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Central: Raiguer

A finca in the Mallorcan countryside · Photo: INDALOMANIA, CC BY-SA 3.0

Wine country at the foot of the mountains, with easy links to Palma.

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Municipalities and places

11 municipalities and 12 places.

Marratxí4 places

Binissalem2 places

Selva4 places

Mancor de la Vall2 places

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Living here

Central: Raiguer covers eleven inland municipalities along the foot of the Serra de Tramuntana, from Marratxí on Palma’s edge north-east to Inca, Campanet and Búger. Wine towns, old market towns and quiet villages spread along the railway and the Ma-13 motorway and up into the foothills, 20 to 50 minutes from Palma. Choose it for year-round town or village life within easy reach of the city, rather than for beaches.

The Raiguer takes its name from an old Catalan word for the foot of a mountain, where the climb begins. This zone covers the stretch of it between Palma and the northern plain: eleven municipalities with about 121,000 residents in 2025, a third of them in Marratxí and nearly as many in Inca. To the north-west rise the wooded foothills of the Tramuntana. To the south-east the land falls gently through vineyards and almond, olive and carob groves towards the Pla, the island’s central plain. Alcúdia and sa Pobla, which the Raiguer comarca also includes, are covered under the North.

No part of the zone touches the sea. Inca, the Raiguer’s capital, is an old shoemaking town with a Thursday market recorded since 1375 and the area’s public hospital. Marratxí, on Palma’s edge, is mostly commuter suburbs and estates, with older village centres and pottery workshops at Sa Cabaneta and Pòrtol. Santa Maria del Camí, Consell and Binissalem stand on the old Palma–Inca road in the heart of the Binissalem wine designation, recognised in 1990. Alaró and Lloseta, once lignite-mining and shoemaking towns, sit right under the mountains. Most towns hold a weekly market; Santa Maria’s on Sundays is one of the island’s most important.

The railway from Palma has five stops in Marratxí and stations at Santa Maria, Consell-Alaró, Binissalem, Lloseta and Inca. Trains reach Palma in about 10 to 40 minutes, every 10 to 20 minutes on weekdays and every half hour at weekends. The Ma-13 motorway runs alongside to Inca and on to sa Pobla. Selva, Mancor, Campanet and Búger have no station and only limited buses. Son Llàtzer in Palma is the reference hospital from Marratxí to Binissalem, and the Hospital Comarcal d’Inca for the rest. Health centres in Es Pont d’Inca, Santa Maria, Binissalem and Inca provide urgent care round the clock, through an out-of-hours point at nights and weekends.

The hills behind the towns are the zone’s open space. Walkers climb from Alaró to its castle ruins at about 820 metres, take the old pilgrims' path to Lluc from Caimari, or walk Mancor’s old paths. Lower down are the Coves de Campanet, the Fonts Ufanes springs that burst out only after heavy rain, Pòrtol’s pottery workshops and Binissalem’s wineries. The year runs from Marratxí’s clay fair in March and Binissalem’s harvest festival in September to Inca’s Dijous Bo fair in mid-November. From most places the nearest beaches are 10 to 35 minutes' drive away: Palma’s city beaches from the south, the Bay of Alcúdia from the north.

Who buys here

It suits year-round residents: families who want schools, health care and a station nearby, and people working in Palma or Inca. Marratxí has grown more than five-fold since 1981, largely because Palma is so close, and Inca, Binissalem and Consell have each grown by more than half since 2000. Buyers from abroad look for a stone townhouse, a country house among the vineyards or a village under the mountains, and some of the large estates around Moscari have gone to foreign buyers, mainly British and German.

Property

Old town and village centres have stone townhouses on narrow streets, and Binissalem’s has been a protected historic ensemble since 1983. Marratxí is mostly estates of detached and terraced houses built since the 1980s, with blocks of flats in Sa Cabana, and Inca has flats as well as houses. The countryside has fincas, old estates (possessions) and country houses among vineyards and groves. Selva has no approved general plan, so interim rules apply, and in Biniarroi, with no special plan as of late 2024, permits are very hard to get. Near Marratxí’s torrents, check the flood maps; on rustic land, have a lawyer check everything built is legal and registered.

Getting around

Approximate times by car, outside rush hour.

  • 20–50min

    Central Palma20 to 30 from Marratxí, 25 to 30 from Santa Maria and Consell, 30 to 35 from Alaró, Binissalem, Lloseta and Inca, 35 to 45 from Selva’s villages, Mancor, Campanet and Búger, about 50 from Biniarroi

  • 20–55min

    Palma airport20 to 25 from Marratxí, 25 to 30 from Santa Maria, 30 to 40 from Consell, Alaró, Binissalem, Lloseta and Inca, 40 to 50 from Selva’s villages, Mancor, Campanet and Búger, 50 to 55 from Biniarroi

  • 5–25min

    Public hospitalSon Llàtzer in Palma: 10 to 20 from Marratxí, 15 to 20 from Santa Maria, 20 from Consell, 25 from Alaró. Hospital Comarcal d’Inca: 5 from Inca, 10 to 15 from Binissalem, Lloseta and most villages further north

  • 20–25min

    Marratxí to IncaThe length of the zone on the Ma-13 motorway

  • 10–35min

    Nearest beachPalma’s city beaches: 10 to 25 from Marratxí, 20 to 25 from Santa Maria and Consell, 25 to 30 from Alaró and Binissalem. The Bay of Alcúdia: 20 to 25 from Inca, Campanet and Búger, 25 to 35 from Lloseta and most of the Selva and Mancor villages

How the Raiguer breaks down

  1. Marratxí, with about 40,400 residents, on Palma’s north-eastern edge. Es Pont d’Inca, Sa Cabana and Pla de na Tesa are suburbs about 20 minutes from the old town, with 24-hour urgent care and The Academy international school nearby. Sa Cabaneta, with the town hall, and the pottery village of Pòrtol are 25 to 30 minutes out.

