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La Vileta & Son Roca

PalmaWestern PalmaAbout 15 min from the old town

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Living here

La Vileta (Sa Vileta to many locals) and Son Roca are year-round residential neighbourhoods on the north-western edge of Palma, about 15 minutes' drive from the cathedral. Older houses with gardens, newer family homes and 1970s blocks of flats sit at the foot of the Son Marill hills. It makes sense for buyers who want to live close to Green Valley School or Son Espases hospital.

La Vileta lies in the north-west of Palma, in the city’s Ponent district, at the foot of the Serra de Son Marill. It began in the 18th century as a cluster of narrow lanes on the Son Palmer estate, home to its farm hands and to workers from the local quarries and gypsum mines. Son Serra was laid out beside it from 1820 with straight streets, and by the end of the 19th century these small settlements had merged along the Camí de la Vileta. Middle-class Palma families built summer houses here, and a tram line served the area from 1920 to 1958. After 1950 new streets filled in around the old core, many of them homes for newcomers from mainland Spain.

Daily needs are close by, including supermarkets and a public health centre on Carrer de Massanella. Schools are a strength. There is a state school in Son Serra, the Sant Vicenç de Paül school, which grew from a girls' school opened by nuns in 1893, and Green Valley School, a British and IB school on the old Son Puig estate. CESAG, a university college linked to Comillas Pontifical University, teaches nursing, education and journalism.

Further north, Son Roca and Son Ximelis are often treated as one place. Son Roca is mostly one- and two-storey houses, with a Sant Roc oratory from 1914 and old country estates on its undeveloped western side. Son Ximelis is a compact estate of public housing blocks from the early 1970s, with a library, a municipal pool, a neighbourhood centre and the area’s largest park, whose play area the council enlarged in 2026. To the east, Son Flor lies close to the Son Moix stadium, home of RCD Mallorca.

This is an inland residential area with no beach or seafront. The nearest beach is Cala Major, about 10 minutes away by car, and Son Espases hospital is about the same distance. City buses 7 and 8 run to the centre, and the Camí de la Vileta joins the Ma-20 ring road. The residents' association has spent years pressing the council over neglected and fire-damaged plots and vandalism, and in May 2026 the local press reported rubbish, asbestos and, according to neighbours, a squatter on an abandoned estate on the Camí de la Vileta.

Who buys here

Most residents are local people who live here all year. La Vileta is a settled middle-class area, while Son Ximelis was built to house newcomers from southern Spain and people rehoused from other parts of the city. For international buyers the appeal is a house with a garden in an ordinary Palma neighbourhood, close to Green Valley School, the Ma-20 ring road and Son Espases hospital.

Property

Most homes in La Vileta and Son Serra are single-family houses, though not all: they range from summer houses built for Palma families around 1900 to newer family homes, with some apartment buildings among them. Son Roca is mostly one- and two-storey houses of mixed age. Son Ximelis is the exception: blocks of flats from the early 1970s, among the most densely populated parts of Palma. Heritage campaigners say protection for older houses has gaps. In June 2026 the group Arca criticised a permit to demolish a house with a tower on Costa de Saragossa, so check how any older house you like is protected.

Getting around

Approximate times by car from La Vileta, outside rush hour.

  • 15min

    Palma old town (Cathedral)Down the Camí de la Vileta; buses 7 and 8 run to the centre

  • 20–25min

    Palma airportUp the Camí de la Vileta to the Ma-20, then the Ma-19

  • 10min

    Son Espases hospitalA short run on the Ma-20 ring road

  • 10min

    Cala Major beachThe nearest beach, via the Ma-20

  • 15–20min

    Puerto PortalsMarina in Calvià, via the Ma-20 and the Ma-1

Pros and cons

For

  • Supermarkets and a public health centre close by
  • Green Valley School (British and IB) on the Camí de la Vileta
  • Quick access to the Ma-20 ring road and Son Espases hospital
  • Frequent weekday city buses to the centre on lines 7 and 8

Against

  • No beach of its own; Cala Major is a 10-minute drive
  • Neglected plots draw repeated complaints from residents
  • Son Roca and Son Ximelis still carry an old stigma
  • Older houses are not always protected from demolition

Questions buyers ask

Is La Vileta the same as Sa Vileta?

Yes. Sa is the form of the article la used in everyday Mallorcan speech, so both names refer to the same place and both are in common use. Palma’s official neighbourhood is Son Serra-La Vileta, which joins the two old cores, in the Ponent (western) district beside Son Roca, Son Flor and Son Rapinya.

What are the schools like?

Green Valley School, on the Camí de la Vileta, follows the British curriculum to IGCSE and offers the IB Diploma for the last two years. The area also has a state school in Son Serra and the Sant Vicenç de Paül school. Queen’s College and Bellver College, both British schools, are on the Cala Major side of the city.

Is Son Roca a good place to live?

Son Roca and Son Ximelis were hit hard by economic crisis and drugs in the mid-1980s, and the name still carries a stigma. The community has since rebuilt itself, and an active residents' association asked the council in 2024 for more attention to security and transport. Visit at different times of day and judge the specific street.

Is a holiday let an option here?

Only where a legal licence already exists. Palma bans holiday lets in flats outright, and new places in houses and villas were ruled out when the council voted the change through in May 2026. Ask a lawyer to check any existing licence before you buy on the strength of it.

Where do residents shop and see a doctor?

Close to home. There are supermarkets in the area and a public health centre on Carrer de Massanella, Son Espases hospital is about 10 minutes away by car, and buses 7 and 8 run into the centre.

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