East coast
Artà in Mallorca is a small town that climbs a hillside, with the fortified church of Sant Salvador at the top, a Tuesday market that draws half the Llevant, and more good restaurants than you can get through in a week. For us it is the favourite town in the east and the base of a cycling week that runs all year. You set your own pace and your own breaks.
Artà lies in the north-east of the island, the side where the sun rises. The old town runs up the hill to the fortified church of Sant Salvador, with a view over the whole bay. Tuesday brings one of the finest markets on the island, and in the evening you walk to dinner.
For cyclists it is a stroke of luck: the Via Verde, the old railway line from Manacor, ends a few hundred metres below the church at the edge of town. The eastern tip with Capdepera and Cala Rajada, the Llevant nature park with the Ermita de Betlem, and the wild coves of Cala Torta are all within a day's ride.
Stefan has lived on the island since 1992, and we live in Son Serra de Marina on the other side of the bay. More about the town on Wikipedia.
Tours
A base in the middle of the old quarter of Artà, all year round. Six stages of its own from the eastern tip to the monastery on the Puig de Randa, with two transfers and pa amb oli.
Wake up to a sea view, come back in the evening to the same finca. In between, 40 to 65 kilometres through the real eastern Mallorca: Artà, Cala Rajada, the Via Verde and wild coves.
Once around the island, a different bed every night: our circular tour for anyone who finds a sternfahrt too easy-going. Six stages of 58 to 78 kilometres, gravel included, which is exactly where a gravel bike belongs.
| Where | North-east Mallorca (Llevant), around 75 km from the airport |
|---|---|
| Market | Tuesdays, one of the finest on the island |
| Routes | Via Verde ends at the edge of town, Camí de Sa Carrossa, Llevant nature park |
| Base | Casa Santa Fe, 19th-century town house, open all year |
| Cycling weeks | Levante Premium (all year), Sternfahrt Levante (15.03 to 25.10) |
| Stages | 40 to 65 km, easy to moderate, climb to the hermitage optional |
| Coves | Cala Torta, Cala Mitjana, Cala Mesquida, Cala Agulla |
| Organiser | Rad und Finca Mallorca, Uli and Stefan, since 2010, Son Serra de Marina |
The stages are 40 to 65 kilometres, easy to moderate. The climb to the hermitage is optional.
Right in the old town stands the Casa Santa Fe, a 19th-century town house, fully renovated, with six rooms, a courtyard for the morning coffee and a roof terrace from which you look over the tiled roofs to the church in the evening. Breakfast is served in the house on request, otherwise at the café two streets away.
What makes it special: the Casa Santa Fe is open all year. That makes Levante Premium the cycling week you can also book in winter, when the almond trees blossom and the roads are empty. More about the house: Casa Santa Fe.
Six stages of its own from Artà, two transfers, pa amb oli in Montuïri and a town where you walk to dinner. Arrival flexible, Sundays preferred, all year. See Levante Premium.
Ses Cases de Fetget is a 17th-century finca between Son Servera and Artà with a pool and a sea view. From there you roll along the Via Verde to Artà on the first riding day. Arrival Sundays, season 15.03 to 25.10. See Sternfahrt Levante.
From Palma airport it is around 75 kilometres to Artà. If you like, we collect you and take you to the door: our airport transfer. In the afternoon we fit the bikes, hand out maps and GPX files and go through the week with you.
Already staying in or near Artà? Then we deliver the bike to your door: bike delivery. More loops in the area under cycling routes in Mallorca.
Accommodation
A 19th-century town house in the old quarter of Artà, six rooms, an inner courtyard and a roof terrace. Open all year.
A 17th-century finca between Son Servera and Artà, twelve rooms, a pool with a sea view. Base of the Sternfahrt Levante.
Artà is in the north-east of the island, in the Llevant, around 75 kilometres from Palma airport. The old town runs up the hill to the fortified church of Sant Salvador.
On Tuesdays. On our cycling weeks the stages have no fixed order, so we place market day where it fits best.
Yes. The Via Verde ends at the edge of town, and Capdepera, Cala Rajada, the Ermita de Betlem and the coves of Cala Torta are all within a day's ride. Stages are 40 to 65 kilometres.
Levante Premium, based at the Casa Santa Fe in the old town and bookable all year. The Sternfahrt Levante stays at the finca Ses Cases de Fetget between Son Servera and Artà.
Yes. The Casa Santa Fe is open all year, and so are the cafés in Artà. From late January to late February the almond trees blossom and the roads are empty.
If you like, we collect you at the airport and take you to the door, around 75 kilometres. The transfer costs 70 to 90 euros each way for up to four people.
Tell us when you would like to come and what matters to you. Uli and Stefan reply in person.
