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Biniamar

Central: RaiguerSelvaAbout 35 min from Palma

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Central: Raiguer · Selva · 35 min from Palma

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Living here

Biniamar is a village of about 500 people in the municipality of Selva, below the first Tramuntana slopes, between Lloseta and Inca in the Raiguer. It has a 17th-century parish church, an unfinished neo-Gothic one and a small state school, with shops and trains a few minutes away. Of Selva’s villages it is the closest to Palma, about 35 minutes away, and a quiet base within easy reach of Inca.

Biniamar is the smallest of the four main villages in the municipality of Selva, whose town hall is in Selva itself, about 10 minutes away by car. It sits where the plain meets the first slopes of the Tramuntana, just north of Lloseta and a few kilometres west of Inca. The name is thought to be Arabic. In 1229, the year of the Catalan conquest, King James I granted the farmstead here to the provost (paborde) of Tarragona. The village’s patron saint is Santa Tecla, patron of Tarragona, a devotion probably linked to that grant.

Plaça Major and the small stone parish church of Santa Tecla, built in the first half of the 17th century and extended two centuries later, form the heart of the village. The saint’s day, 23 September, is the village festival, when a relic of Santa Tecla is venerated, and Sant Antoni is celebrated in January. The square’s cistern (aljub) dates from the 1820s. Nearby stands the Església Nova, a neo-Gothic church begun in the early 20th century with a grant secured by the politician Antoni Maura. Work stopped when the money ran out, just as the nave roof was being started, and the shell now serves as a sports court and cultural venue.

Biniamar has a small state infant and primary school, CEIP Es Torrentet, a municipal library with limited hours, a small Tuesday-morning market in Plaça Major, and a public health post open for a couple of hours on Tuesday and Friday mornings. For most shopping, people drive to Lloseta or Inca, 5 to 10 minutes away. Inca also has secondary schools, out-of-hours urgent care and the Hospital Comarcal d’Inca. Above the village, the Comuna de Biniamar is about 130 hectares of protected public hillside owned by the town hall, rising to 476 metres, with pine and holm oak woods and a recreation area.

Who buys here

About 500 people live in Biniamar, up from around 300 in the 1980s and 1990s. Alongside local families, it has weekend residents and some people from abroad. It works for buyers who want a small, quiet village with Inca, Lloseta and the train a few minutes away, and who can live without a beach nearby.

Property

Biniamar is compact, built along three main streets (carrer de Dalt, carrer d’Enmig and carrer de Baix) and the lanes between them, around Plaça Major and the church. The centre is mostly older stone village houses. Beyond it, old estates such as Son Odre and country houses sit among fields and wooded slopes, and two old lime kilns nearby have been turned into homes. The old core, several of its streets and many of its houses are on Selva’s catalogue of protected buildings and places, approved in 2020, so check what protection applies before planning works. Out on rustic land, a lawyer’s check of licences and registration is essential.

Getting around

Approximate times by car, outside rush hour.

  • 35min

    Central PalmaThrough Lloseta, then the Ma-13 motorway

  • 40min

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

  • 10min

    IncaShops, out-of-hours urgent care and trains to Palma

  • 10–15min

    Hospital Comarcal d’IncaThe area’s public hospital

  • 35min

    Port d’AlcúdiaBeaches on the Bay of Alcúdia

Pros and cons

For

  • Small, quiet village at the foot of the Tramuntana
  • Lloseta and Inca, with shops and trains, 5 to 10 minutes away
  • The closest of Selva’s villages to Palma, about 35 min by car
  • Public woodland and a recreation area on the hill above the village

Against

  • Few shops, so most errands mean a drive to Lloseta or Inca
  • Village health post open only two mornings a week
  • Narrow streets in the old centre, where parking is tight
  • About 30 to 35 minutes' drive to the nearest beaches

Questions buyers ask

Can I get to Palma by public transport?

Yes, with a little planning. Lloseta station is about 2 km away, and trains from there reach Palma’s Estació Intermodal, by Plaça d’Espanya, in a little over 30 minutes. TIB bus 311 runs a loop from Inca bus station through Lloseta, Biniamar and Mancor de la Vall, about 12 times a day on weekdays and 8 at weekends; check tib.org before relying on it.

Are there schools and a doctor in the village?

There is a small state infant and primary school, CEIP Es Torrentet; for secondary school, children go to Inca. The village health post opens for a couple of hours on Tuesday and Friday mornings. Es Blanquer in Inca, the health centre it belongs to, covers urgent care out of hours, and the Hospital Comarcal d’Inca is 10 to 15 minutes' drive.

What is the roofless church in the village?

The Església Nova, a neo-Gothic church begun in the early 20th century with a grant secured by the politician Antoni Maura. Work stopped when the money ran out, before the nave was roofed. It is now used as a sports court and a venue for cultural events.

Is Biniamar its own municipality?

No. It is one of the villages of Selva, along with Selva itself, Caimari and Moscari, and the town hall is in Selva’s Plaça Major, about 10 minutes away by car.

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