WHERE TO RIDE ON MALLORCA

FEMENIA & SA CALOBRA.

If cycling climbs were celebrities, Sa Calobra would have Hollywood A-list status. No matter what you’ve heard from friends or seen online, nothing can replace viewing it with your own eyes and riding it with your own legs.

From Pollença you get to warm up on the smooth slopes of the COLL DE FEMENIA. From there, the road winds its way in and out and up and down the ridges of Tramuntana mountains towards your Mallorcan cycling destiny…. There is a left-hand corner with a view point over a solid mass of limestone rock that is so abundant it’s unforgettable. Somewhere behind that, in amongst all the rock, is the road-engineering genius that is the Sa Calobra climb.

Pass under the viaduct, laugh at the ‘KM0’ road marker and climb the 2.5 kilometres of the Coll del Reis before plunging to the sea to 'do the bounce’ back up again. It’s a good tactic to refuel and refresh in the port before you start the climb. Savour every metre and welcome the ease in gradient on each and every one of the multiple hairpins as you make your way up to the famous ‘noose’.