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Son Sardina, Establiments & Son Espanyol

PalmaNorthern PalmaAbout 20 min to the old town

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Living here

Son Sardina, Establiments and Son Espanyol are old farming communities on Palma’s northern edge, where the city meets the foothills of the Serra de Tramuntana, about 20 minutes' drive from the cathedral. Son Sardina and Establiments still have village centres, with houses and country properties around them. Here you get space and a local community without leaving the municipality of Palma.

Son Sardina sits on the Carretera de Sóller (Ma-11) and has about 3,000 residents. Its parish church of the Immaculada Concepció was rebuilt in neoclassical style in the late 1920s, keeping a bell tower from 1811. The village has a state primary school, a pharmacy, a bakery and bars, and a small public health unit open on weekdays, mostly in the mornings. The main fiestas in early September bring correfocs (fire runs) and concerts, and Son Sardina is the only place in Mallorca where the traditional cossiers dancers are all women, apart from the devil.

Establiments lies a little further west, towards Esporles, on slightly higher ground. It was a municipality in its own right from 1837 until it was absorbed by Palma in the early 20th century, and its name recalls the farm estates split into small plots from the 16th century onwards. Most homes are single-family houses rather than flats. There is a state primary school, a public health unit, a few bars, restaurants and grocery shops, and the patron saint’s day is Sant Jaume in July. Old estates such as Son Berga Nou, built in 1776, dot the countryside around it.

Son Espanyol lies between the two, around the Valldemossa road. It was traditionally irrigated farmland, part of the old market gardens north of the city along with Son Sardina and La Indioteria, and the Balearic university (UIB) built its campus here, which changed the area a great deal. The ParcBit technology park lies just beyond it, and Son Espases, the islands' main public hospital, is a few minutes down the same road. To the east, La Indioteria has an older, semi-rural part and a newer urban part with blocks of flats and the Son Castelló industrial estate, reaching the Via de Cintura ring road. Further up the Sóller road is RCD Mallorca’s training ground.

There is no beach or tourist strip, and life goes on all year. The M1 metro from Plaça d’Espanya stops at a surface station in Son Sardina on its way to the university and ParcBit, and the vintage Sóller train runs past the village. City buses link both villages with the rest of Palma, with line 12 through Son Sardina and line 16 serving Establiments, and a cycle lane links Son Sardina with the city. Away from the village cores you need a car, and the nearest beaches, in Palma itself, are about 15 minutes' drive. The page also takes in Secar de la Real, north of the ring road, which was long semi-rural and takes its name from the monastery of La Real, near Son Espases hospital.

Who buys here

What the area offers is a house and garden, or a country property, close to the city. Families have state primary schools in Son Sardina and Establiments and a close village community, and people who work at Son Espases, the university or in the city have a short journey. It works best as a home for the whole year: there is no beach, and Palma no longer grants new holiday-rental licences.

Property

Housing is mixed. Establiments is mostly single-family houses, while La Indioteria’s newer part has blocks of flats south of its old core. Between the villages lie country properties (fincas), from old estate houses to more recent villas with pools, gardens and views towards the Tramuntana. Where a country property stands on rustic land, which is not zoned for development, building and extending are tightly limited. Many homes on rustic land in Mallorca were built or extended without full permission, so check that every building on a finca is legal.

Getting around

Approximate times by car, outside rush hour.

  • 20min

    Palma old town (Cathedral)Down the Sóller road from Son Sardina; similar from Establiments

  • 20–25min

    Palma airportRound the Ma-20, then the Ma-19 airport motorway

  • 5–10min

    Son Espases hospitalOn the Valldemossa road

  • 20–25min

    ValldemossaUp the Ma-1110 into the Tramuntana

  • 25–30min

    SóllerMa-11 through the toll-free Sóller tunnel

Pros and cons

For

  • Village schools and fiestas, still inside Palma
  • Son Espases hospital and the university on the doorstep
  • M1 metro and city buses into the centre from Son Sardina
  • Houses and gardens, with the Tramuntana foothills close by

Against

  • Car needed outside villages; many Establiments roads lack pavements
  • About 15 minutes' drive to the nearest sand
  • Fincas may hide unlicensed extensions; check every building
  • Son Sardina has no public square; residents campaign for one

Questions buyers ask

Is Son Espanyol the same as Son Espanyolet?

No. Son Espanyol is a semi-rural area on Palma’s northern edge, around the university campus on the Valldemossa road. Son Espanyolet is an inner-city neighbourhood near Santa Catalina, which has its own page on this site.

Can I get into Palma without a car?

From Son Sardina, yes: the M1 metro runs to Plaça d’Espanya, city bus line 12 goes into town and a cycle lane heads towards the city. Establiments has bus line 16, but residents say it is not frequent enough and that many roads lack pavements, so a car makes daily life much easier there.

What should I check before buying a country house here?

Check that every building has a licence. Many homes on Mallorca’s rustic land were built or extended without full permission; a 2024 amnesty opened a route to legalise older ones, but the government said homes legalised that way could not be let to holidaymakers. Have a lawyer check every building, and whether any legalisation route still applies, before you commit.

Where do people go to the beach?

There is no beach here. The nearest are in Palma itself, such as Can Pere Antoni just east of the old town and Cala Major to the west, each about 15 minutes by car.

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