Day 4 of 7, sea views from Port de Sóller, 3 km / 6 km.

Today is Saturday, which is market day in Sóller, so this morning we strolled around the stalls in the town centre and browsed everything from straw hats to strawberries.

The plan was to take a taxi to the harbour and then start walking from there. But the taxis were all busy or something and we gave up after waiting for half an hour, and took the expensive tram again. I saw locals taking the tram for a short hop only; they must have a special tariff or they’d all be ruined by their tram commute.


We had a number of route options for today, but the heat is debilitating. Today was the hottest day yet (the forecast was 37°C) and our enthusiasm for walking in this weather is beginning to run out, so we chose a very short walk. From the harbour we just walked to the lighthouse and back. As we got higher up and closer to the open sea, we got a bit of sea breeze and felt almost invigorated… and then we had to walk back down into the frying pan again.

This was enough for Ingrid, so she and Eric headed back to the hotel. Adrian and I still had some energy left so we rounded the harbour to the other side of the bay, to see the views from there. We were hoping to be able to get far enough to look back to the lighthouse we climbed to. The very tip of the headland was a closed-off military area so we couldn’t get that far, but we got some nice views out towards the sea. This was right out in the open, in the burning sun with no shade, so we admired the view for no more than a minute and then fled down into whatever shade we could find.

Note to self: dinner at Ca’n Pintxo, a modern tapas place just like the one we liked in Fornalutx. El huevo del chef was some kind of egg concoction topped with smoked honey foam: I can’t even really say what it was I ate, but it was delicious.