Getting to Port de Soller

How to Get to Port de Soller from Aeroport de Palma

Ready to backpack Mallorca!

Flight from London Gatwick airport via EasyJet to Aeroport de Palma
- travel time: around 2 and a half hours
- 0910 - 1230

Balearic Islands

Bus 1 (547 - Aéroport - Arrivals to 2 Plaça d'España/Intermodal Transit station)

- the quickest and easiest way to get to the city centre from the airport is still by taking the bus

- from the arrivals area, exit the building and follow the signs pointing towards the public transport (bus signs)

- one ticket: 5 euros pp (pay at the bus driver)

- frequency: every 15 minutes

- travel time: ~20 minutes

- drop off at Plaça de España

*Lunch at Palma de Mallorca

- loads of food places to choose from around the Plaça or go to Intermodal Transit station

Ferrocarril (Old Wooden Train)

- a must to experience even for at least once: riding the wooden train to get to or from Soller

- the ride offers magnificent views of Mallorcan countryside, especially of the Serra de Tramuntana (Mallorca's beautiful mountain range)

Serra de Tramuntana

Mallorcan Countryside

- just turn right if coming from inside the Intermodal Transit station: the station is just beside it along Career Eusebi Estada

Ferrocarril train station

- one way ticket to Soller: 16 euros pp

- they offer packages for different combinations of transfers (e.g. Train to Soller + tram from Soller to Port de Soller, etc) posted on the ticket counter; discount available for residents

- frequency: fixed timetable (check with the receptionist at the ticket counter to be sure)

- travel time: ~60 minutes

- 2 stops

Ferrocarril Timetable (to Soller)

Soller Train Station

At Soller train station

Tram from Soller to Port de Soller

Inside the tram

- faster and easier option compared to the bus

- also offers scenic views especially as it passes along the port

View of the port from inside the tram

- from the station, head down towards the centre of town to Plaça de sa Constitució along Av. des Born until you see a church, Església de Sant Bartomeu, on your right
- continue along Av. de Cristofol Colom where we rode the tram
- one ticket: 6 euros pp (pay to the conductor on board the tram); discount available for residents
- frequency: fixed timetable
- travel time: ~15 minutes
- 14 stops

Tram Timetable (to Puerto/Port de Soller)

From Port de Soller tram station, when then hiked our way up to our Air BnB accommodation. It took us about 15 minutes to get to Carrer de Belgica.

Tram's last stop

Total fare spent from Airport to Port de Soller: 27 euros pp