April 2, 2026•5 min read•By Maurits Dierick, Charter Broker & Former Yacht Captain
Mallorca Yacht Charter: 7-Day Circuit from Palma (2026)
Seven days round Mallorca from Palma: the Tramuntana cliffs, the port of Soller, Pollensa bay and the southern calas.
You never leave Mallorca on this route, and it still runs 180 nautical miles.
That's the thing people underestimate. Mallorca is big enough that a full circuit is a proper week's sailing: 19 hours under way across seven days, with a 35-mile day and two 30-mile days. It's a single coastline, and it changes completely as you go round it.
The south is beaches and calas. The east is a run of coves. The north is Formentor and the Tramuntana. The west is Dragonera and the mountains coming down into the sea.
Before we dive in, it's worth noting the route below is also available as an interactive map on our Balearic Islands charter page.
The route
Palma → Cabrera → Porto Petro → Cala Ratjada → Pollença & Formentor → Sóller → Andratx → Palma.
Seven days, 180 nautical miles, 19 hours under way. Round trip from Palma.
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Day 1: Cabrera
Noon embarkation in Palma, under the cathedral, then out to sea.
Es Trenc is on the way: two kilometres of white sand, and the water is clear enough for a late-afternoon swim before the final leg.
Cabrera is a national park and mooring there needs a permit, of which there are a limited number. That's a booking question, not a turn-up question.
Lunch and dinner on board.
Passage: 3 hours, 30 nm. Mooring: Cabrera national park (limited permits) or Es Trenc anchorage. Beach: Es Trenc. Dining: on board.
Day 2: Porto Petro
The morning is Cabrera. Diving in the national park, or the hike ashore to the 14th-century castle. Cabrera doesn't allow motorised watersports, so no Seabobs.
The Blue Cave is a tender trip.
The afternoon takes you to Porto Petro. Dinner on board or at OCRE, which is fifteen minutes away by taxi.
Passage: 2.5 hours, 20 nm. Mooring: Porto Petro Marina, Cala Mondragó or Cala Figuera. Beach: Playa des Carbó. Dining: OCRE Restaurant.
Day 3: Cala Ratjada
The east coast is a run of calas. Cala Mondragó has its own natural park behind it, where the wetlands meet the sea. Cala del Moro is between cliffs, reachable by a steep footpath or by tender.
Cala Ratjada is the day's destination, on the northeast corner.
Dinner at Can Simoneta.
Passage: 2 hours, 18 nm. Mooring: Platja de Ses Cavasses, Cala Agulla or Cala Mesquida. Beach: Cala Mondragó. Dining: Can Simoneta.
Day 4: Pollença and Formentor
Cala Ratjada sits where the mountains meet the sea, with a lighthouse above water that changes fast when the Tramuntana comes down.
The Caves of Artà go deep into the coastal cliffs, chambers at cathedral height with stalactites.
Then a morning sail round the Parque Natural de Levante to Port de Pollença, arriving mid-afternoon. There's time for an e-bike ride or the villages on foot.
Dinner at FUSION19, which has a Michelin star.
Passage: 2.5 hours, 26 nm. Mooring: Real Club Náutico Port de Pollença, Cala Formentor or Bahía de Pollença. Beach: Cala Agulla. Dining: FUSION19.
Day 5: Port de Sóller
Formentor is a limestone peninsula running out into the sea, with the mountains dropping vertically into water that goes from aquamarine to indigo. The beach has drawn artists and writers for a century. The lighthouse at the tip sits three hundred feet above the water.
Then the run along the north coast, which is the most dramatic stretch of the island, into the protected harbour at Sóller. Take the historic tram into the town.
Dinner at Es Fanals.
Passage: 3.5 hours, 35 nm. Mooring: Port de Sóller. Beach: Sa Calobra. Dining: Es Fanals.
Day 6: Port d'Andratx
The northwest is where the Serra de Tramuntana meets the sea.
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Sa Dragonera is the island off the end: long, narrow, cliffs standing above the channel, with a hike to the summit and a view back over the water.
Port d'Andratx is across from it, sheltered by hills, with cafés and restaurants along the front.
Dinner at Trespais.
Passage: 3 hours, 28 nm. Mooring: Club de Vela Port d'Andratx or Cala Llamp. Beach: Parque Natural de sa Dragonera. Dining: Trespais.
Day 7: Palma
Back along the west coast with breakfast under way, and a last swim in Cala Portals Vells.
Into Palma around noon.
Dinner at FERA if the flight is late.
Passage: 2.5 hours, 23 nm. Mooring: Club de Mar Mallorca, Real Club Náutico de Palma or Puerto Portals. Beach: Cala Portals Vells. Dining: FERA.
Who this suits
Groups who want variety without island-hopping logistics, and who like the idea that the airport is always a taxi ride away. Mallorca is the most connected of the Balearics and the fleet based there is the largest.
It also suits people who want restaurants. There's a Michelin star at Pollença and the standard across the week is high.
The 35-mile north-coast day is the one to know about. It's the longest leg of the week and the best sailing.
Practical notes
Round trip from Palma, so one airport, and it's the best-connected in the Balearics.
Cabrera moorings are permit-limited. Book it or don't plan on it.
