Day one is a transfer from Palma airport to Sineu, about 30 km inland, where you check into Hotel Joan Capó. It is a small boutique hotel in an old house with 11 rooms, a walled garden, a small outdoor pool and a sauna, and it is set up for cyclists with a covered space for bikes. The hotel is adults only and has a small wine cellar; you can eat lunch and dinner there, or walk into town.

The riding starts gently. The first loop is around 36 km with 285 m of climbing, heading east through Sencelles to Petra, the birthplace of Fray Junípero Serra, with a monastery and sculpture museum worth a stop. You can add a climb to the Hermitage of Bonany for lunch, then come back on lanes through Ruberts. Day three crosses the Palma–Inca motorway into almond and olive groves on the slopes of the Serra de Tramuntana, with a short walk into Alaró below its old Moorish castle, and a choice of 39 km or 66 km.

Day four is the big one. The standard route is 51 km through windmills and pine woods to Llucmajor. The harder option climbs to the three hermitages on the 540 m Puig de Randa, where the Santuari de Cura sits at the top — the thirteenth-century writer and philosopher Ramon Llull lived there. That version is 60 km with 710 m of climbing, finishing on a dirt road into Montuiri.

On day five you ride north to Pollença, 37.5 km with 330 m of climbing, through Llubí and a quiet valley of carob and almond trees from Campanet. There is a 2 km stretch on a busy main road as you come into town. Your bags travel separately. The last three nights are at Son Sant Jordi in the old centre of Pollença, spread across eight rooms and village houses within 200 m of the hotel, with a terrace on a small square and a garden with a pool.

The final two rides are flatter. One goes through Sa Pobla and Muro to the Albufera, 800 hectares of wetland with plants and birds found only on Mallorca, returning past the beaches between Can Picafort and Alcúdia — busy, but hard to avoid. The last day offers 24.5 to 44 km: either a relaxed loop along the Bay of Pollença, or a longer run via Roman Alcúdia and the Mal Pas peninsula to the chapel of La Victoria, where you can leave the bike and walk up the 395 m Talaia de Alcúdia.

What's included

- All overnight stays - All breakfasts - Transfer from Palma de Mallorca airport to Sineu - Baggage transfer on day 5 - Cycling routes in the route app - Digital travel information

What's not included

- Return travel and flights - Lunches - Dinners - Bike hire (see equipment hire) - Local ecotax, payable on site - Return transfer from Pollença to the airport (bookable)