Majorca highlights please

[PamelaFff]

We have booked to go to Cala D’Or with two kids 12 and 11. We are keen to explore the island - we want to go to Palma for the day and also Valdemossa. Is there anywhere else you would recommend for a great day out? We’d like to hire a no license boat and possibly do bikes round a forest/park type place if possible but no idea where!

Thank you x

Pollenca. Nice town for a day trip. You can walk up the hill in town (up a big flight of stairs) for a lovely view.

I'd have recommended Valdemossa too, but you have that on your list.

Fornalutz is a v pretty village, but not much to do there. Maybe a stop on the way to Soller, if you go there.

There's the long windy road up to the lighthouse, but I can't remember the name of it - probably Cap something I guess...

It's a beautiful island. You've got me wondering about a long weekend now...

Thank you @ReviewingTheSituation - great suggestions! I forgot Pollensa. I’ve been to Majorca before but only as a child and I still have good memories of it!

Palma is a fab city, I just love it and Valdemossa is lovely too. Soller and Port de soller are very nice - you can get a tourist train from Palma to Soller and then there is a tram down to Port de Soller (or if you had a boat and stopped at Port de Soller you could take the tram up to Soller). There are lots of nice little villages out that way - Deia, Fornalutz etc and some fantastic hiking. I don't know about bike riding apart from on the coast roads which are very popular.

Thank you @Tal45 Exciting!

Our favourite place on Majorca is Cala Mondrago, not far from Cala D'Or, you have to park car at top of hill and walk down but it's a lovely beach and you can easily walk round to another even quieter one. There is a restaurant and snack bar but we took our own food/drinks. Also, great views from the pedaloes for hire.