In this route we explore the only viable path to descend from Ferreries to Cala Galdana, the Torrepetxina staircase. A well-known traditional itinerary of Menorcan hiking, the path allows overcoming the unevenness of the rocky walls of the ravine, connecting the inland area with the valley floor. The origin of this path is historical and purely livestock and agricultural. The Algendar ravine has been, since the era of Arab rule and the Middle Ages, one of the most fertile areas of the island thanks to its permanent water stream. The orchards at the bottom of the ravine needed to be connected to the places on the upper part of the rocky platform, such as the Torrepetxina site. Hence the existence of this route, given that the traditional one, which starts from the same clearing of the monumental holm oak of the Algendar ravine, has been closed for years.

In this itinerary, we explore the surroundings of Santa Eugènia to travel along part of its oldest road network and discover some of the most representative villages of the municipality, Les Coves and Les Olleries, for their history and heritage. Almost unpublished corners that can only be experienced and perceived on foot, with all five senses. If a few weeks ago we were in the northeastern part of the town to visit Les Alqueries, today we move to the almost opposite side, with the intention of traversing the paths and landscapes that make up a part of the most significant Taujà cultural landscape. We are located in the Pla de Mallorca region, between the municipalities of Sencelles, Algaida, Palma, Santa Maria del Camí, and Consell.

On this route we travel to the southern tip of the island of Mallorca, which is also the driest area of Mallorcan geography. The idea is to take a walk along the Llubi coast of Sa Vallet, an old subdivision of La Vall, owned by the Marquis of Palmer, which in 1919 the banker Joan March bought, between the Ses Salines lighthouse and Cala en Tugores, on the border of the municipality of Santanyí with Ses Salines. A place where the atmosphere of smuggling, traditional fishing practices in the area, and the past imprint of the fight against piracy can be felt, as well as the bunkers of the Civil War and, in the background, Cabrera (an archipelago of stories related to the hard life of the Mediterranean). We find a numerous toponymy here, mostly collected by the philologist Cosme Aguiló Adrover (Santanyí, 1950) in his doctoral thesis published in 2007. Place names collected by tearing shoe soles, because it is only by walking in the company of oral sources that this treasure is discovered, which is a very valuable intangible heritage of our land. All the information presented in this article comes from the immense work of our friend and teacher from Santanyí. We start the walk from the Ses Salines lighthouse, which is reached by the Ma-6110 road, a branch of the road that connects Ses Salines and Llubi (Santanyí).

The following route is a long but quiet walk between the town of Artà and the hermitage of Betlem. A linear itinerary that crosses one of the most intense cultural landscapes of the gregal of the island of Mallorca: paths and estates with history, such as Son Sureda and Can Canals, which in Muslim times constituted the farmstead of Benimira; narrow and elongated scrublands with an interesting and very fragile natural heritage; a beautiful and interesting toponymy that reveals uses, customs, and legends closely linked to the territory, such as the rock of the hermit Macari and the military observatory of La Coassa. As always, we recommend using public transport for our trips. To get to Artà, we have the following lines: L-325 Alcúdia-Cala Ratjada; L-411 Cala Rajada-Manacor; L-411e Cala Rajada-Palma; and L-421 Colònia de Sant Pere-Artà. On the website ‘tib.org’ you will find all the information on timetables and availability of each line.

Joan Castelló Guasch collected in Rondaies de Formentera (1976) the story of two sisters who “if one was envious, the other was even more so; and ill-spoken, which is not for saying.” The drama began when, after the mother's death, instead of making the eldest heir, as was customary, and leaving 'her rightful share' to the youngest, she divided everything – property and houses – equally between the two. Every now and then they had fights and arguments, each time more inflamed. “Well, you'll see that one day when the dispute was more heated than ever, the youngest let loose in a bad way. And she ended up saying to the eldest: ‘May you have a bad end, and your property too.’ ‘What you wish for, may you have!’, she replied”. In the end, a large and strong wave swept everything away. It submerged the property from top to bottom, burying houses and sisters and everything under the water.

Two young people from Mallorca have completed a month-long expedition through Nepal as part of the first Asian edition of Ruta Inti, a program of adventure, social immersion, and cultural exchange that has brought together 200 participants between 18 and 25 years old.

