Mirador de ses Barques - Bàlitx - Cala Tuent - Sa Calobra - Torrent de Pareis

Mirador de ses Barques - Bàlitx - Coll de Biniamar - Es Vergeret restaurant - Cala Tuent - Sa Calobra - Torrent de Pareis - Sa Calobra port.
GR 221 variant 6 from Mirador de ses Barques to Cala Tuent.
Book return by boat to Port Soller the day before by phone 971 63 01 70, see
https://www.barcoscalobra.com/timetable-prices/?lang=en
Quote from a Mallorca walking guide book:
“This is without a doubt one of the great "classics" in Mallorca."
Skip the detour after 2-3 km, see track map.
From Esglesia Sant Llorenc church between Tuent and Sa Calobra it is easiest (but approx. 2 km longer) to follow the main road Ma-1241, as the path is partly overgrown.
Mirador de ses Barques can be reached by bus 231 Alcudia from Soller.

Mirador de ses Barques viewpoint was built in the late 1950s, during construction work of the road from Sóller to Lluc, and delights our eyes with beautiful views over the Sóller valley and its port.

Camí de Bàlitx: Until the early 20th century, this was the main means of communication between the Sóller valley and Tuent and Sa Calobra, with turnings off to Port de Sóller and Fornalutx. Owing to its strategic importance, it formed a part of Mallorca's main road network and was under royal jurisdiction. The old bridle path was partly replaced by a cart track towards the end of the 19th century, but there still remain some very well built stretches of the original path.

Bàlitx d’Amunt is one of the three great estates that have their origins in the old farmstead of Baalichi, recorded in 1232 in the official document Llibre del Repartiment. The main building is an excellent example of this type of architecture, with its oil press, chapel and a façade boasting painting tiles under the eaves. Worthy of note, too, is the way humans have shaped the landscape, especially by building terraces and their complex drainage system to prevent erosion.

Cala Tuent: This cove has a shingly beach, and has no comparison with the overbuilding to be witnessed in other areas. It was one of the few natural refuges for fishermen on the Escorca coast; they built different shelters for their boats, called escars, most of which no longer exist. The surrounding lands, which were brought together as the former farmstead "Duayat Jabiliquam" in the 1232 Llibre del Repartiment, were divided up over the years and the estates of Can Palou, Can Real, Can Capapuig, etc. came into being. Olive farming could be carried out thanks to the construction of a large number of terraces and an extensive irrigation system, which were severely damaged by the building of a road and a voracious forest fire in 1993.