A Week Around Mallorca: Palma, the Calas & the Tramuntana Coast
A seven-day Mallorca sailing itinerary — from Palma and the southern calas to the dramatic Tramuntana coast and the protected island of Cabrera, anchorage by anchorage.
Mallorca is the bigger, more varied Balearic — a genuine city at Palma, a coastline of hidden calas in the south and east, and the dramatic mountain wall of the Tramuntana in the north-west. A week lets you circle a good part of it, mixing turquoise cove swimming with a national park and a proper harbour town or two.
Day 1 — Board in Palma
Board at a Palma marina and spend the first evening in the city — the vast Gothic cathedral above the water, the old-town patios, the Santa Catalina food scene.
Day 2 — Portals Vells and the south-west
A short sail to the sheltered coves of Cala Portals Vells, with sea-caves carved into the cliffs. Easy, clear, shallow — a gentle first day at anchor.
Day 3 — Cabrera
Sail south to the Cabrera archipelago, a protected national park island: pristine, permit-and-buoy only, with a famous Blue Cave and a castle above the harbour. The wildest anchorage in the Balearics. Book the mooring ahead.
Day 4 — Es Trenc and the south coast
Anchor off Es Trenc, Mallorca's longest natural white-sand beach, backed by dunes and salt pans — the island's most Caribbean-like water.
Day 5 — The east-coast calas
Work up the east coast through a string of narrow turquoise inlets — Cala Figuera among them — pine-clad and sheltered, each one a swim stop.
Day 6 — Port de Sóller and the Tramuntana
Round to the north-west and the Serra de Tramuntana's cliffs. Port de Sóller is the coast's one big natural harbour, with a vintage tram to Sóller town and mountains all around. In settled weather, the gorge mouth of Sa Calobra is spectacular.
Day 7 — Disembark
Back to Palma Saturday morning. With a spare day, the mountain villages of Deià and Valldemossa show the Tramuntana side of the island.
Practical notes
- Cabrera & posidonia. Cabrera requires a pre-booked mooring buoy with a daily cap; across the Balearics, anchoring on the protected posidonia seagrass is prohibited. Your captain arranges permits.
- Winds. Summers are settled with a gentle afternoon breeze, but the Tramuntana can blow on the north coast — the south and east stay sheltered. See the best time to sail the Balearics.
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