Port de Soller

After yesterday’s walk, we decided to do something a little different. We read that no visit to Sóller is complete without a trip to the Port de Sóller, so our day started with a tram ride to the port. Lucky for us, the 100+ year old tram (1913] was running today, for the first time after a few weeks of maintenance work.

Some cities in the world, such as Lisbon, San Francisco or Melbourne, are famous for their historic tramways still in circulation. The one in Sóller is a little different in that it joins the inland mountain town of Sóller to the sea port and beach in a half hour trip.

The tram, besides transporting passengers, has also been used to transport boxes of fish from the docks to the market or oranges to the ships that sailed to the French ports in the past. It also carried vegetables from the orchards to the town and coal and war materials to the naval base located in the Port of Sóller.

We were the only ones to board the wooden tram at 10 a.m. and we enjoyed the short trip to the beautiful harbour. The sun was shining and the scenery around the harbour was stunning.

Since it is off season here, there was no one on the promenade. We pretty well had the place to ourselves. We spent a few hours just walking around the port, checking out the boats and taking the stairs up to a monastery with great views of the bay as well as the sea.
Most places were closed for the season so it was a peaceful and beautiful place to be. Not sure what it would be like in high season!

Chris took his socks and shoes off and walked in the water. Refreshing but not overly cold.

We decided to walk back to town. It took us about 1+ hour but it was an easy walk through the valley.Read more