If you were thinking of leaving to meet new cycling routes in Mallorca, we have an impressive option to offer you: in full Sierra of the Tramuntana hides a dream estate that has just joined the Bikefriendly Quality Seal, Finca Binibona.
The Vicens Martínez family runs this complex of rural agritourism at the foot of the Serra de Tramuntana and, during their free time, they travel around the island of Mallorca by road bike.
Hotel for cyclists in Mallorca
This family's passion for Cycling is one of the reasons why Finca Binibona is an idyllic accommodation for cyclists in the Balearic Islands: its owners know each other best Mallorca cycling routes and they can advise you without problems. In fact, they have even designed some bike routes that have been hung on the Bikefriendly mobile app (available in App Store y Google Play) so that your guests can follow them with their mobile phone from the establishment. To take a look at them, you can download the app, enter the Bikefriendly World and look for Finca Binibona in the section Featured Hotels or filtering by location. In its file, you will see its best related routes and you can analyze them from home and follow them directly from your mobile when you are there.
And, at Finca Binibona, they perfectly understand the particular needs that cyclists have when we go on vacation to enjoy new places with our bike. That's why, adapt their breakfast and lunch schedules if necessary and have set up a Bikefriendly space which allows bicycles to be stored safely and has basic tools for maintenance and repair.
Wines and organic products
But Finca Binibona has many more things that make it an idyllic accommodation: peace and tranquility, Balinese beds at the foot of the pool and on the terraces of most of its rooms, traditional Mallorcan gastronomy and to your own winery.
Five years ago, the owners of Finca Binibona decided to start the adventure of making wine with typical grape varieties from the area (prensal, manto negro...). Thanks to this, today they enjoy this hobby by giving their guests a taste of their wines. Upon arrival, they always find a bottle of wine and, in the restaurant, they are given the opportunity to try the different varieties of whites, reds and rosés to serve them their favorites during their stay at Finca Binibona.
Regarding gastronomy, the Vicens Family explains that at Finca Binibona they serve Typical Mallorcan food, the recipes that their mothers and grandmothers cooked so many times. Always with lots of vegetables from her garden and products from nearby or even made on the farm: toasted almonds, jams, olive oil...
Cycling routes in Mallorca
As for cycling routes in Mallorca, Finca Binibona recommends the one that takes you to the Formentor lighthouse from the door of the accommodation. Nothing more and nothing less than 104 kilometers of road cycling route with +1.970 meters of elevation gain that will take you up to the Coll de Fermenia and go back for him Coll de sa Batalla.
And if what you like are the passes, they also offer you another route that, in 76 kilometers, ascends three passes and adds a total of +1.080 meters of elevation gain. You can see them all related to the establishment in the Bikefriendly app.
“The beautiful thing about Mallorca is that, if you want, you can do 100 kilometers of flat land but, at the same time, you have Super good mountain passes and secondary roads with little traffic”, explains the Vicens family.
Finca Binibona has a main building with 20 rooms and two other holiday homes 'Petit Binibona' (up to 6 people) and 'Binibona Gran' (up to 12 people). More information in their website.
