To Sant Salvador

Mallorca route guide · Serra de Tramuntana

Riding To Sant Salvador

Felanitx's own mountain, climbed the way the town climbs it. Out of the passeig de Ramon Llull onto the Portocolom road, then right onto the Ma-4011, which turns the 510 m Puig de Sant Salvador into a ladder of hairpins with the whole Migjorn opening below. The ride ends at the sanctuary gate, beside the Crist Rei monument, with Cabrera on a clear day.

This point-to-point line covers 7.8 km, from Felanitx toward the Ma-4010 toward the Ma-4011 hairpins toward the Santuari de Sant Salvador.

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

This is serious vertical terrain. The road spans 385 m from bottom to top and accumulates 389 m of ascent, with sampled ramps reaching 10%. The profile makes the pacing decision visible before the first pedal stroke.

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

   Felanitx

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

2. 02

   the Ma-4010

   the Ma-4010 is one of the route’s defining changes of scene and a useful marker for pacing the ride.

3. 03

   the Ma-4011 hairpins

   the Ma-4011 hairpins is one of the route’s defining changes of scene and a useful marker for pacing the ride.

4. 04

   the Santuari de Sant Salvador

   the Santuari de Sant Salvador is one of the route’s defining changes of scene and a useful marker for pacing the ride.

5. 05

   482 m high point

   At 482 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 To Sant Salvador 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.