Mallorca dresses in white: its almond trees are already in bloom!
No, we don't need any more snow after Filomena. Now, if the white mantle is not a thing of a storm, but of some almond trees that begin to bloom for the first time, then yes, then we risk everything on white with pinkish tones that these days It is already beginning to cover the fields of Mallorca.
And the fact is that the Balearic island has about seven million almond trees scattered throughout some rural areas of the island and since February They begin to wake up from the lethargy of winter, to dress in their best clothes made of flowers and to make the landscape of Mallorca even more beautiful.
The Mediterranean climate of the Balearic island means that spring begins to be felt as early as February
Enjoying these prints can be as simple as Let yourself be carried away by the Majorcan roads and highways. On foot, by bike or by car. Slowly, getting lost and found.
Although you can also go for a shot and set course, without hesitation, for example, to the Serra de Tramuntana. Guarantee of postcard images, this year celebrates the tenth anniversary of its declaration as World Heritage by UNESCO in 2011, and at that highways with hypnotic views, to places like the Raixa estate or to those little towns where one would stay to live, in the spring is added the 'cuquismo' of its almond trees in bloom scattered here and there.
Precisely from little towns the circular route of almost 11 kilometers which, as a transition between the Serra de Tramuntana and the rest of the island, passes through the municipalities of Selva, Caimari, Binibona and Moscari that have a multitude of almond fields whose views are even more visible if what you see in the background are the silhouettes of the mountains.
If yours are precisely the small towns, the central and western area of Mallorca is home to names, Surely known by lovers of the rural, such as Marratxí, Bunyola, Santa María del Camí, Sencelles, Inca or Lloseta, whose surroundings pull almond trees in bloom to become even more attractive. The same occurs in municipalities located a little further south, such as Llucmajor, Manacor, Sant Llorenç or Son Servera.
We risk everything in white with pinkish tones that these days are already beginning to cover the fields of Mallorca