'Artà a Pollença out across the marjal towards Can Blau — thirty-eight kilometres of walled lane, sa Pobla's market streets in the middle of it, and reed beds where the ditches widen.

This is a true 37.7 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 profile is restrained by Mallorca standards: 67 m separates its lowest and highest points. The interest comes from rhythm, surface changes, exposed straights, and the way the road moves through the landscape rather than one headline climb.

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

   Muro

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

2. 02

   sa Pobla

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

3. 03

   the camí vell d'Artà

   the camí vell d'Artà is one of the route’s defining changes of scene and a useful marker for pacing the ride.

4. 04

   72 m high point

   At 72 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 Muro, sa Pobla and the marjal 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.