Distance Elevation gain Difficulty THE PLA HERMITAGES 135,5 km 1,621 m High

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Points of interest: Castellitx, Randa, Santuari de Cura, monastery of Monti-sion, hermitage of Bonany, Ruberts.

Cycling route around the Pla Hermitages The island of has a large number of hermitages, which nowadays have become the ideal setting for cycling. The hermits who once occupied the most isolated places on the island have left a heritage of hermitages with very pleasant excursions to reach them.

The route allows you to climb three of the most representative hills in the area (Cura, Monti-sion and Bonany) and passes through the villages of , , , Vilafranca, Petra, , Lloret, and Santa Eugènia.

Cycling along the route of the Pla hermitages

We start the route leaving from Platja de Palma, in the town of Les Meravelles, along the Camí de les Meravelles in the direction ofEs Pil-larí.

Go around Es Pil-larí until you reach the junction with the Camí de Son Fangos (Ma-6012), turn right and continue along Ma-6012 until you reach the junction with the Carretera Militar (Ma-6011). Turn left and continue along Ma-6011 towards Sant Jordi.

After the Carretera de Llucmajor we continue We turn off onto the Porreres - Petra road, passing along the Camí del Tast, turn left onto the Camí de Son Alzébits. When we cross Son Santandreu, we Can Peixet towards the town of Sant Jordi. join the Ma-3310 road towards Petra.

We border Sant Jordi along the Camí de Son Before reaching the town of Petra we turn off along Oliver, the Carrer Gabriel Comas, the Carrer de the Camí del Molí d'en Vaquer and go up the Camí Sant Jordi, and leave the town along the Camí de de Bonany to reach the Ermita de Bonany. Sant Jordi. On the descent, before reaching the village, we turn When we cross the Camí de Son Binissalom, we off towards the north along the Camí de Son Amar, turn left along the Camí de la Síquia (Ma-15D) until we reach the Carretera de Sineu Ma-3300. towards the roundabout that connects with the Ma-5013 road. Pass by the Son Tei gravel pit in the direction of the town of Sineu. At the roundabout we join the Carretera de Mana- cor (Ma-15) in the direction ofAlgaida. We border Sineu along Carrer Migjorn until we reach the Carretera de Lloret in the direction of We turn off along Camí de Cas Brau and then . along Carrer de sa Quarterada until we reach the town of Algaida. Cross Lloret de Vistalegre along Carrer Major to join the Camí de Cas Moro Tabac in the direction of Cross the town of Algaida along Carrer Esglèsia, Ruberts. Carrer del Bisbe, Sa Plaça and leave Algaida along Carrer dels Cavallers. Cross Ruberts along Carrer de Ruberts and Camí de Montuïri in the direction ofCascanar. We pass in front of the Molí de n'Andreu and join the Camí de Castellitx via Binicomprat, passing In Cascanar we continue along the Ma-3140 road through Castellitx to reach the village of Randa, towards Sencelles. where we go up to the Cura Sanctuary along the Ma-5018 road. We cross Sencelles to take Camí de Morelló and head towards Santa Eugènia. Once we reach the sanctuary, we descend towards Llucmajor along the Camí Vell de Gràcia. Passing through So na Rossa we join the Camí de So na Rossa to reach the town of Santa Eugènia. We go around Llucmajor along the Camí del Vinyet d'en Canals until we reach the Can Tià Leave Santa Eugènia along the Camí de ses Olleries Taleca roundabout, where we take the 3rd exit on to connect with the Carretera Vella de Sineu the Ma-5020 road towards Porreres. (Ma-3011) in the direction ofs'Hostalot.

Before entering the town of Porreres, turn right In s'Hostalot we continue along the Camí de Cal onto the Ma-5030 road to go up to the Monti Sion Correu to the Carretera de (Ma-15) to Sanctuary. reach sa Casa Blanca.

We retrace our steps to return to the town of From sa Casa Blanca we take the Camí de Sant Porreres, crossing the village along Carrer Major Jordi to reach the village of Sant Jordi and return to and Carrer Nou. the starting point of the route, retracing the path we took at the beginning of the route. We join the Ma-5101 road in the direction ofVila - franca de Bonyanyany. We return to Platja de Palma along the Ma-6011 road, the Ma-6012 road (camí de Son Fangos), es Cross Vilafranca de Bonyany via Carrer de Sant Pil-larí and the Camí de ses Meravelles to reach the Martí to take the Carretera de Palma (Ma-15A) start and end of this magnificent route of the Pla towards Petra. hermitages.

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