Representative photograph: Ripe oranges on trees near Sóller, Mallorca. Photo: Thomas Wozniak · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Sóller Orange Valley

Ride the vintage train over the mountains, then pick oranges and juice them in the grove.

The wooden train from Palma climbs through the Tramuntana to a valley of terraced orange groves. Pick, press and eat your way down to the port.

The hands-on moment

Ride the vintage train over the mountains, then pick oranges and juice them in the grove.

The day

Morning
Vintage train to Sóller
The wooden train from Palma climbs through the Serra de Tramuntana, a UNESCO-listed mountain range.
11:15
Into the valley
Walk out to terraced groves held up by dry-stone walls.
11:45
Pick and press
Pick oranges at a family finca and juice them on the spot.
13:30
Lunch in the valley
Mallorcan dishes in Sóller or the hill village of Fornalutx.
15:30
Tram to the port
The old tram runs down to Port de Sóller; try ice cream made with the valley's oranges.
17:30
Back to Palma

November to May

Train timetables change by season; the day is planned around them.

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