
Port d'Andratx to Banyalbufar
Where the Walls Begin
The route's namesake dry-stone walls first appear here, on a cliff coast above Sa Dragonera and the open Mediterranean.

Self-guided · Mallorca
You'll walk 138 kilometres along the spine of the Serra de Tramuntana, on old mule paths and dry-stone walling rather than the coast road, with more than 5,000 metres of climbing and one night in a mountain refuge with no road in. A route that earns its quiet.
The Serra de Tramuntana is Mallorca as most visitors never see it — terraced olive groves and dry-stone walls climbing straight from the sea, honey-stone villages where Chopin and Robert Graves once settled in for the winter, and warmth on the trail long after the beaches have emptied out.
The GR221 — Mallorca's Ruta de Pedra en Sec, the Dry Stone Route — runs 86 miles down the Serra de Tramuntana from the harbour at Port d'Andratx to the bay at Port de Pollença. It is a mountain route in a place most people only see from a beach — steep, dry, and walled on both sides by the centuries-old stonework that gives it its name. Most of it is well above the resorts, and most days you have it to yourself.
Your trail divides naturally into three parts — not by day, but by where the path runs. First the western cliffs and the first dry-stone walls; then inland through the villages where Chopin and Graves settled; finally the high Tramuntana, a refuge night, and the long descent to Pollença Bay.

Port d'Andratx to Banyalbufar
The route's namesake dry-stone walls first appear here, on a cliff coast above Sa Dragonera and the open Mediterranean.

Banyalbufar to Sóller
Inland through holm-oak forest and the Archduke's engineered cliff paths, into the villages where Chopin and Graves came to work.

Sóller to Port de Pollença
The mountain section — a stepped gorge, a refuge night under Massanella, a high pass, and the long fall to the bay.
Build your trip
Pick your pace, party size and dates. The itinerary, distances, nightly stops and the price all update live — no commitment until you're happy.
Your day-by-day itinerary updates live in the Your itinerary section below.
This is the itinerary you're building. Change the pace, party size or start date in the planner above and every stage, distance and date updates here.
Where you'll stay
Family-run rural hotels and restored manor houses in the mountain villages, plus one night in a bunk at the Tossals Verds refuge with no road in. Book early — the smaller villages have very few beds.
Every trip is planned around your dates and party, so we can't promise you a specific inn — but we can promise the kind of welcome that makes a walking holiday feel like a proper holiday.
Self-guided, but properly supported. You turn up, you walk, you eat well, you sleep well. We handle the logistics.
Self-guided, fully supported
Self-guided means the walking is yours and the logistics are ours. You set off on the GR221 Dry Stone Route when you want, walk at whatever pace suits you, and stop where you like — there is no group to keep up with and no leader setting the schedule. Everything that makes an independent long-distance walk hard work to organise is handled before you arrive.
There are no fixed departure dates. Choose your own start day, tell us how many nights you want, and the planner rebuilds the 138 km route around it.
Walking the GR221 Dry Stone Route alone doesn't mean being out of touch. We lend you a small GPS tracker for the trail, and a private map link lets the people who care about you follow along from home.
Carry it in your pack and it updates your position as you walk — no phone signal required.
See your own progress on a secure map, with your overnight stops visible at a glance.
Send the private link to family or friends so they know you've arrived safely each day.
We'll start planning your trip right away. Not happy with anything? We'll adjust it or refund you — no questions asked.

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You'll want to be comfortable walking around 22 kilometres a day with a daypack, with several sustained climbs of 500–800 metres, often in heat. That's the Hiker pace, seven days. If that sounds like a lot, the Explorer pace spreads the same route over nine days with shorter days and more recovery.
March, April, May and October are the best months — manageable temperatures, the refuge open, water in the springs. February and November can work depending on the year. Avoid June to August: the Tramuntana gets very hot and exposed, and the long climbs become genuinely punishing.
Yes, on the village stages — one bag per person, up to 20 kg, moved hotel to hotel while you walk. The exception is the mountain section over Tossals Verds: there's no road to the refuge, so you carry an overnight bag for that one night and your main luggage skips ahead to meet you on the far side.
Family-run rural hotels, restored manor houses and traditional village guesthouses, with breakfast and en-suite rooms. In Sóller and Pollença there's more choice; in the smaller villages options are limited, so we book early. The one mountain night is a bunk in the Tossals Verds refuge — simple, shared, and the only thing up there.
Yes. The GR221 is well waymarked with red-and-white flashes the whole way, and between March and October there are usually other walkers around. The villages are small and used to walkers. We add a single supplement to cover single-occupancy rooms, and you'll never be far from a village with a café.
The Hiker package starts at £889 per person. On top of that: flights to Palma (cheap and frequent from the UK), lunches and drinks on the trail, tourist taxes and any extra nights you add at the start or end.
Yes. Every GR221 Dry Stone Route trip we run is self-guided: you walk the route on your own, at your own pace, with no group and no guide. We do the planning and the logistics — an itinerary of 3 – 9 days built around the pace you choose, accommodation booked in your name along the 138 km route, your main bag moved between stays each day, GPX files and route notes for every stage, and a real person on the end of the phone while you're out there. You choose your own start date; there are no fixed departures.
On a guided trip you walk with a leader and a group to a fixed schedule. Self-guided means the day is yours: start when you like, stop for lunch where you like, walk fast or slowly, take a rest day. The route is waymarked and you navigate with the GPX and notes we provide. Everything that makes a trip complicated — accommodation, luggage transfer, the shape of each day — is arranged for you before you arrive.
Yes — the GR221 Dry Stone Route is a signed long-distance route and thousands of people walk it independently every year. What most walkers want help with isn't navigation, it's the 138 km of accommodation, the bag transfers, and getting the daily distances right. That's exactly what we take off your hands, while you still walk it under your own steam.
We do, both. We book walker-friendly B&Bs, inns and small hotels in your name at each overnight stop, with breakfast, and arrange door-to-door luggage transfer between them so you walk with a daypack. You'll get a full itinerary with every address, check-in detail and transfer time before you travel.
Most people take 3 – 9 days for the 138 km. Our planner lets you set your own pace and number of nights, so you can stretch the trip out with shorter days or compress it if you're used to back-to-back big days — the itinerary, accommodation stops and price all update as you change it.

The GR221 is what I point people towards when they've done something like the West Highland Way and want sun and a different kind of rock underfoot. Book the Tossals Verds refuge early — there's one night up there and the beds go. Go in spring if you can.
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