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Welcome to the Tramuntana Area.
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Possibly
the most unspoiled part of Mallorca, where hundred-year-old olive trees
rest under large rocks, in total harmony with a landscape of indescribable
beauty.
Meanwhile, closer to the Mediterranean sea, on the hillsides the orange,
almond and carob trees twine branches, creating a unique world of
sensations, a world that captivated the likes of the Archduke Louis
Salvador of Hapsburg-Lorraine and Robert Graves, not forgetting Frédéric
Chopin and other celebrities who have chosen this part of the island as
their refuge and their home.
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The
vegetation has been marked by farming – orange, almond, olive and
carob trees on the most fertile lands – and the fact that most of
the Range is covered in pine and holm oak forests, although the
latter are now receding since in the past they were commonly chopped
down to make charcoal. |
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In
this harsh, rough area where living conditions were until recently
rather difficult, we find a large amount of flora and fauna: from
wild goats to cormorants and Eleonora’s falcon, not forgetting the
last remnants of Mallorca’s indigenous fauna, our beloved Mallorcan
midwife toad or ferreret, a lovely little amphibian that
lives in the mountains and next to the sea that washes over the
rocky coastline. The coastline next to the Tramuntana Range is
extremely rugged and scarcely any of the beaches have natural sand.
In fact, the only ones that do are in Andratx and Pollença, at the
very foothills of the mountain system. |
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It
is a particularly good area for hiking and admiring the impressive
sunsets, written about long ago by visitors putting in at Mallorcan ports.
Enjoy your visit, savour the landscape, capture the sensations - you will
find them nowhere else. And remember Robert Graves’ words, “here the world
enters another dimension”. |
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