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Alaró

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ALARÓSÓLLERBUNYOLASANTA MARIA DEL CAMÍSELVABinissalem town

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Living here

Two near-identical peaks rise behind Alaró, one crowned by the ruins of a medieval castle. The town lies in the Raiguer, where the central plain meets the first slopes of the Serra de Tramuntana, around 30 minutes from Palma, and a little over 6,000 people live in the municipality. It has a Saturday market and services all year, and makes a good base for town life close to the mountains.

Alaró stands at about 250 metres on the southern edge of the Tramuntana, and the farmland below it is planted with olive, almond and carob trees. Above it stand two peaks that look almost like mirror images: the Puig d’Alaró, topped by the ruins of the Castell d’Alaró at around 820 metres, and the Puig de s’Alcadena. The Solleric stream runs through the narrow cleft between them. Much of the municipality is mountain covered in holm oak and pine, so most people live on the flatter land to the south, where the old centre is.

Life centres on the Plaça de la Vila, home to the town hall and the parish church of Sant Bartomeu, begun in 1626, whose Baroque main doorway was finished in 1785. Every Saturday morning the square fills with market stalls selling fruit and vegetables, local crafts, clothes and shoes. Alaró was long a shoemaking town, with some 30 factories at its peak, and lignite was mined here until the late 1980s. In 1901 it became the first town in Mallorca with an urban electricity network, and the tower of the old power station is now a protected monument.

Shops and services keep going all year: supermarkets, food shops, cafés and bakeries, a municipal library, a nursery school and the state infant and primary school, CEIP Pere Rosselló i Oliver. The public health unit opens on weekdays from 8:00 to 15:00, and the nearest 24-hour urgent care is at the Binissalem health centre, about 10 minutes away. Many residents commute to Palma or Inca. Sant Roc, the patron saint, is celebrated on 16 August with races, giants and a fire run (correfoc) in the square. Sant Antoni is marked in January, the Fira Gremial craft fair takes the first Sunday of October, and a Christmas market follows in December.

The castle walk is the town’s main draw. A narrow, winding lane signposted off the road to Orient climbs through olive groves and pine woods to the old estate of Es Verger, where drivers can leave the car, and the last stretch to the walls is a stone path on foot. Inside are a chapel built in 1622 and a simple hostel where you can spend the night. The same mountain road (Ma-2100) reaches the hamlet of Orient in about 15 minutes. Binissalem, at the heart of the Binissalem wine district, and Consell are around 10 minutes away.

Who buys here

Alaró draws commuters to Palma and Inca, walkers who want the Tramuntana on the doorstep, and buyers from abroad looking for inland village life within reach of the city and the airport. Since the 1970s it has gained newcomers rather than lost people, and its markets and festivals still fill the local calendar.

Property

The old centre around the Plaça de la Vila is mostly traditional stone townhouses set close together on narrow streets. They are a short walk from the shops, but access and parking are tight, and older houses do not always meet modern standards for services or step-free access. Newer streets have grown north towards the foot of the mountains, and the outskirts are less dense, with gardens, fields and mountain views. Beyond the town, country houses and fincas are scattered among the olive, almond and carob groves and along hillside tracks, alongside old estates (possessions). These need a car, so check the access road before you buy.

Getting around

Approximate times by car, outside rush hour.

  • 30min

    Central PalmaVia Consell and the Ma-13 motorway

  • 35–40min

    Palma airportMa-13, then Palma’s Ma-20 ring road

  • 25min

    Son Llàtzer hospitalThe area’s reference public hospital, in Palma

  • 15–20min

    IncaLarger town to the east

  • 30min

    Playa de PalmaLong sandy beach on the Bay of Palma

Pros and cons

For

  • Saturday market in the main square and services all year
  • About 30 minutes to Palma by the Ma-13 motorway
  • Castle walk and Tramuntana routes from the edge of town
  • Bus and train link to Palma via the Consell-Alaró station

Against

  • Older centre houses may lack modern services or step-free access
  • Market days, festivals and castle walkers make parking hard
  • Buses thin out off-peak; outlying homes need a car
  • Palma’s beaches are 25 to 30 minutes' drive away

Questions buyers ask

What are the driving times to Palma and the airport?

About 30 minutes to central Palma and 35 to 40 minutes to the airport by car outside rush hour, via Consell and the Ma-13 motorway. Son Llàtzer, the reference public hospital for the area, is about 25 minutes away in Palma.

Is there public transport to Palma?

Yes, with a change. TIB bus 342 takes about 7 minutes to the Consell-Alaró station and is timed to meet trains that reach Palma’s Estació Intermodal by Plaça d’Espanya about 26 minutes later. On weekdays buses run up to three an hour at peak times but roughly hourly in the middle of the day and in the evening, and less often at weekends.

Is Alaró touristy?

Not in the resort sense. It has no large hotels and lives all year as a local town. The castle and the walking routes bring plenty of visitors in the high season, and market Saturdays and festivals make parking in the centre harder.

How do you get up to the castle?

On foot from the town, or by driving the narrow lane towards Es Verger and walking the final stretch on a stone path; check the current access rules for the lane before you go. The ruins stand at about 820 metres, and inside the walls there is a chapel and a small hostel where you can stay overnight.

How far is the sea?

Alaró is inland. Palma’s city beaches and Playa de Palma are 25 to 30 minutes away and the Bay of Alcúdia about 40 minutes, mostly by motorway.

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