This week's route takes us through the eastern part of the municipality of Palma, near the Algaida district. We skirt the famous Xorrigo coast and venture into the Gran de Son Gual ravine, a long, deep depression that feeds into the former Sant Jordi meadow, a small lagoon drained in the mid-19th century by the Dutch engineer Paul Bouvy (1807-1868). Our starting and finishing point is at the confluence of the old Manacor road and the Acequia path, on the point between the former estates of Son Ferrer and Son Gual, documented in the Cast Book (1232). Lands steeped in history, where goods, contraband parcels, sandstone blocks, and exiles once flowed, and where, more recently, urban sprawl has taken root. The paths of Palma are unfathomable, as are the stories that have permeated its soil. If using public transport, Palma's EMT bus line 14 stops right next to the Son Gual headland (stop 841/emtpalma.cat).