The following proposed itinerary is a long walk through the south of the municipality of Maó, along old, narrow paths, between dry stone and history. Stretches of sinuous freshness, beauty, and authenticity. We start from the hermitage of Gràcia, patron saint of the city which has been, since the 18th century and by British imposition, the capital of Menorca. The intention is none other than to go around the Maó hamlet of Llucmaçanes, a small urban nucleus of 179 inhabitants, headed by the modern church of Sant Gaietà, from the end of the 19th century, and a series of small, orderly houses. “The first news of the existence of a settlement in Llucmaçanes dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries, when there was talk of a concentration of small properties where vines were cultivated and wine was made. The name of the nucleus is older and would originate in Roman times, in an elocution that presents us with a place with an abundance of fruit trees, mainly apple trees. In 1860, the urban census shows us the existence of 43 houses and a hundred inhabitants. The first urban plan is from 1889 and four streets and the Plaça de Sant Gaietà are projected there.” (Maó, “Guide to the Municipalities of Menorca”, Josep Portella Coll. Hora Nova, 2007).

Les Alqueries is a beautiful hamlet in the municipality of Santa Eugènia, located on the northeast side of the village and crossed by an old transhumance route, the Camí de Muntanya. From the Middle Ages until the early 20th century, the mountain paths allowed the passage of the herds from the large estates that spent the summer in the mountains (estivada) and the winter in the lands of the Pla and Migjorn (hivernada) of Mallorca.

Located in the Fontanelles massif, Puig de la Pega, 403 m high, is the point where the villages of Sant Rafel de sa Creu, Sant Jordi de ses Salines, and Sant Josep de sa Talaia meet; at its summit there is a geodetic vertex where previously there had been a boundary marker placed at the end of the 18th century that marked the division between the quartons of Portmany, Algarb, and Alhaueth; for which reason it is also known as Puig del Merlet. This peak and the spring of the same name were admired and described by Archduke Louis Salvador of Austria on an excursion that took him from Vila to Santa Agnès de Corona.

Our objective is the Torre de la Gavina, one of the five towers built in Formentera during the 18th century for the surveillance and defense of its fragile coastline. The other constructions are the Torre de la Guardiola, on the island of Espalmador, the Torre de Punta Prima, next to Es Pujols, the Torre del Pi del Català, on Migjorn beach, and the Torre del Garroveret, near Cap de Barbaria. The route we have traced circumvents the Estany del Peix, a large natural pond open to the sea by La Boca, which was the island's first major fishing and salt port. Indeed, the venda de Porto-salè takes its name from the Portus salarius, a salt exploitation from Roman times. An extraordinary place where natural and heritage values have built a powerful and extensive cultural landscape. We will also visit the public estate of Can Marroig, one of the emblematic corners of the Ses Salines de Eivissa i Formentera Natural Park. For inquiries about the island's public transport, we can consult the website busformetera.com, where we will find all the information about routes and timetables.

Our objective is the Artrutx watchtower (17th century) from the beaches of Son Saura. To begin with, a clarification, because we must not confuse the starting point of this route with the Son Saura sandbank, north of the municipality of Mercadal, to the right of the Fornells watchtower, also owned by the Comte de Torre-Saura Foundation – José María de Olives i Ponsich. In addition to the walk, we propose a dip in Cala en Turqueta before starting the return journey.

“It was a grey and rainy day; in the middle of a scrubland of strawberry trees and myrtles, my men had lost their way and we trod for a long time, before finding the path that leads from the Cave to Valldemossa” (What I know about Miramar, Archduke Ludwig Salvator, 1911). It was the month of September 1867 and the ‘prince, scientist and traveller’, as the scholar Helga Schwendinger defined him, had opted for the sea route to visit this town in the Tramuntana mountain range. He disembarked at the coast of Son Ferrandell, at the coastal spot known as Hort de la Cova d’en Claret. A place that the people of Valldemossa remember, above all, because three centuries earlier, on October 1, 1552, when precisely the Clarets owned what was later known as Son Ferrandell, which at that time also included Son Olesa and Vistamar, a fleet of 400 pirates disembarked there with the intention of sacking the town and capturing people to sell them as slaves or obtain a ransom.

On this long and demanding route, we aim for the Puig del Sementer Gran (1,013 m), in the municipality of Escorca, bordering Bunyola and Sóller. A summit that often goes unnoticed, discreet, but which becomes a monumental balcony over the Lofra valley and a natural viewpoint towards the central sector of the Tramuntana mountain range. A pleasure for the senses and a real torment for the legs; nevertheless, the effort is worth it. We start from the Cúber barrier, located near milestone 34 of the Ma-10 road (Pollença-Andratx). Very close by, at the height of the recreational area of the Font del Noguer, the bus of line 354 of Mallorca's interurban public transport stops. On the website tib.org you will find all the information on timetables and availability of all lines.

