Serra de Tramuntana
Last weekend, my cousin and her wife invited me up to their cabin in the mountains just outside the village of Soller. It was a lot of fun and a much needed break from living in the city. We packed our bags and headed out on Saturday morning. It isn't very far from Palma, but the drive up the mountain is tedious and ads some travel time.
We drove through Soller, a village I've been to a couple of times now, and up to the mountains on a dirt road. The road was narrow, typical of what I'd seen in Spain so far. We reached a gate, unlocked it and began the more unnerving part of the journey. The roads up the mountain were absolutely not designed for cars. They are very tiny, and the curves are so tight that there were several that required three point turns. After making it up the mountain, we parked, grabbed our stuff and hike for about ten or fifteen minutes the rest of the way up to the cabin.
It's a very small house with a porch on the side. The cabin is just a single room. There's no running water. Just a well in the corner that fills with rainwater. On a pulley above the well is a bucket to collect the water with. On the same side of the house as the well is a counter and a double sink. There's a fireplace in the center of the cabin. On the outside of the house is the door to the bathroom. It's pretty much an outhouse that is connected to the cabin. It's all pretty primitive. It was fun!
When we arrived, I helped get things squared away and then discovered that there was a marked trail up the mountain that I could follow and see the port. I grabbed a water bottle and my phone and set out on an adventure. The trail is wide and clear at first, but then the trail stops and you have to follow red markings painted on trees or rocks. It was like a scavenger hunt, looking for each red mark and hiking my way to it. The view was beautiful, and the hike actually took me a lot longer than I expected. I ended up hiking on the mountain for almost three hours before I was back at the cabin.
It was so peaceful and quiet up there. I was able to sit and read my book in silence with an amazing view in front of me. Getting away from the city was really nice, and I hope I get to go back before I leave Mallorca.
We drove through Soller, a village I've been to a couple of times now, and up to the mountains on a dirt road. The road was narrow, typical of what I'd seen in Spain so far. We reached a gate, unlocked it and began the more unnerving part of the journey. The roads up the mountain were absolutely not designed for cars. They are very tiny, and the curves are so tight that there were several that required three point turns. After making it up the mountain, we parked, grabbed our stuff and hike for about ten or fifteen minutes the rest of the way up to the cabin.
It's a very small house with a porch on the side. The cabin is just a single room. There's no running water. Just a well in the corner that fills with rainwater. On a pulley above the well is a bucket to collect the water with. On the same side of the house as the well is a counter and a double sink. There's a fireplace in the center of the cabin. On the outside of the house is the door to the bathroom. It's pretty much an outhouse that is connected to the cabin. It's all pretty primitive. It was fun!
When we arrived, I helped get things squared away and then discovered that there was a marked trail up the mountain that I could follow and see the port. I grabbed a water bottle and my phone and set out on an adventure. The trail is wide and clear at first, but then the trail stops and you have to follow red markings painted on trees or rocks. It was like a scavenger hunt, looking for each red mark and hiking my way to it. The view was beautiful, and the hike actually took me a lot longer than I expected. I ended up hiking on the mountain for almost three hours before I was back at the cabin.
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| My view of the port from up on the mountain |
It was so peaceful and quiet up there. I was able to sit and read my book in silence with an amazing view in front of me. Getting away from the city was really nice, and I hope I get to go back before I leave Mallorca.
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