Rock climbing in Mallorca

Mallorca is without doubt one of the most popular holiday destinations. Unfortunately the image of the island has suffered from mass tourism in the past decades. This distracts from the beautiful and down to earth parts of the island, the great outdoors and epic climbing areas you can find on Mallorca. It’s fair to say I was pleasantly surprised visiting Mallorca for the first time ever.

We were lucky to stay with friends of Theresa and other climbers who are also into climbing. Thus, we had great company for the week.

La Creveta

On the first day we went to ‘La Creveta’ a spot in the very northern part of the island, close to the city of Port de Pollença. The approach includes a lot of scrambling and it’s a bit tricky to find your way around the big boulders. But when you finally get to the wall it’s totally worth it. You have a great view on the city and in the afternoon you'll get some sun at the wall.

Cala Romantica

This is one of the scenic spots right at the sea on the east coast. You’ll be belaying right next to the cliff and the sun will burn you all day. The rock is quite sharp since the routes a pretty new but at the same time the bolts are also quite new and trustworthy.

Mont Port

The spot is located close to Port Andratx in the south-eastern part of Mallorca. This spot is famous for the ‘panorama route’, a beautiful route which is by the way great for taking pictures of the climber (in this case me).

Santanyí

On our last day just before heading towards the airport we went to an awesome spot close to Santanyí. From the parking lot next to a lighthouse you walk down a few steps and find a lot of well-bolted routes. Not far away you can also visit the iconic Es Pontàs where Chris Sharma climbed the famous deep water solo route ‘King Line’.