| While in Port d�Andratx we rented a car for a day and drove along the entire northwest coast of Mallorca to Cape Formentor, enjoying Mallorca�s varied and spectacular mountain scenery. We passed the lovely mountain villages of Banyalbufar, Valldemossa, and Deya (Deia) where stone houses and buildings blended in beautifully with the surrounding landscape. Shutters, like in most of Mallorca, were green. Here, backpackers and hikers, not beach goers, made up the majority of tourists. Terraced cultivation, which had been brought in by the Moors, could still be seen. During the drive that day we saw olive and almond groves, fruit orchards, and vineyards. It took us around six hours to drive the entire northwest coast with its many winding roads, but less than an hour to return to Port d�Andratx via the main central highway. |
