Cap de Formentor

Cap de Formentor is a cape, by geographic definition. It juts out into the Mediterranean Sea on the North East point of Mallorca. The end of this feature is a beautiful restaurant sitting out on a point on the sea.

The journey to get there is quite another story. On this profile the restaurant is at the point designated "Far Formentor". The journey includes two significant climbs of 200 meters each and there is only one way back- unless you want to swim the 400 miles to Barcelona.....so it's best to bike back the same way you came AND repeat the climbs!

Our group made it out there and enjoyed our coffee, tea, cake, Mallorcan sweet bread, and sunshine.

The ride out to Far Formentor is an ever changing scene of sea and mountains, all the while climbing and twisting out to the end of the cape. It's a challenging ride and everyone in our group agreed the vistas unfolding at each turn make it special. It even includes a tunnel at one point. Below are Axel, Peter, Jerry and Ken coming out of the tunnel.

After our successful climb back up we took a flat ride over to Cala San Vicenq, a beautiful cove north of Pollenca and had more coffee and Mallorcan cake. This spot is peaceful and just a short distance up the coast from our hotel, so it is a nice place to visit on a sunny day without adding lots of extra miles, especially after the climbs on Formentor.

This pic shows the beach, bay and mountains taken from the vantage point where we enjoyed our refreshements. It was a great place to relax and be satisfied that we had truly enjoyed the day's ride and God's beauty around us.

Bruce and Axel have also been posting a blog of the trip and it can be found at: www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/mallorca2011 Copy and paste this into your browser. Having trouble trying to get the link embedded in our blog. Our connection is sometimes dropped while updating.