The Carretera Vella d’Inca

Mallorca route guide · Palma & Southwest

Riding The Carretera Vella d’Inca

The old Palma–Inca road, still lying there under its own number while the Ma-13 motorway takes the traffic a field away — and the straightest corridor this world has measured, 1.026 of path to chord over fourteen and a half kilometres that gain thirty-one metres and give back forty-seven. Out of Santa Maria del Camí, past Comerç Bike, with the Palma–Inca railway alongside the whole way and not crossed once, then Consell as a town street under pollarded plane trees with a belfry closing the vista. The Molí Fariner stands as a windmill silhouette on the way into Binissalem, the José L. Ferrer bodega beside it, and the town arrives as golden marès ashlar. Beyond it the best thing on the line begins: 2,337.6 m of segregated asphalt cycleway, way 1051232718, carrying 15.9 % of the ride through the Biniagual country and off a 90 km/h primary altogether. Then five kilometres of near-empty DO Binissalem vineyard with no resupply at all, the Lloseta cement works on the skyline, two wayside creus, and the Inca ring.

This point-to-point line covers 14.7 km, from Santa Maria toward Consell toward Binissalem toward the cycleway toward Inca.

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 profile is restrained by Mallorca standards: 43 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.

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

   Santa Maria del Camí

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

2. 02

   Santa Maria

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

3. 03

   Consell

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

4. 04

   Binissalem

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

5. 05

   the cycleway

   the cycleway 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 the Carretera Vella d’Inca 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.