Mountain Walking in Mallorca. Paddy Dillon

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      MOUNTAIN WALKING IN MALLORCA

      50 ROUTES IN MALLORCA’S TRAMUNTANA

      by Paddy Dillon

      JUNIPER HOUSE, MURLEY MOSS,

      OXENHOLME ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA9 7RL

      www.cicerone.co.uk

      About the Author

      Paddy Dillon is a prolific walker and guidebook writer, with over 90 guidebooks to his name and contributions to 40 other titles. He has written for several outdoor magazines and other publications, and has appeared on radio and television.

      Paddy uses a tablet computer to write as he walks. His descriptions are therefore precise, having been written at the very point at which the reader uses them.

      He is an indefatigable long-distance walker who has walked all of Britain’s National Trails and several European trails. He has also walked in Nepal, Tibet, Korea and the Rocky Mountains of Canada and the US. Paddy is a member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild.

      Other Cicerone guides by the author

      Glyndwr’s Way

      The Cleveland Way and the Yorkshire Wolds Way

      The GR5 Trail

      The GR20 Corsica

      The Great Glen Way

      The Irish Coast to Coast Walk

      The Mountains of Ireland

      The National Trails

      The North York Moors

      The Pennine Way

      The Reivers Way

      The South West Coast Path

      The Teesdale Way

      The Wales Coast Path

      Trekking in Greenland

      Trekking in Mallorca

      Trekking in the Alps

      Walking and Trekking in Iceland

      Walking in County Durham

      Walking in Madeira

      Walking in Menorca

      Walking in Sardinia

      Walking in the Isles of Scilly

      Walking in the North Pennines

      Walking on Arran

      Walking on Gran Canaria

      Walking on Guernsey

      Walking on Jersey

      Walking on La Gomera and El Hierro

      Walking on Lanzarote and Fuerteventura

      Walking on La Palma

      Walking on Malta

      Walking on Tenerife

      Walking the Galloway Hills

      © Paddy Dillon 2018

      First edition 2018

      ISBN: 978 1 85284 949 8

      Replaces Walking in Mallorca by June Parker and Paddy Dillon

      Printed in China on behalf of Latitude Press Ltd

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      All photographs are by the author unless otherwise stated.

       Base for route maps © Editorial Alpina, SL www.editorialalpina.com

       Additional route mapping by Lovell Johns www.lovelljohns.com

      Contains OpenStreetMap.org data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA. NASA relief data courtesy of ESRI

      Updates to this Guide

      While every effort is made by our authors to ensure the accuracy of guidebooks as they go to print, changes can occur during the lifetime of an edition. Any updates that we know of for this guide will be on the Cicerone website (www.cicerone.co.uk/949/updates), so please check before planning your trip. We also advise that you check information about such things as transport, accommodation and shops locally. Even rights of way can be altered over time. We are always grateful for information about any discrepancies between a guidebook and the facts on the ground, sent by email to [email protected] or by post to Cicerone, Juniper House, Murley Moss, Oxenholme Road, Kendal, LA9 7RL.

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      Front cover: Following the rocky crest of Penyal des Migdia (Walk 25)

      CONTENTS

       Overview map

       Map key

       Route summary table

       INTRODUCTION

       Serra de Tramuntana

       Brief history of Mallorca

       Mountain heritage

       Wildlife

       Travel to Mallorca

       Travel around Mallorca

       When to go

       Mountain weather

       Accommodation

       Language

       Money

       Food and drink

       Kit check

       Mountain maps

       Path