Epic Hikes of the World ( PDFDrive )

TIME AND TIDE
So you fancy tagging on an extra day or two in Mallorca’s north? Wise choice. The
coastline northeast of Pollença, the island’s most dramatic, is reached by a helterskelter
of a road, which you can cycle if you’re as fit as a fiddle. En route are
lookouts with views of a sea of deepest blue and the cliffs rearing above it like
shark fins. Spend some chill time on Platja de Formentor’s ribbon of pine-fringed
sand or head on to lighthouse-topped Cap de Formentor for a cracking sunset.
© Andrew Montgomery
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As the hike edges east on day seven, it enters high, rocky terrain, making for a
scramble up to the fortress-like summit of Coll des Prat (2749ft, 838m), from where
it’s possible to ascend 4478ft (1365m) Puig de Massanella, Mallorca’s secondhighest
peak, for captivating views over the eroded karst wilderness of the
Tramuntana to the sea beyond. Pilgrims and day-trippers mill around the Monestir
de Lluc, where I pause to glimpse the late-Renaissance basilica, before heading on