Banyalbufar - Esporles GR 221 Camí des Correu

Banyalbufar - Esporles GR 221 Camí des Correu (old postal path).
From the coastal town Banyalbufar along the Camí des Correu (the royal road) that connects Banyalbufar with Esporles. Until the 19th century, it was the only way of communication for the people of Banyalbufarina with Esporles. Groceries and other goods arrived by cart through this road. The first part in the heights through cultural landscapes with terraces and (when turning) beautiful views of the coast. The rest of the trip mostly through the forest. Remains of old cultural monuments are seen in the oak forest.

Banyalbufar:
Means “building by the sea” in Andalusian. A coastal village set on several different levels, with the church of La Nativitat de Santa Maria which houses one of the most valuable Baroque organs in the world. La Baronia, a 16th-century country house with a splendid inner courtyard now converted into a hotel, is a landmark of civil architecture. The coast of the municipality is marked out by terraces overlooking the sea, planted with Malvasia vines and local ramellet tomatoes, which owe their fertility to an irrigation system dating back to the Islamic period that includes channels, canals and fountains. The town of Banyalbufar is a prime exponent of irrigated crop-growing activities on hillside terraces in the Tramuntana mountains.

Esporles:
Nestling in the valley fashioned by the Torrent de Sant Pere mountain stream, Esporles has a population of just over 4,000. Its economy was based on agriculture, animal husbandry and forestry, until, in the first half of the 20th century, a process of industrialisation began with the creation of soap, textile and paper factories supplied by the hydraulic power of the Font de sa Granja spring, while the new buildings were constructed in neo-classical and modernist styles.

Government information in Catalan:
https://www.caib.es/sites/espaisnaturalsprotegits/f/96995