CAMINO DEL ARCHIDUQUE

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This walk is one of the best on Mallorca. This description is with reduced distance. You can do it all in 4 hours, and it is less than 10 kilometres, but it is a lot uphill to start with.

The start is from Valldemossa.  From the main street turn right where there is a sign to the sports grounds.. Then right turn  up C/ Rector Joan Mir. Shortly after turn left up C/ de les Oliveres.

The first part is similar to this other walk in this area. Until you get to the well on Pla de Pouet. 

From the well, turn right and walk up through the stone oak forest until you get to a stone bench. Here turn right and continue along the track to the top. You may se a sign "Deia". This is correct. The track will split later.

You are now where the interesting part starts. Follow the track along the ridge. To your left is a vertical drop hundred of meters down.

By the end of the ridge, after 20 minutes, you will see  a stone marker. That is the track to Deia. Ending by Hotel Moli.

Further on there is a small group of trees. Also with a stone marker. Turn right here, and you get back to Pla de Pouet, not far from the well. To the left you can see a group of trees towards Teix. That is the other road back to Valldemossa, passing the Icona shelter.

On the way down to Valldemossa, you can visit the natural spring, 100 m from the track you follow. Look out for the water pipe and the  track leading there.

NOTE: This trip can be dangerous in windy and wet conditions. Bad visibility due to low hanging clouds, is also frequent here.

On a quiet day, it is a family walk. There is a track al the way. Uneven with many lose stones of all sizes however. No climbing required.

Guide and map suitable for this trip : Mallorca Tramuntana Central (Amazon.co.uk)

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