DK Travel : Mallorca : Outdoor

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Coves de Gènova

Though they pale in comparison with the larger caverns on the eastern coast, these caves, discovered in 1906, are close to Palma and feature some interesting formations. A knowledgeable guide will show you around.
Coves del Drac

Take a quiet walk through an underground fairyland. The visit incorporates a concert on the large underground lake, with captivating lights reflected in the mirror-like waters. Then take a boat to the other side and continue your exploration.
Coves d’Artà

These caves have inspired many over the centuries, especially since they were studied in the 19th century. In summer, you can take a boat cruise to them from Cala Rajada and Font de Sa Cala – the seaside exit is very dramatic.
Coves d’es Hams

The lighting in these caverns is more carnival-like than the others, and there’s also a subterranean lake, with boat rides and a light and music show as part of your tour. Guides will give enough information to delight a speleologist, and the peculiar cave-dwelling crustaceans will be pointed out.
Cultivated Plants

Some of the flowering plants you see around the island are actually cultivated for decorative purposes: for example, the oleander, purple morning glory, agapanthus, bougainvillea, Bignonia jasminoides (commonly called the trumpet vine, with both orange and pink blooms – used as cover for pergolas), geranium and wisteria. Grapes and olives have been a feature of the Mallorcan landscape since Roman times.
Cycling

You’ll see groups of avid cyclists, decked out in their colourful threads, all over the island, from the twistiest mountain roads to the narrowest stone-walled lanes of Es Pla. Given the challenges most people experience when driving in Mallorca, it takes a bit of nerve to negotiate the same roads on two wheels. But you can easily rent bikes of all types in most towns, and the landscape is certainly conducive to cycling.
Es Trénc

This splendid beach is everyone’s favourite, and weekends will find it very crowded with sun-worshippers from Palma. The rest of the week, it’s the domain of nudists, nature-lovers, and neo-hippies. It remains the island’s last natural beach, interrupted only by the complex of vacation homes at Ses Covetes.
Fishing

As with other water activities, there are a number of boats that will take you out fishing for the day, particularly from the small port towns that still fish the seas commercially, including Portocolom. The bays of Pollença and Alcúdia (seePort de Pollença, Alcúdia and Port d’Alcúdia) are also popular for fishing.
Fútbol

There are two football (soccer) teams in Mallorca: Real Mallorca and Atlético Baleares, both of whom play in Palma during the season, which runs from early September to April. Real Mallorca has enjoyed considerable success in recent years, and, in any case, attending a match can be a fun, high-spirited, and good-humoured way to see the locals participating in the game they love the best.
Golf

This is a sport that has taken Mallorca by storm. Courses are prevalent near the big resorts, though some of the finer hotels have their own and many more have putting greens. There are some 18 major golf courses scattered all around the island.