Easter in Mallorca

Yes, we also booked a package holiday. After a short flight we land in Palma de Mallorca. Our luggage is quickly on the conveyor belt and we look for our transfer bus to the hotel in Cala Millor. It is a minibus and there are only four of us. After more than an hour's drive we are at the hotel. Quick check-in. We decide on a room with a balcony on the 6th floor. Then we explore the area. Our first walk on the beach is interrupted by a rain shower. We now head back to the hotel a little faster.

The first night was very relaxing. Today, after a hearty breakfast and advice from our TUI tour guide, we set off on a hike to the Punta de n'Amer castle and the beach at Sa Coma. The weather is perfect for this tour. We pass impressive views of the bay of Cala Millor. We continue on our way and enjoy the view of the cliffs. We then continue to the beach at Sa Coma, where we leave our footprints in the sand. The way back takes us past an artistic sand castle, a well-signposted Route 66 and a pony farm. It is now already afternoon and the wind has gotten stronger. We stop at Biggi's Cafe and treat ourselves to a delicious piece of blueberry cake with coconut flakes. Then it's time to head back to the hotel.

On Thursday we plan something bigger. We take the bus, which stops just a few meters from our hotel, to Palma. Here we want to take the historic wooden train to Sóller. This train was originally used to transport citrus fruits from the Sóller valley. The 11:00 train is already fully booked, so we book the 12:15 train. The train goes through a spectacular landscape with viaducts, bridges and a total of 13 tunnels. At certain points it stops for photos. From Sóller we take the old tram and go to Port Sóller. Here we stroll through the harbor and then continue through the narrow streets to a viewpoint over the picturesque bay. Back in Sóller we treat ourselves to tapas, salad and sangria for lunch. We spend the rest of the afternoon on a city tour. In the evening we go back to Palma. From the train station we take the bus to the airport to pick up our rental car, which we have booked for 3 days. A new adventure begins at the rental car station. Hans-Werner has forgotten his driver's license in the hotel safe in Cala Millor. He has booked the car and must also take it over as the driver with a valid license. But that's not possible. We quickly change our minds and say that Rotraut can take over the car and be registered as the driver. But the rental car company won't allow that. So we rent another car through Rotraut for a day, which we want to swap for the regularly booked car the next day. By now it is already late and pitch black outside. It takes us just under an hour to get to the hotel. Hans-Werner navigates Rotraut through the night back to Cala Millor. Finally there, we treat ourselves to a drink and then go to sleep. Today is Friday, Good Friday as they say.

Today we have the Dragon Cave near Porto Cristo on our agenda. In 1896, the French speleologist A. Martel entered the cave and observed how the rain formed cavities and seeped through the walls, creating the stalactites and stalagmites. We are here early and can enter the cave at 11 a.m. with an incredible number of other people. The tour lasts about an hour and ends with a live classical music concert. For 10 minutes, a quartet of cello, harpsichord and two violins plays classical music on a boat on Lake Martel. At 115 m long, it is considered the largest underground body of water in the world. With many indescribable impressions, we leave Porto Cristo and drive on to the former monastery of Sant Salvador. The monastery is located on the 509 m high mountain Puig de Sant Salvador near Felanitx. From here you are supposed to have a wonderful view over the south of the island. The ride up is an adventure, however, because it is also a challenge for cyclists, who are of course well represented here in the beautiful weather. The view is fantastic, although it is a bit hazy. The monument to Christ the King was inaugurated in 1934 and stands on a 37-meter-high platform. The copper statue alone is 7 meters high. We enjoy the view from the Christ the King monument and then walk the short way to the gigantic stone cross Es Picot. We now continue our journey to the most beautiful beach in Mallorca, Es Trenc, near Campos. This beach is in a nature reserve. The salt pans for sea salt production are also located here. After a short walk along the beach, we drive to Palma to the car rental.

The return of the car we rented the day before went perfectly. Now we went to the rental office. Here we were met with the next piece of news. No car was booked for us. If a rental car is not picked up 3 hours after the agreed pick-up time, the booking is cancelled. Which applies to us. What should we do now? After much back and forth, we decided to sign a new contract, as we still want to explore the island in a car for 2 days. We can take care of the previous booking and payment when we get home. We decided on a red Fiat 500, the convertible version. We really like the car. Now we head back to the hotel.

Today is Easter Saturday and we have set ourselves the goal of Cap Formentor, but not without making a short stop in the famous tourist town of Alcudia. Cap Formentor is the northernmost point of the Balearic island. The Mallorcans also call the peninsula the meeting point of the winds. The highest point is 385 meters high. The route from Port de Pollenca to the cape is around 20 km long, very narrow and well-used. Of course, there are hordes of racing cyclists on the road again. A traffic jam forms just before the lighthouse. We wait almost an hour to have a quick look from the lighthouse. On the way back we stop in the historic town of Pollenca and climb the 360 steps of Calvary Hill. We end the evening with a flamenco performance in our hotel.

On Easter Sunday we visit the capital city of Palma. We drive the car to the rental car company because we have to return it. The rental car company takes us to the airport, then we take the airport bus into the city. Here we go on a walking tour, which we don't really enjoy given the weather with wind, clouds and the occasional rain. As we leave, we treat ourselves to a sangria before we take the public bus to Cala Millor. The journey takes over an hour.

Easter Monday is our last day on the island. We take a leisurely stroll through the bay of Cala Millor and enjoy the sunshine. In the evening we have to pack because we will be picked up at 4.30 the next morning. Our flight back leaves Palma at 7.50.

After a very short flight, we land back in Hanover early on Tuesday morning and look back on our holiday in Mallorca with many positive impressions.