Walking in Mallorca - A Walker's Guide

Cover of Walking in Mallorca
Availability
Reprinted
Cover
Paperback - Laminated
Published
23 Aug 2010
Edition
Fourth
ISBN
9781852844882
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ISBN (10)
1852844884
Size
17.2 x 11.6 x 2.2cm
Weight
460g
Pages
384
Originally Published
11 Oct 2006

Walking in Mallorca

Classic Mountain Walks in Mallorca by Paddy Dillon, June Parker

The 80 varied walking routes in this guidebook are around the island of Mallorca, mainly in the rugged Serra de Tramuntana. Enables walkers to explore the island's diverse terrain – from rugged mountains to remote valleys and breathtaking cliff coastlines. More...

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Seasons

Year round, but expect to get pretty hot in summer. Over 300 sunny days per year. Climate in Read More... spring, autumn and winter gives ideal conditions.

Centres

Good tourist infrastructure in the southern part, but the best walking is in the north and west. Read More... Bases include Cala de Sant Vicenç, Port de Pollença, Sóller, Port de Sóller, Banyalbufar and Port d'Andratx.

Difficulty

A full range from short and easy to long mountain traverses with some scrambling. Something for Read More... everyone.

Must See

The weather, spring flowers, outstanding limestone terrain.
 
 
WALKING GUIDEBOOKS

Beese, Gerhard, Richtig wandern: Mallorca (2nd ed., Koln, Dumont, 1990)
Crespi-Green, Valerie, Landscapes of Mallorca: A Countryside Guide (several editions, London, Sunflower Books)
Goetz, Rolf, Mallorca (Rother)
Heinrich, Herbert, 12 classic hikes through Majorca (several editions, Palma, Editorial Moll)
Llofriu, Pere, Caminant per Mallorca (Manuals d’introduccio a la naturalesa, 8, 2nd ed. Palma, Editorial Moll, 1989)
Palos, Benigne, Itineraris de Muntanya: excursions a peu per la Serra de Mallorca (2nd ed. – Manuals d’introduccio a la naturalesa, 5 – Palma, Editorial Moll, 1984)
Palos, Benigne, Valldemossa Com a Centre D’excursions (Mallorca, Editorial Moll, 1989)
Vallcaneras, Lluís, 20 Itineraris Alternatius per la Serra de Tramuntana (I) (several editions, Palma)

NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS

General

Parrack, James D, The Naturalist in Majorca ( David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1973, out of print)   

Birds
Bannerman, David & Bannerman, W Mary, The Birds of the Balearics, illus. by Donald Watson (Croom Helm, 1983)
Busby, John, Birds in Mallorca (Christopher Helm, 1988)
Hearl, G and King, J, A birdwatching guide to Mallorca (Arlequin Pubns, 1995)
Heinzel, Herman & others, The birds of Britain and Europe with North Africa and the Middle East (Collins, London 1972)
Peterson, Roger, & others, A field guide to the birds of Britain and Europe (4th ed., Collins, London, 1983)
Serra, Joan Mayol The birds of the Balearic islands (tr. from the Catalan by Hannah Bonner, Editorial Moll, Mallorca, 1990)
Stoba, Ken, Birdwatching in Mallorca (Cicerone Press, 1990)
Watkinson, Eddie, A guide to birdwatching in Mallorca (2nd ed., J.G.Sanders, Alderney, 1982)

Flowers
Beckett, Elspeth, Wild flowers of Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza; with keys to the flora of the Balearic islands (Balkema, Rotterdam, 1988)
Bonner, Anthony, Plants of the Balearic islands (Manuals d’introduccio a la naturelesa, 1, Editorial Moll, Palma, 1982)
Polunin, Oleg and Huxley, Anthony, Flowers of the Mediterranean (Chatto and Windus, 1972)
Polunin, Oleg, Flowers of Europe: A Field Guide (OUP, 1969)
Straka, Herbert, & others Führer zur Flora von Mallorca/Guide to the Flora of Majorca (Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart/New York 1987; in German, English, Spanish and French)

Geology
Adams, A E, Mallorcan geology: a geological excursion guide (Dept of Extramural Studies, University College, Cardiff, 1988)
Jenkyns, H C & others, A field excursion guide to the geology of Mallorca (Geologists Association Guide, ed. C J Lister, 1990)

GENERAL INTEREST

Berlitz Travel Guide Mallorca and Minorca (English ed. dist. by Cassell, 1982)
Faracos, Dana & Pauls, Michael, Mediterranean island hopping: the Spanish islands, a handbook for the independent traveller (Sphere Books, London, 1981)
Fenn, Patricia, Entree to Mallorca (Quiller Press, 1993)
Foss, Arthur, Majorca (Faber and Faber, 1972)
Graves, Robert and Hogarth, Paul, Majorca observed (Cassell, 1965)
Lee, Phil, Mallorca and Menorca (Rough Guide, 1996)
Sand, George, Winter in Majorca (tr and annotated by Robert Graves, Valldemossa, 1956)
Thurston, Hazel, The travellers’ guide to the Balearics: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera (Jonathan Cape, 1979)

LANGUAGE

Ellis, D L & Ellis, R, Travellers’ Spanish (Pan Books, 1981)
Oliva, Salvador, & Buxton, Angela. Diccionari Català-Angles (Barcelona, 1985)

 
 
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