Route: Alcudia Old Quarter
Area: Spain, Mallorca
Date of walk: 28th April 2019
Walkers: Andrew and Gilly
Distance: 3.0 miles
Ascent: nil
Weather: cloudy but bright
After this morning’s wonderful walk up a mountain and down to a deserted cove (click here to view), there remained time for an unscheduled walk in the afternoon. We decided to walk around the Old Quarter of Alcudia, which is our base for this walking holiday. We’d chosen Alcudia for purely pragmatic reasons: firstly it lies in the far north west of Mallorca, an area where we’ve not walked before, and secondly our son James was staying nearby, having yesterday completed the marathon Mallorca 312
Until we arrived, we hadn’t fully appreciated the historic nature of the town, and had associated it with its more bustling close neighbour, Port d’Alcudia, a popular tourist resort with a harbour, beach and boardwalk. The Old Quarter of Alcudia is entirely different in character. It’s situated on the site of a Roman settlement and is contained within Mallorca’s only entirely preserved town wall, built in the 14th century by King Jaume II to protect the inhabitants. The area is pedestrianised, and the authenticity of the old town has been preserved by strict construction regulations
Our base for this short walking holiday was the excellent Hotel Forum, which is located in the heart of the old town. We started today’s short walk from the hotel and walked to the nearby city walls. Although I’ve included the usual Maps Page, I haven’t described a fixed route, as it’s best to wander around the town. We followed the Cami de Ronda, which follows a circular course around the ancient walls of the town. It’s possible to climb up to a walkway which runs along the top of the wall for a short distance, giving good views over the rooftops
It was a very enjoyable amble, and we were glad to have chosen this lovely town as our base
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After this morning's exertions (see previous walk) we returned to Alcudia for refreshments at the Hotel Forum in the centre of the Old Quarter
The town is noted for its restaurants, several of which are in the adjoining Plaza de la Constitución
We make our way through the pedestrianised streets to the outer wall which surrounds the old part of the town
The thick outer wall, designed to protect the town from attack
Near Porta Roja we're able to climb onto the top of the wall
We follow the walkway in an anti-clockwise direction...
Porta de Mallorca
Looking across the rooftops of the Old Quarter to the Town Hall on the left
Porta de Mallorca again
Looking back over the Bay of Pollensa to Cap de Formentor, where we'd been walking this morning
The raised walkway ends and we climb back down to street level, continuing to follow the course of the wall towards The Church of Sant Jaume...
Looking back to the church
Porta del Moll...
The Cami de Ronda continues a little further, but we head back into the Old Quarter here
We wander around the streets following no particular route
Some photos of the Old Quarter...
We arrive back at the Plaza de la Constitución
The end of an enjoyable stroll around the beautiful town of Alcudia
