By Plane
The main entrance for the
majority of visitors to Majorca is via Son Sant Joan Airport, 8 km. from
Palma city.
Every year, around 20 million
passengers travel through this airport, a principal airport due to the
amount of traffic, especially international. The airport is also furnished
with good transport connections to the other islands in the Balearics archipelago
(Minorca and Ibiza) and the main cities of Europe. Palma is 2hrs 25min
flight time to cities such as Amsterdam and Zurich; 2hrs 30min to London
or Berlin and only two hours flight to Paris.
A regular bus link with Palma
operates, with a journey time of around 20 minutes.
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By sea
By sea, more than 800.000
passengers arrive annually in Majorca. The two most important ports are
those of Palma and Alcúdia, both welcoming regular freight and passenger
transport and seasonal tourist cruises.
Both are connection points
to the Spanish peninsula (Barcelona, 8 hours and Dènia and València,
8 and a half hours), the islands of Minorca (6 hours) and Ibiza (4 hours)
are also linked by sea connections. Big ships and ferries are the most
usual craft, and both ports are regular destinations for the cruise liners
of the Mediterranean.
It is also necessary to consider
the leisure marinas and nautical clubs that host water activities enjoyed
by thousands of tourists. In short, there are 41 leisure marinas dotted
around the whole of coastline of Majorca.
Railways
The train is another of
the means of transport characteristic of Majorca. The longest railway lines
in the Balearic islands are the trains of Sóller-Palma, Inca-Palma
and a new third line that links Inca with sa Pobla.
The train of Sóller,
opened in 1912, operates between Palma and Sóller through a beautiful
mountain and olive grove landscape with excellent vies of the Tramuntana
region. The tourist special takes little less than one hour and some morning
trips include a stop at the mirador (view point) es Pujol d'en Banya.
After their arrival in Sóller
passengers can travel on to the Port of Sóller on a tram, a charming
journey of five kilometres that crosses fields of orange and lemon trees.
Road network
Majorca has a road network
spanning more than 1,100 km. The biggest developments are the three main
axes that exit Palma: the Llevant motorway, the Ponent motorway and the
central motorway, which goes to Inca.
The island also possesses
other smaller, regional axes, of radial design, such as Palma-Andratx,
Palma-Manacor-Artà-Cala Rajada and Palma-Santanyí, as well
as other traversing axes, such as Andratx-Port of Pollença, Artà-Port
d'Alcúdia, and Santanyí-Felanitx-Manacor.
As Majorca is a relatively
small island, the overall recommendations of the transport policy of the
Government of the Balearic Islands is to avoid habitual use of the main
highways in summer time, where congestion is likely (University, Calvià
and Andratx, Alcúdia and North of Majorca and the access routes
to Palma), and try to use alternative routes.
The bus network also covers
most of the island and provides access for the visitor to many charming
and period villages. For those who prefer to travel on organised excursions,
all travel agents run trips to the most popular destinations. |
