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There is plenty of dry walling in Majorca and Minorca.
Minorca: low, wider partition wallls i mainly due
to excess of stone and absense of mountains, basic rustic
technique without much adjusting.
Majorca: Retaining walls at the mountain ( Tramuntana
sierra) and partition low walls at the rest of the island.
Very fine adjusted work along with rustic, plain farmers
work.
Majorca suggestions:
Due to the variety of approaches, we propose some general
ideas depending of what are you searching for. Let`s
say you come from a part of your country that is hilly,
with dark stone. Then we reccomend you to visit the
Tramuntana villages ( soller, valldemosa, deia, lluc,
escorca...)
On the other side, if you come from flatlands and
are looking for low partition walls, then you'd better
concentrate on the Raiguer ( centre of island) Santa
Maria, Sencelles, Santa Eugeni...
If you come from a place with light stone ( not
dark) your choice should be the Mitjorn ( South-east)
Lluchmajor, Campos, Santanyí...
If you work mainly for urban clients, you'd better
visit residencial areas with different approaches of
design or compotion. Plenty of choices for everyone.
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Main
roads |
Secondary
roads |
Villages |
Residential
areas |
Heavy
duty traffic road |
Stone
Bridges |
Retaining
walls |
Curved
walls |
Long
low walls |
Hard
grey limestone |
Light
soft limestone |
Marès
(soft sandstone) |
| Pure,simple trad. walls |
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X |
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| Cemented walls |
X |
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| Design, composition, stone textures |
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| Lluchmajor-Campos area |
X |
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X |
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X |
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X |
X |
| Estallencs-Banyalbufar |
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| Solller |
X |
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X |
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X |
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X |
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X |
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| Valldemosa (village) |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| Valldemossa ( road) |
X |
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X |
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X |
X |
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X |
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| Deia |
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X |
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X |
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X |
X |
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X |
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| Sa Calobra road |
X |
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X |
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X |
X |
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X |
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| Alaró |
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X |
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X |
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X |
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| Bunyola |
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X |
X |
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| Sta Maria-Can Borreó |
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X |
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| Sta Maria-Son Pou |
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x |
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x |
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x |
x |
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x |
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| Sencelles |
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X |
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x |
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| Sa Cabaneta |
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X |
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| Santa Maria |
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| Santa Maria-Son Pou |
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X |
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X |
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| Binissalem |
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X |
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| Palma-Son Vida |
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| Palma-urb al lado svida |
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| Costa de los Pinos |
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Dry stone + landscaping excursions not to be missed:
Santa Maria- Son Borreó- Son Pou- Alaró
( 3-4 hours)
Begin with a 10 minutes visit to Santa Maria's Town
Hall, a cosy stone building or circa 1650 and the nearby
barroque church. Then ahead for the Bodegas Maciá
Batle, a modern stone wine cellar. Then to Son Borreó
urbanization with examples of urban low walls enclosing
gardens.
Next comes the Son Pou road, a winding quiet road with
a lot of stone walls and some impressive, discreet manor
houses ( possessions) until you arrive to the mountain.
At one point you turn right for Alaró and visit
the plaza ( Town hall with arches) and the upper part
of the village with nice stone houses. Finally you return
via Consell , Just 2 km from Santa Maria.
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Valldemossa- Deia ( 3-4 hours)
A "Must" if you like retaining walls. With
"Sa Calobra" road, one of the best thematic
visits.
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Alfabia- Soller- Fornalutx
Alfabia gardens, near Bunyola and then take the old
winding road to Soller. At Soller go to Fornalutx a
nearby small village entirely made of stone and return
to Soller. Visit the town ( modenist church, Train Station...)
and return by the new road through the tunnel.The other
passangers of the car can return with the wood train
to Bunyola where you pick them again.
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Megalithic Monuments:
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Talaiotic Sanctuary |
Walled villas |
Talaiots |
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Cementery |
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Caves |
| Mallorca N-NW |
Castell del fideïcomis- Lloseta |
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Son Real |
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| Mallorca- Raiguer |
Son Corró. Costitx |
Son Fornés ( Porreres) |
Talaiot de son fred Sencelles-Inca
Talaiot des racons- Sineu
Son Serra de Marina |
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Son Caurelles ( portol) |
| Mallorca- S-E |
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Capocorp vell
Ses païses? |
Capocorp vell |
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Taulas |
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Navetas |
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| Minorca- Ciudadela |
Cala morell |
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Torre trencada
Torrellafuda |
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Naveta des Tudons |
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| Minorca |
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Son Catlar
Talati d'alt |
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Torralba den Salort
Taula de Trepucó |
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Navetas de rafal rubi
Navetas de l'argentina |
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CAVES Speleology:
Avenc d'en Corbera ( Esporles), Cova de ses rodes (
pollença), Cova de sa campana ( Escorca) Cova
de cal pesso ( Pollença).
Scuba Diving:
Cap Ferrutx, Cala Tuent, Sa Dragonera, El toro, Illots
Malgrats. Menorca ( Pont d'embil, Ciutadella) Cala des
morts ( Addaia).
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