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    GR221 (Ruta De Pedra En Sec / The Dry Stone Route) - Mallorca

    Have just finished reading George Sand's A Winter In Majorca (sic), which I picked up in Valldemossa. Not exactly a flattering picture of the Mallorquin and their culture. Sand never once mentions Chopin by name (his request?), only referring to an invalid travel companion. Written a couple...
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    GR221 (Ruta De Pedra En Sec / The Dry Stone Route) - Mallorca

    Enjoy the walk. I am sure you will. Keep us posted.
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    GR221 (Ruta De Pedra En Sec / The Dry Stone Route) - Mallorca

    Yes it definitively is. I gleaned the following information re. the Camino (Cami de Lluc). Kilometre Zero is right in front of the Santuari. It is 1360kms to Santiago de Compostela (circa 60kms to Palma). Not sure if that is walking distance or includes the distance across the sea to the...
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    GR221 (Ruta De Pedra En Sec / The Dry Stone Route) - Mallorca

    Some thoughts (mostly to myself). Apart from the first two stages, the whole route is now very well waymarked. The route can be walked in either direction. Most walkers seen to be going West to East. There is quite a lot of walking through forests (pine and oak), ergo, little sunshine and...
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    GR221 (Ruta De Pedra En Sec / The Dry Stone Route) - Mallorca

    Lluc to Pollenca (20kms) Returned to Lluc from Son Amer 'refugi' to have a look around the Sanctuari. I had arrived latish and under the rain the previous day. Very glad I did. NB - back long the road it is only a 10-15 mins walk. I had imagined Lluc to be a small village. It is the Sanctuari...
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    GR221 (Ruta De Pedra En Sec / The Dry Stone Route) - Mallorca

    If you have booked Tossals Verds, the Cuber reservoir will be on your route. Steep climb from Soller then another couple of hours on to Tossals Verds. Guide book says 20kms but don't underestimate the climb!
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    GR221 (Ruta De Pedra En Sec / The Dry Stone Route) - Mallorca

    Soller to Lluc I had planned to walk this double stage because I couldn't get into the 'refugi' at Tossals Verds but luckily saw reason before attempting it (circa 35kms). Unless you are a Navy Seal or a SAS commando you might want to think twice about doubling up here. Soller is more or less...
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    GR221 (Ruta De Pedra En Sec / The Dry Stone Route) - Mallorca

    Deia - Soller (15kms?) I made a late start wanting to visit Ca n' Alluny, Robert Graves' house. Only open Monday to Friday, so I had been unable to visit earlier. Neither was it open as a museum when I visited in 2004. The house has been restored and furnished pretty much as it was when Graves'...
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    GR221 (Ruta De Pedra En Sec / The Dry Stone Route) - Mallorca

    Absolutely worth it. You won't regret reading either Tomas or William.
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    GR221 (Ruta De Pedra En Sec / The Dry Stone Route) - Mallorca

    Deia. Where to start? My fascination begins with Robert Graves - tangentially. Of course like most people of my generation I was enthralled by the BBC's serialization of his books; I, Claudius and Claudius The God and I've read a little more of his works over the years (Goodbye To All That, a...
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    GR221 (Ruta De Pedra En Sec / The Dry Stone Route) - Mallorca

    Esporles - Deia (23kms) 23kms but a full day's walking, particularly if you want to spend a couple of hours in Valldemossa, and I would suggest you probably do. It's a little busy and cosmopolitan (hotels, boutiques, tourist shops, coach loads of daytrippers up from the coast, ....) but very...
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    GR221 (Ruta De Pedra En Sec / The Dry Stone Route) - Mallorca

    If you have a GPS gizmo you will have no trouble. Day One (Port d'Andratx to Sant Elm) - once you reach the red and white mast on the cliff top, keep walking along the trail. Half way to Pintal Vermell (circa 500m) you need to climb up on your right for 50-100m and the track down to Sant Elm...
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    GR221 (Ruta De Pedra En Sec / The Dry Stone Route) - Mallorca

    Thanks Islandwalker. Que? As the Spaniards say. I still live in the Dark Ages. Internet and email are about as much as I can get my head around. Mobile phones? My old brick doubles up as a torch and I can never get it switched on when needed!
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    GR221 (Ruta De Pedra En Sec / The Dry Stone Route) - Mallorca

    Thanks Simperegrino. I have been to Deia before - many years ago and in December. Likely to be quite different. And Robert Graves' house hadn't yet been open to the public. I will indeed enjoy a swim in the Cala in this baking weather.
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    GR221 (Ruta De Pedra En Sec / The Dry Stone Route) - Mallorca

    Bit of a mixed start to my walk. Got lost twice and had to backtrack to Sant Elm. Had planned to walk as far as Ses Fontanelles - two stages (8.5kms and 12kms respectively). Did the 20kms and more but only covered the first 8.5kms of the route! It was what I call 'a 3 litre day' - in sweat, not...
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    GR221 (Ruta De Pedra En Sec / The Dry Stone Route) - Mallorca

    Tomorrow I set out in the GR221/Ruta De Pedra En Sec/Drystone Walk. My guidebook (Paddy Dillon - Cicerone) tells me that I can expect pine, oak, olive and palm trees along the way as well as other Mediterranean flora ('garrigue') to include broome, rowan, lavender, rosemary and thyme but also...
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    GR221 (Ruta De Pedra En Sec / The Dry Stone Route) - Mallorca

    Just Googled Camino de Mallorca. Would appear that there is indeed a Camino on Mallorca from the Sancturio de Lluc that goes on to Palma, from where the Peregrino would catch a boat to the mainland. The August night pilgrimage in reverse? It's 60kms/4 stages. No mention of any albergues. I'll...
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    GR221 (Ruta De Pedra En Sec / The Dry Stone Route) - Mallorca

    As far as I know it is not same walk. There is an annual pilgrimage (a night walk?) in August from Palma de Mallorca to the Santuario de Lluc but that is not the Ruta De Pedra En Sec, which starts at Port d'Andratx goes along the Serra de Tramuntana via Valldemosa, Deia (one of the the main...
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    GR221 (Ruta De Pedra En Sec / The Dry Stone Route) - Mallorca

    Hello. We're flying out to Palma de Mallorca tomorrow and after a few days of R&R on the beach and in the sun I'll be setting off on the Ruta De Pedra en Sec/GR221. Not a Camino de Santiago but if enough people are interested I'd be more than happy to post some facts and impressions. Alfin del...
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    Ruta del Argar

    In summary: There is practically no Peregrino-style accommodation on this Camino and unless you are carrying a tent options are limited as to the length of each stage. You will, therefore, need deep pockets. Typically about 30.00 euros per night. The cheapest accommodation I came across was...

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