Once we have reached Puerto de Soller, we can admire the Puerto de Sóller promenade, a natural port surrounded by spectacular mountains.
The port of Soller is a historic enclave coveted in ancient times by privateers and pirates due to Mallorca's location on the Mediterranean Sea.
The...
The port of Soller is a historic enclave coveted in ancient times by privateers and pirates due to Mallorca's location on the Mediterranean Sea.
The Sóller Valley offers us mixed scents of orange blossom and citrus, idyllic landscapes and a rich maritime history that we can discover on this train journey. From the port itself, we will take the emblematic wooden tram to the town of Sóller where its bustling streets and famous modernist buildings such as its Church of San Bartolomé or the old Banco de Sóller welcome us. Sóller, known as the cradle of modernism, has an extensive history among its streets and buildings. The old colonial-style stately houses and palaces tell us how in the 19th and 20th centuries, Mallorcan merchants made their fortune with the orange trade in France and how King Alfonso XIII proclaimed the town of Sóller as a city and commercial and cultural center of area.
From the center, we will start the return route with the classic train from Sóller to Palma. Its wooden wagons, pampered with care, take us with their soft rattle back in time to 1912 when it was inaugurated. The train is characterized by being a narrow gauge railway, rare today and by presenting a very varied old rolling stock, of a detailed character and artisan maintenance.