If during the season you are going to Cape Formentor from afar, for example, from Palma, it is advisable to leave no later than 9:00.
This is due to the fact that the lighthouse is very popular among tourists, and there are many who want to visit it.
Near the lighthouse itself, parking is free, but there are no more than 20 parking spaces, so an early arrival makes it possible to leave the car without unnecessary stress on the nervous system.
The last part of the route (about fifteen kilometers) runs along a steep mountain serpentine. People who are sensitive to motion sickness need to be prepared for this.
And on the road there are mountain animals with very strong horns. Some of them are not afraid of cars at all.
On the way to the lighthouse, there are several viewing platforms that offer breathtaking views.
There is little parking space at these sites - for 2-4 cars.
There are many more parking spaces on the largest intermediate platform.
There is even a cafe and a toilet (however, only customers of the cafe can visit it).
If you reached this site before 10 a. m. , then it’s better to make a stop and then continue on your way, as there will already be a lot of people on the way back, and it’s much less possible to park and take pictures normally.
If you got there later than 10, then I recommend not to stop, but to go to the lighthouse.
From the same site, along the road perpendicular to the path to the lighthouse, you can get to another attraction of Cape Formentor,
You can go to it after visiting the lighthouse.
After driving about one and a half kilometers along a steep serpentine (the road is even narrower than the serpentine to the lighthouse), you will come to a crossroads.
Here you can leave your car. Revenge is enough for about 20 cars.
From here, one road (usually closed) leads to the meteorological center, and the other (pedestrian) to a low tower, the purpose of which remained incomprehensible to me.
Walk to the tower for about a kilometer. Up all the time.
Near the tower there are strange structures made of stones. Who made them and why is also a mystery.
The height of the tower is about 15 meters.
The tower can be climbed by iron steps driven into the walls.
Keep in mind that going down is more difficult than going up.
Very interesting views open from the tower and the observation deck near it.
Now about the lighthouse itself.
There is, as I already wrote, parking for about 20 cars, several viewing platforms, a self-service cafe with an outdoor terrace, a small gift shop, a free toilet on the territory of the cafe.
One hour, in my opinion, is enough to get around everything.
Beauty is a subjective concept. I believe that both the long road and the time spent were worth the views that open from the lighthouse.
And in conclusion, a couple of tips that may be useful on the journey.
Please note that with rare exceptions, there are no gas stations on the roads between cities. And in those that are, gasoline is more expensive than in settlements (in any case, it was like that on the roads we drove on).
The HERE We Go mobile application helped a lot in moving along the roads of Mallorca.
On offline maps downloaded in advance, it was easy to build a route and find the way to the right place.
At the same time, it should be taken into account that the names of settlements and places of interest in English and Spanish may sound differently, and the application works correctly with Spanish names.
This is due to the fact that the lighthouse is very popular among tourists, and there are many who want to visit it.
Near the lighthouse itself, parking is free, but there are no more than 20 parking spaces, so an early arrival makes it possible to leave the car without unnecessary stress on the nervous system.
The last part of the route (about fifteen kilometers) runs along a steep mountain serpentine. People who are sensitive to motion sickness need to be prepared for this.
And on the road there are mountain animals with very strong horns. Some of them are not afraid of cars at all.
On the way to the lighthouse, there are several viewing platforms that offer breathtaking views.
There is little parking space at these sites - for 2-4 cars.
There are many more parking spaces on the largest intermediate platform.
There is even a cafe and a toilet (however, only customers of the cafe can visit it).
If you reached this site before 10 a. m. , then it’s better to make a stop and then continue on your way, as there will already be a lot of people on the way back, and it’s much less possible to park and take pictures normally.
If you got there later than 10, then I recommend not to stop, but to go to the lighthouse.
From the same site, along the road perpendicular to the path to the lighthouse, you can get to another attraction of Cape Formentor,
You can go to it after visiting the lighthouse.
After driving about one and a half kilometers along a steep serpentine (the road is even narrower than the serpentine to the lighthouse), you will come to a crossroads.
Here you can leave your car. Revenge is enough for about 20 cars.
From here, one road (usually closed) leads to the meteorological center, and the other (pedestrian) to a low tower, the purpose of which remained incomprehensible to me.
Walk to the tower for about a kilometer. Up all the time.
Near the tower there are strange structures made of stones. Who made them and why is also a mystery.
The height of the tower is about 15 meters.
The tower can be climbed by iron steps driven into the walls.
Keep in mind that going down is more difficult than going up.
Very interesting views open from the tower and the observation deck near it.
Now about the lighthouse itself.
There is, as I already wrote, parking for about 20 cars, several viewing platforms, a self-service cafe with an outdoor terrace, a small gift shop, a free toilet on the territory of the cafe.
One hour, in my opinion, is enough to get around everything.
Beauty is a subjective concept. I believe that both the long road and the time spent were worth the views that open from the lighthouse.
And in conclusion, a couple of tips that may be useful on the journey.
Please note that with rare exceptions, there are no gas stations on the roads between cities. And in those that are, gasoline is more expensive than in settlements (in any case, it was like that on the roads we drove on).
The HERE We Go mobile application helped a lot in moving along the roads of Mallorca.
On offline maps downloaded in advance, it was easy to build a route and find the way to the right place.
At the same time, it should be taken into account that the names of settlements and places of interest in English and Spanish may sound differently, and the application works correctly with Spanish names.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original
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