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Majorca

Majorca or Mallorca, whatever way you prefer to spell it, and whatever way you wish to pronounce it, is the largest of Balearic Islands, and along with its sister islands of Menorca and Ibiza, lies in the Mediterranean Sea off the south east coast of mainland Spain. Flying time most most UK airports is around 2 - 2.1/2 hours and on arrival local time is 1 hour in front of GMT.

Its a great place to train, the choice of routes whether flat or hilly is plentyful. You can out there on the road for any from 1 hour to 6 hours.

The north side of the island is a good place to base yourself, personally I use Club Pollentia in the Pollensa region, its close to the mountains and a quite area to 'flop' out after a long ride.

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More on the Puerto Pollensa region;

The municipal district and holiday resort of Puerto Pollensa lies on the north west coast of the island, approximately 58km, and a 1.1/2 hour drive from the capital Palma and the Son Sant Joan International airport.

Despite being one of the furthest resorts from the airport, driving over to Puerto Pollensa from Palma, isn't really a bad journey. From the leaving the airport grounds, the main PM-27 takes you north as far as the town of Inca, from there you can either continue north to Alcudia along the C-713, and then take to coast road into Pollensa, or alternatively cut across country to pick up the PM-220, which then takes you all the way into the resort. Of the two options it is usually my preference to recommend the PM-220 route.

Without a doubt the main feature of the resort is the dramatic Sierra de Tramuntana mountain range that surrounds and shelters the town. For the more active (on the walking front) there are numerous walks into these hills from where the views back over the bay are stunning. A word of warning though, before you venture into the mountains be sure to take a local guide book with you which documents the walks, and tells you everything you need to know. The beauty of training in Majorca is the diversity of routes, whether you want to go out for 2hrs or 6hrs, long way round to the mountains or just straight out the back door and onto them.


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