The Pla de Sant Jordi

Mallorca route guide · Palma & Southwest

Riding The Pla de Sant Jordi

Palma's market garden, which feeds the city and which almost no visiting rider ever sees. The Ma-3011 drops off the Algaida shelf onto dead-flat reclaimed ground — pump houses, windmill towers, greenhouse courts and irrigation ditches ruled straight to the horizon — and runs twenty kilometres to the Son Ferriol gate. The one ride in the catalogue whose subject is agriculture.

This point-to-point line covers 20.7 km, from Algaida toward the greenhouse plain toward Son Ferriol.

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 59 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

   Algaida — the bypass gate

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

2. 02

   Algaida

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

3. 03

   the greenhouse plain

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

4. 04

   Son Ferriol

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

5. 05

   181 m high point

   At 181 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 the Pla de Sant Jordi 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.