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Puigpunyent / Walks / Sa Mola de Galilea
Walk · 12.5 km circular · public land since 2025
Sa Mola
de Galilea.
The hill above Galilea now belongs to everyone. In 2025 the town hall bought the Sa Mola estate, almost 30 hectares of woodland, old farm buildings and ethnological remains, and a circular walk from Puigpunyent climbs through Galilea to its 506 m crag with Galatzó filling the view.
12.5 kmCircular walk
424 mTotal climb
506 mPenyal de sa Mola
3 h 50Walking time, stops extra
The route
Puigpunyent, Galilea
and the crag.
A circular walk of moderate difficulty (2 out of 5) that starts and ends at the Vila bridge in Puigpunyent. Bus 201 stops by the town hall, a few minutes away. Times are walking time from the start.
The old royal road
Follow the GR 221 waymarks onto the Drecera Curta and then the Drecera Llarga, short cuts on what is left of the old Camí Reial.
Coll del Molí de Vent
The windmill pass, at the entrance to the Son Cortei estate. At road km 8, turn right onto the old Galilea path towards the Cova dels Bous.
Into Galilea
Carrer de les Alzinetes and the Costa d'en Mandons steps bring you up into the village.
The snow house
The Clot de la Neu, on the Camí de sa Mola Gran: winter snow was packed here and kept as ice until 1917. Restored in 2019, it is the only snow house in Mallorca inside a village.
Penyal del Corb
An optional detour to a rocky lookout with a fine view.
Penyal de sa Mola, 506 m
The high point of the walk, looking straight across at Puig de Galatzó.
The houses of Sa Mola
The farm buildings of the newly public estate, then past the Soler and Martí windmills.
Font de la Marquesa
A spring with a water mine from the 18th or 19th century, after the turning for Font des Pi and Galatzó.
Back through Galilea
Down the steps by Can Fesol to Carrer de la Font and the Obis fountain, then the church. Look up at the painted roof tiles of Carrer Clapers 8.
Puigpunyent
Descend to the valley and back to the start.
Route as described by Ara Balears. Paths and waymarking change; carry a map or a GPS track, and check the forecast first.
The estate
A hillside
for everyone.
In February 2025 the Ajuntament de Puigpunyent bought the Sa Mola estate with a grant of about €3.35 million from the European Union's Next Generation funds. The former owners, the Capllonch family, are reported to have chosen public use over higher offers.
- SizeAlmost 300,000 m² of land, with farm houses of about 410 m².
- HeritageA threshing floor (the Era de sa Mola), the snow house, a charcoal burner's hut, a lime kiln, the remains of old pig pens in the woods, old cart tracks and the Soler windmill of 1881.
- HistoryThe houses are a typical Tramuntana rafal, plain and austere. Researcher Tomàs Vibot has catalogued the estate in Sa Mola Gran: història, patrimoni i memòria.
- PlansPaths and information panels on the GR 221, a car park with shade, toilets and water, guided visits, a hikers' refuge on the dry-stone route, crops brought back with local groups, and the windmill restored to make power.
- TodayThe houses need major restoration. Keep to the paths and leave gates as you find them.
Before you go
Good
to know.
- Getting thereStart in Puigpunyent; bus 201 from Palma, or park in the village. To shorten the walk, start in Galilea instead.
- FoodGalilea's café opens later in the day; lunch is easier back in Puigpunyent. Galilea · Puigpunyent
- BringWater, sun protection and proper walking shoes.
- Longer?Combine with the climb towards Puig de Galatzó from the Font des Pi turning, a full mountain day.
- EmergenciesCall 112. Useful numbers
Sources: Última Hora, December 2025 (purchase, funding, plans) · Última Hora, March 2026 (heritage, research) · Ara Balears (route). See also the Galilea guide and the history of Puigpunyent.