  2. Wine towns on the old Palma–Inca road, 25 to 35 minutes from Palma and served by the railway: Santa Maria del Camí, with its big Sunday market; Consell, with a Thursday market and a Sunday flea market; and Binissalem, the largest, with stone mansions and the September harvest festival. Biniagual is a tiny hamlet that is essentially one wine estate.

  3. Alaró and Lloseta sit where the hills begin, each with a little over 6,000 residents and a Saturday market. Alaró, about 30 minutes from Palma, has its castle walk and a bus to the Consell-Alaró station. Lloseta, about 35, has its own station and a cement works whose kilns closed in 2024.

  4. The capital of the Raiguer and the zone’s main service town, with about 36,300 residents, 35 minutes from Palma. It has the public hospital, state secondary schools, the Thursday market, the Dijous Bo fair and all three train lines. Townhouses in the old centre, flats and houses in the newer districts, country houses around.

  5. Selva municipality: four villages just north of Inca, with about 4,300 residents and a state primary school in each. Selva has the town hall, Caimari the road and old path to Lluc, Moscari old estates, and Biniamar is nearest Lloseta’s station. Palma is 35 to 45 minutes away, and there is still no approved general plan.

  6. Mancor de la Vall, a small village of about 1,500 people in a valley north-west of Inca, with a primary school, a pharmacy and a part-time health post, about 40 minutes from Palma. Above it, the near-empty stone hamlet of Biniarroi had no special plan as of late 2024, so building permits there are very hard to get.

  7. The zone’s quiet northern end, near sa Pobla and 20 to 25 minutes from the Bay of Alcúdia. Campanet, with about 2,900 residents, has the Coves de Campanet, the Fonts Ufanes and two weekly markets. Hilltop Búger, with about 1,200, is Mallorca’s smallest municipality by area. Both have primary schools and are about 40 minutes from Palma.

Pros and cons

For

  • Trains to Palma every 10 to 20 minutes on weekdays
  • Central Palma 20 to 35 minutes from most towns by the Ma-13
  • A public hospital in Inca and 24-hour urgent care in four towns
  • Year-round towns with schools, shops and weekly markets
  • Vineyards, wineries and Tramuntana walks close to home

Against

  • No coast: the nearest beaches are 10 to 35 minutes' drive away
  • Much of Marratxí is suburban, with little village character
  • No station in Selva, Mancor, Campanet or Búger; few buses
  • Selva has no general plan; Biniarroi had no special plan in 2024
  • Some homes near Marratxí’s torrents are in mapped flood zones

Questions buyers ask

Which places does Central: Raiguer include?

Eleven municipalities: Marratxí, with Es Pont d’Inca, Sa Cabana and Es Figueral, Pla de na Tesa, Sa Cabaneta and Pòrtol; Santa Maria del Camí, Consell, Alaró, Binissalem with the hamlet of Biniagual, Lloseta and Inca; Selva, with Caimari, Moscari and Biniamar; Mancor de la Vall with Biniarroi; and Campanet and Búger. About 121,000 people lived there in 2025.

Which part is best for commuting to Palma?

Marratxí is closest, 20 to 30 minutes from the old town by car, and its five stations have trains to Palma in about 10 to 20 minutes. Santa Maria, Consell and Binissalem are 25 to 30 minutes by car, with trains taking 22 to 30 minutes. From Lloseta and Inca, about 35 minutes by car, the train takes 30 to 40 minutes.

Can I live here without a car?

In the railway towns, largely yes: Santa Maria, Binissalem, Lloseta, Inca and much of Marratxí have stations close by, and TIB bus 342 links Alaró and Consell with their shared station. In Selva, Mancor, Campanet and Búger the buses run mainly to Inca and sa Pobla and are limited, so a car is close to essential there, as it is for any country house.

Where are the hospitals and schools?

Son Llàtzer in Palma is the reference public hospital for Marratxí, Santa Maria, Consell, Alaró and Binissalem, and the Hospital Comarcal d’Inca for the rest of the zone, though from Binissalem Inca’s is the nearer. State secondary schools are in Marratxí, Santa Maria, Binissalem and Inca, and pupils from Campanet and Búger go to sa Pobla. The Academy in Marratxí teaches the English National Curriculum to children aged 2 to 18.

Can I let my property to holidaymakers?

Only with a tourist-rental licence, and new ones are scarce. Under the 2025 rules no new flats could be registered for holiday lets in Mallorca, and the limited new places for houses were put up for sale by the Consell de Mallorca, only to people who had owned the home for at least three years. If rental income matters, buy a home with an existing licence and have a lawyer check it.

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