Is the north of Majorca the best place to practice outdoor sports?

By Luke Durden in Sports Holidays

In Majorca you can easily find places where to enjoy nature and outdoor activities: beautiful mountains and spectacular sea views across the island. You can find many places with excellent public services for sport lovers, specially for those who like sailing, paddle surf or diving.

Northern Majorca (like Alcudia or Pollensa) is a great area where to practice sports like kite surf, climbing, golf, hiking or nordic walking. Cycle Tourism is really popular in this area: there are many tours from Alcudia and Pollensa crossing the entire island.

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Majorca: is the perfect training place?

Training professionally differs from getting fit and having fun. Many professional athletes and amateurs train in Majorca. Cycling teams taking part in international competitions train in the island every year. Some cycling teams join international events and challenges throughout the year.

Running

You can find many places where to practice running in Majorca. Enjoy amazing landscapes, the natural environment and the sunset of the Mediterranean Sea. There are many running routes you can follow in Majorca with different difficulty levels.

Marathon

You need to be fit and healthy to take part in marathons. There’s lot of enthusiasm for marathons in Majorca. In fact, the 4th Edition of the Half Marathon was recently celebrated.

Cycling

Serra de Tramuntana is the main attraction for cycle tourism, professional and amateurs. There’s an important cycling event: 110 kms of difficult route from Pollensa to Coll de Sa Gramola.

Iron Man

Swim, run, ride a bike…all these and much more at iron man challenge.

Northern Majorca is perfect for those looking for practicing, running, cycling running,.

Ferrer Hotels Active and beneficios

One of the most important hotels that offers accommodations with excellent services  addressed to athletes is Ferrer Hotels with its programme Ferrer Hotels Active.

It’s designed for high-performance athletes and divided into different sports: cycling, hiking,  Iron Man, marathon and running.

The main attributes of this programme are:

  •      Best gym in the area. It’s perfect for toning up, burning fat or in case you had to recover from and injury. An expert can indicate you which are the best activities for you
  •      A running coach can organize great routes for you.
  •      If you like swimming, you can go to the heated semi-olympic pool of Ferrer Janeiro Hotel which can be used throughout the year.
  •      Bike rental. Whether you need a bike or a mountain bike, the hotel has its own bike parking and repair shop.

These hotels are located in Can Picafort and Puerto de Alcudia. Ferrer Hotels offers Ferrer Active weeks in 2016, where expert instructors of different sports train you in the north of the island.