The Orient Valley

Mallorca route guide · Serra de Tramuntana

Riding The Orient Valley

The island’s one enclosed wooded valley, and the only road here with two passes on it. Out of Alaró under its two flat-topped massifs the Ma-2100 climbs long and quiet through the almond belt to the Coll d’Orient, then drops into a farmed clearing with the walls standing over it — apple orchards, dry-stone field walls and the hamlet of Orient. Over the second pass the road turns into a twisting staircase under closed pine and holm oak and falls through a stack of hairpins to Bunyola.

The mapped road is 19.2 km each way. Muntro carries it to the turnaround and back, so the complete ride is 38.3 km with 832 m of climbing.

The mountain character comes from more than gradient. Limestone, tunnel mouths, dry-stone edges, pine shade, reservoirs, and compressed hairpins change the view as much as the elevation.

Captured in muntro

Relief, gradient, and how to pace it

The elevation trace is rolling rather than alpine, spanning 340 m from low point to high point. There is 832 m of total ascent, enough to reward measured pressure over the rises without turning the whole route into a survival exercise.

Start conservatively and keep something in reserve for the final third. On a smart trainer the real gradient changes arrive exactly where the road changes, so a smooth power ceiling matters more than chasing speed on every ramp.

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

   Alaró

   The road leaves the town beneath two flat-topped mountain silhouettes.

2. 02

   Coll d’Orient

   The first pass opens the way into the island’s enclosed mountain valley.

3. 03

   Orient

   A tiny honey-stone hamlet sits among orchards, pasture, and dry-stone walls.

4. 04

   Coll d’Honor

   The second pass trades open farmland for pine and holm-oak shade.

5. 05

   Bunyola hairpins

   A staircase of tight bends delivers the route into the town plaça.

Why this road works indoors

muntro does not flatten the Orient Valley 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 turnaround matters: you learn the road in one direction, then read every slope and landmark differently on the way back.