Valldemossa

Valldemossa is a picturesque village high up at 420m above sea level in the Serra de Tramuntana mountains in the north west of Majorca. Located just 18km north of Palma de Mallorca the village is famous for its Monastry and the tragic tale of two lovers and their winter in Majorca.

The view of Valldemossa as one approaches from the south with the Royal Carthusian Monastry of Jesus of Nazereth at Valldemossa (Real Cartuja de Valldemossa) purched up at the top of the valley with its preety stone villas and cottages is splendid. There is a tourist information office on the main road just after the entrance to the monastry that offers information on the village including restaurant ideas. Around the church there are a number of tree lined avenues with pleasant restaurants, cafes a bakery, tobacconist and the odd souvenir shop.

Frederic Chopin and George Sand in Valldemossa

It is a great Irony that the lovers George Sand and Frederic Chopin should have chosen Valldemossa to escape the rumours of Paris. The presence of Miss George Sand who wore trousers (would you believe) with the famous composer Frederic Chopin suffering of Turburculosis must have caused quite a stir with the old ladies and men. A tragic and scandalouse love affair isolated for 4 months in the cold, wet winter of 1838-39. "Heartless, selfish and impertent" is how George Sand labeled the "barbarians" living on "Monkey Island" in her book "Un Hiver à Majorque". A tragic feud went on between the unmarried couple living in the Christian monestary and the locals. Chopins health deteriated and his Piano didnt arrive untill they were soon to depart.

Today it is George Sand and Frederic Chopin that help attract so many visitors to the village. The locals are happy to sell her book, to greet the visitors, serve them coffee and desert. After Palma Cathedral the monestary is the second most visited place on the Island. A sad but fascinating story of the past.

Valldemossa Geographical Location and Transport

Valldemossa is just 18kms north of Palma de Mallorca on the PM-111. After the tiny s Engleieta (with its little bar) one soon enters a tight rocky valley with a stream in winter. This eventually opens out into a wide cultivated valley with luxuriouse villas and farms dotted about. Valldemossa is up at the top where the valley swings left to pass between the two mountains of Puig des Teix (1062m. At the top of the short valley running to the north east of Valledemossa) and the Mola de Son Pacs (595m) rising to the south west of Valldemossa. The view of Valldemossa on this approach is the most stricking (see Valldemossa photographs).

To the otherside of Valldemossa one joins the C-710 which goes either north east towards preety Deia or south west towards Banyalbufar. The route to the north east is a excellent descent on a bicycle along the coastline towards Deia. The views along here, at Deia and and on towards the Port de Soller are breathtaking (especially as the sun goes down).

Port de Valldemossa

Just after leaving Valldemossa heading south west towards Banyalbafur there is a turn off about a kilometer or so after Valldemossa that twists and turns for 6 kilometers to the Port de Valldemossa. This was once an important connection to the outside world. The shingly beach offers one possibility to bathe among the waves and a restaurant is known for its excellent seafood. There are a number of other place you can reach the sea near the Port de Valldemossa with perhaps the best being the Cala de Deia near Deia.

Valldemossa Photographs

This photo series begins at s Engleieta from where we travel up into the valley where Valldemosa is perched on the hillside.

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