Sóller - Mirador Ses Barques - Port de Sóller - Sóller

Round trip starting and ending in Soller at the bus stop in Carrer de Cetre. Beautiful views from Ses Barques. Very nice culture landscape, with stone walls/terraces, orange and lemon trees and olive trees. Return to Palma from Port Seller will save 1 hour.

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

Sóller:
The town of Sóller, in the centre of the valley, at an altitude of about 30 m, was already settled in the time of Moorish rule. One of its most distinctive features are the grand houses built towards the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th, paid for with money made by emigrants from the town. Many were constructed in the Modernist style, which was also used in the design of the façade of parish church of Sant Bartomeu, the Bank of Sóller and the houses of Can Prunera.
In a fertile valley surrounded by olive and orange trees and vegetable gardens, this commercial town with a great love for the produce of the land blossoms. The ancestral homes of emigrants who returned enriched from their time in South America or France stand in its narrow streets. Regular commerce with France had cultural consequences, reflected in aspects such as the architecture and the language, and indeed many families here still speak French. The Plaza de la Constitució is dominated by the church of Sant Bartomeu and the Banco de Sóller, buildings with Modernist features. The municipality is highly prized by hikers who walk, among others, along the cobbled path of Barranc de Biniaraix. The Sóller tram and train, which still operate, are from the early 20th century.