GR 221- Dry- Stone Route
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VISIT ALSO
(footpaths and more)
(the most beautiful hike)
| SINCE MID-FEBRUARY 2010 IS THE SECOND EDITION OF THE MAP "TRAMUNTANA CENTRAL" AVAILABLE |
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IMPORTANT A new alternative section of the GR 221 between Castell d'Alaró and Tossals Verds is open (june 2010) ---------------------------------------------- Since june 2009, a new trail connects Banyalbufar and Estellencs. The long- distance trail GR 221 is closed in Es Rafal. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The mountains huts of the GR 221 will be closed during august 2010
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The laws of the GR 221 and GR 222 were provisionally approved by the government |
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In this website you will find more information about the long-distance trail GR 221: |
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THE DRY-STONE ROUTE (GR 221) ☻ The GR 221 is the ‘Ruta de pedra en sec’, as much of the route takes advantage of the old cobbled paths (which communicated the villages and the estates on the Serra) and also because the most emblematic landscape is the rows of olive trees on terraces with dry-stone walls. The GR (135 km) will cross the Serra de Tramuntana from the Port d’Andratx (in the south of the island) to Pollença (in the north) and some buildings have been restored as mountain hostels. Some alternative sections (156 km) have been planed which will go by way of Peguera, Es Capdellà, Castell d’Alaró, Bunyola and Cala Tuent. The work restoring the paths and the buildings is being carried out by the Department of the Environment of the Consell Insular de Mallorca.The sections opened follow public paths and cross public land, but the fact that most of the Serra is private property will delay the opening of some sections. It is planned as 8 stages with a mountain hostel at the end of each |
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STAGES 1ª Port d’Andratx- Sant Elm- La Trapa, 3h 45’ 2ª La Trapa- Estellencs, 7h 15’ 3ª Estellencs- Esporles, 5h 4ª Esporles- Deià (Refugi de Can Boi), 6h 30’ 5ª Deià- Port de Sóller, 3h 15’ 6ª Port de Sóller- Ref.de Tossals, 8h 7ª Ref. de Tossals Verds- Lluc, 6h 8ª Lluc- Pollença (Refugi del Pont Romà), 4h 45’ |
☻The opened sections cross public lands and use public trails, but 10% of the planned route cross private lands. On their initial approach, the government will try to reach an agreement with the owners. If they don't accept, the new law on long-distance trails will permit a compulsory purchase order http://www.conselldemallorca.net/?id_section=1675
At the end of 2008, the GR was completely signposted from Deià to Pollença with 5 mountain hostels already open. Further south, the section: Coll des Pi- Estellencs- Banyalbufar- Esporles- Coll de sa Basseta is also marked. For the unsignposted sections, it is advisable to have the maps Alpina Mallorca (1:25.000): ‘Tramuntana Nord ‘, „Tramuntana Central’ and ‘Tramuntana Sud’.
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THE FOOTPATHS IN MALLORCA..... Mallorca has a huge trail network: some of the trails were built during the time of the Arabs (902-1229), other trails cross the forests to places where charcoal was produced, others lead to inaccessible places on the coast. These were built by tobacco- smugglers around 1920 or for the watchtowers against pirates (built in the 16th century). Around Valldemossa the Austrian Archduke Lluis Salvador also built panoramic trails. |
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..........AND THEIR PROBLEMS ☻ A big problem is private trails being closed. 92% of the mountain range "Serra de Tramuntana" is private property. Free access is only possible on public land and on public trails. And even in these, some owners don´t recognize free access and apply to the courts to close public trails.
However recently, Fodesma (the dry-stone wall building college) and the GEM (Majorcan mountain club) have opened and signposted a wide range of "lost" or overgrown trails.
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We are interested on your opinion and your tips Email |
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Map of the Dry-Stone Route in the hiking exhibition of the mountain hostel Son Amer- Lluc
We want to thank Carol Green for her help with the correction of these pages
