Puigpunyent / Walks
Hiking & cycling
Old bridleways, estate tracks and one proper mountain. Pick a route by time and effort, check the weather, carry more water than you think, and be down before dark.
Routes
Times are walking times for a steady pace without long stops. Distances and times come from the published route guides linked under each walk.
The quickest way onto the 1,027 m summit. A forest track heads north to a saddle with a fire-watch tower, then the path works round the north flank past the rock tower of Es Bisbe. The last stretch is steep and rocky, with the odd use of hands. Out and back on the same path, with no shade after the start and no water on the way.
The full mountain day, starting from the sports centre in the village. Climb past the Son Forteza estate onto the Camí Vell d'Estellencs, follow red-dot waymarks through the forest to Pas de na Sabatera, then scramble up to the summit. Come down across scree toward Coll des Caniceret and return past La Reserva. Well graded but long: start early and carry a torch in case you are caught by dusk.
Start at the town hall square and climb the Esporles road on the old camí Vell, under the slopes of Puig de na Fàtima, to Coll des Grau. Follow the Sa Campaneta path on the old public way toward Estellencs, with views to Sa Fita del Ram and Sa Mola, then swing back past the hermitage of Sant Onofre and the great estate of Son Fortesa.
A village-to-village walk with plenty of ups and downs. Leave Es Capdellà north on Carrer de Galatzó, cross open fields and woods past Sa Mola and the Pla des Pins, and reach Galilea with views of Galatzó and the bay. Carry on through the Son Claret estate and along the Torrent des Ratxo, then down the switchbacks to Puigpunyent. One way only, so plan your return: bus 201 runs from Puigpunyent and Galilea to Palma.
A loop over the hill the town hall has just bought for the public. Catch bus 201 or start at the Vila bridge in Puigpunyent, follow the GR 221 waymarks and the old Royal Road to Coll del Molí de Vent, pass the Cova dels Bous and climb to the snow house of Galilea, the only one in Mallorca inside a village. Carry on to Penyal del Corb and the 506 m summit, with Galatzó filling the view, then return past the La Mola houses and the Font de la Marquesa spring.
A modest hill with a big view. Leave the village on the Galilea road and follow the signed shortcuts up to Coll des Molí de Vent. Turn south toward Calvià and, a few minutes on, take the path on the left, first a cart track and then an old bridleway built by the island's early tourism board, to the top. Back the same way.
A short stretch of the old road to Palma. From the road just past the Son Marill estate, a wide bridleway and then a cart track climb past two lime kilns and under the crag of Penya de sa Mel to the pass, where the ruins of the old Son Marill inn stand beside a boundary stone. The view over the Bay of Palma is the reward. Back the same way.
Start beside the parish church and climb the Galilea road, using the signed shortcuts and short stretches of old stepped path, to Coll des Molí de Vent. Follow the signed route south with Puig de na Bauçana on your left, through the roads of Son Font, and down Carrer Molí Fariner into Calvià. One way only, so arrange a lift or a taxi back.
A waymarked circuit through the 2.5 million m² park at the foot of Galatzó, past the springs and waterfalls of Ses Fonts des Ratxo, olive trees and old charcoal-burning sites, with boards on the wildlife and mountain trades along the way. Zip lines and climbing for older children. Paid entry and seasonal opening, so check before you go.
Driving tip: visitors advise reaching the park on the Ma-1041 through Puigpunyent village. Sat-navs often suggest the Ma-1032 via Galilea, a narrow, winding mountain road.
Road riders climb the Ma-1041 from Palma into the valley, stop for coffee in the square and carry on to Galilea, Es Capdellà or over to Esporles. Expect bends, gradients and some traffic. Off-road, a network of forest tracks around the village makes good mountain biking.
Village walks
No boots needed. Each village can be seen in an hour or two, and Puigpunyent itself in half a day.
Start at the parish church of the Assumpció in Sa Vila, rebuilt in neoclassical style over an older Gothic church, with Sa Taverna, the old Civil Guard barracks, Can Felet, the old town hall and the rectory around it. Cross the bridge over the Riera to the newer village and the town hall, with the Pou Nou, a 19th-century well restored in 1982, and Guillem Forteza's 1929 school close by. Climb into Son Bru, laid out on plots of the old estate between 1784 and 1818, pass Ca ses Monges on Carrer Major with the Villalonga arms over its door, and finish at the Comellar dels Romeguers, at the end of Carrer de na Beltrana, looking over the Son Puig valley.
Look out for the carob tree of Ses Sabates on the way in from Superna, where farm workers once swapped into their good shoes before walking into the village for mass.
Terraced like an amphitheatre on the hill: the church square and its view, the snow house dug into Sa Mola, the Can Soler windmills, Ca sa Mestra, the painted tiles of Carrer Clapers and the public well on Camí des Rafal.
Walk round the talaiot of Serral de ses Abelles, where a 3,200-year-old sword was identified in 2019. Its entrance passage still stands, and the valley views are wide. Casa del Gegant, the most monumental talaiot in the municipality, is about 1 km away.
Watch the routes
The full summit hike from Puigpunyent, filmed step by step (in German).
A road rider's view of the climb from the valley up to Galilea.
Before you go
Conditions
Puigpunyent now
Weather data by Open-Meteo.comGalatzó summit · 1,027 m
Estimate for the summit heightThe summit forecast is the village model adjusted to 1,027 m. Mountain weather changes fast, so check again before you set off.
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