Pollenca Market and Cami de Cala Boquer Walk: Sunday in Mallorca

Sunday, August 31, 2025

The academy is closed on Sunday so that everyone gets a well -deserved rest day.

Last night, Saturday, I took another walk near Sa Cabaneta, with a different route. It was a good end to the week.

Today, Sunday, I decided to go to the Polenca Sunday Market, one of the best in Mallorca (together with the Arta and Inca markets), before I drove to the trailhead for the Cala Boquer Walk near the port of Pollenca.

The first challenge of most Mallorcan market is parking. I had a few false starts before I almost gave up, but it turns out that there is a very nice parking space just outside the market area (not far from the big rooster that dominated the roundabout on the road to the port of Polenca. I checked other cars to ensure that no permit was needed (it was too good to be true, and all the cars I checked.

I walked to the market and started with the food and vegetable chambers. I was on a mission to buy some olive bread, olives and tomatoes and found them quickly. The tomatoes I bought were huge (one that I had for lunch when I came home with some avocado, a piece of olive bread and anchovies. Delicious!). You can see how big from a tomato I bought (main size of racquet is 105).

I then walked through the Stadsplein and the 365 Calvari steps (one for every day of the year) to the Calvary Chappel. It is worth the climb (which is fairly simple), for the view of Pollenca and the Sea at the top.

I climbed back down, although I bypassed the upper stairs to walk closer to the view of the water, my car found and went to Cala Boquer. This walk was #1 on a website that I found of the 10 best walks in MallorcaAnd it sounded beautiful, with a view of mountain and sea, close to the market and not too difficult. It was rocky … Although I saw people slipping flops or thin sandals going up while I left. I recommend walking or tennis shoes … or trailers, what I had. Parking was simple and abundant.

The Serra de Tramuntana is a UNESCO world heritage and the mountains are really robust and interesting. The plants in the Boquer Valley were usually known … Rosemary, Mediterranean Dwarf palm, Aleppo Palm and a pistachio bush/tree (not with nuts … with red berries … The sap of the tree is the original chewing gum!) And other plants. The tops of the mountains were rocky, but the valley had a lot of green vegetation, many of them pines, palms and pistachio.

There are many goats, especially at the start of the path. I even saw an albino goat.

I didn’t go all the way to the bay … I was looking for a path to the cliff to overlook the sea, but didn’t think it was, but I got pretty close and enjoyed the walk … I would recommend it.

Tomorrow is a busy, two sessions tennis … no walk!