In this route, we explore one of the most genuine environments of Ibiza, between the terms of Santa Eulalia del Río and San Juan de Labritja. It is a set of mountain ranges and ravines located north of the Morna plain, the continuation towards the northeast of the Amunts. One of these small mountain ranges is Mala Costa or Sierra de Morna, although on the route we also cross the Sierras de San Vicente and San Carlos.

“Galilea was known in the early 16th century as the mola of Cortei, a quite revealing toponym”. Tomàs Vibot and Just Hernàndez make this clear in the book Son Cortei, Conques i Galilea, published in 2009 by the Puigpunyent Town Hall: the establishment process of this nucleus is “a slow process motivated by inheritance policies” that led around 1586 to the segregation of an old farmstead of Bartomeu Cortei and the creation of small plots for the new settlers of the area.

The route we present is a walk through part of the historic road network between Pollença and Lluc. An itinerary that starts from the Son Grua pine tree, a tree with its own name and a landmark in the territory, to climb up to the robust and monumental Muntanya fountain, following the old Lluc road (Ruta de Pedra en Sec/GR 221); while the descent follows the old road, the construction of which began in 1916. In between, between the old medieval road and the new road infrastructure of the early 20th century, numerous reconstructions of the old road to make it more passable, both for animals and for carts.

On this route we explore a part of the natural heritage that surrounds the sanctuary of Lluc. We are in the municipality of Escorca, one of the most extensive and at the same time least populated in Mallorca. It is home to the highest and also the most important and visited mountains on the island: Puig Major de Son Torrella (1436 m), Maçanella (1365 m), Puig Tomir (1104 m), Tossals Verds (1099 m), Puig de l’Ofra (1091 m) and Puig Roig (1003 m), among many others. The repopulation church of Sant Pere d’Escorca and the sanctuary of Lluc are the most important landmarks of the cultural landscape of the term. However, as a whole, from Andratx to Pollença, the Serra de Tramuntana must be understood as a mountain system of great geomorphological interest, declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in the category of cultural landscape. It is a complex limestone relief, dominated by karst modeling, with strong contrasts between mountain and coast, and with an erosive dynamic marked by irregular water and Mediterranean processes.

On this route, we explore a part of the natural heritage surrounding the Lluc sanctuary. We are in the municipality of Escorca, one of the most extensive and at the same time least populated in Mallorca. The island's highest and also most important and visited mountains are concentrated here: Puig Major de Son Torrella (1436 m), Maçanella (1365 m), Puig Tomir (1104 m), Tossals Verds (1099 m), Puig de l'Ofra (1091 m), and Puig Roig (1003 m), among many others. The repopulation church of Sant Pere d'Escorca and the Lluc sanctuary are the most important landmarks of the cultural landscape of the term. But, as a whole, from Andratx to Pollença, the Serra de Tramuntana should be understood as a mountain system of great geomorphological interest, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in the category of cultural landscape. It is a complex calcareous relief, dominated by karst modeling, with strong contrasts between mountain and coast, and with an erosive dynamic marked by irregular water and Mediterranean processes.

The following itinerary proposes the ascent to the moleta of Son Cabaspre, following a section of the GR 221 between Esporles and Valldemossa via the mola of Son Pacs. We cross lands and historical possessions such as Son Dameto and Son Cabaspre, which reveal the extensive and deep human footprint on the territory. A walk for the pace and the gaze to feel the aromas and smell the territory. The moleta of Son Cabaspre allows us to survey the hills and slopes surrounding Esporles and, also, to contemplate the mountains that make up the western sector of the Tramuntana mountain range-World Heritage. Consider that we have public transport to get us to the starting and ending point of our itinerary. The line 202 that connects Estellencs and Palma stops at the central promenade of Esporles. You can go to the website tib.org for any consultation of timetables and availability of the routes.

The mobilization of over 300 people this Sunday in Raixa has once again highlighted a social conflict that has been simmering for years in Mallorca due to the progressive attempts to close public paths. The protest march, organized by hiking groups and platforms like Camins Oberts, has once again demonstrated public concern about "an increasingly common practice," as some of those present stated. This Sunday's protest focused on the Passatemps path, a traditional route connecting Palmanyola with Raixa, which remains partially fenced off within a private property, although its public nature has been the subject of debate and demands for years. The march brought together hikers, families, and activists who arrived on foot with banners and slogans to demand the right of way and denounce institutional inaction in these cases.