Palma grand tour

Mallorca route guide · Palma & Southwest

Riding Palma grand tour

A traffic-free special event along Palma’s bay. Start on the beach at Ciutat Jardí and ride the seafront past El Molinar and Portixol with the cathedral across the water, under La Seu and La Llotja, then climb the castle road through the pines to Bellver and its view over the whole bay. Drop down General Ortega to Porto Pi and ride the Passeig Marítim home, the yachts beside you and La Seu growing ahead, to the finish beneath the cathedral.

This point-to-point line covers 15.1 km, from Seafront · La Seu · Bellver · harbour.

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 elevation trace is rolling rather than alpine, spanning 106 m from low point to high point. There is 144 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

   Ciutat Jardí · Palma

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

2. 02

   Seafront

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

3. 03

   La Seu

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

4. 04

   Bellver

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

5. 05

   harbour

   harbour 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 Palma grand tour 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.