Fornalutx
Member of Los Pueblos más Bonitos de España
Stone houses with red tiles and green wooden shutters climb Fornalutx on several levels, joined by cobbled, car-free lanes that fade into orchards. It sits in the Sóller valley below the Puig Major massif, among orange and lemon trees, with olive groves higher up where some trees are over a thousand years old. Life gathers in the café-lined Plaça d'Espanya, overlooked by the church.
Highlights
- Plaça d'Espanya, with cafés below the church and its large façade clock
- The public washing house, fed by water in open stone channels from the hills
- The old tower on the east side, now the town hall
- Olive groves above the village, some trees over a thousand years old
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Fornalutx (ES), Fornalutx (EN), Fornalutx (IT)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 739
Events through the year
- Feast of the Nativity of Mary
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikidata (Q950901). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Specialities of Balearic Islands
Typical of the region rather than of this village.
SobrassadaPublic domainSobrasadaCured meat
Formatge Maó artesàPublic domain- Arròs brutDishMallorcan rice with meat, vegetables and rabbit blood
- TumbetDish
- Gin de Mahón (ES)Drink
Adapted from Wikipedia (Balearic cuisine, Gastronomía de Baleares). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
30 places to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 25
- B&Bs and guest houses 4
- Hostels 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
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