My Journey to Port de Sóller

Hello everyone! My name is Pat and I am a recent college graduate from the United States. I am currently on a working vacation at Citric Hotel in Port de Soller. I will be sharing some of my experiences with Citric Hotel, Port de Soller, and excursions in Mallorca on this blog. Hopefully my posts will help give you a sense of what the hotel, town, and surrounding areas are like.

I arrived in Mallorca five days ago after a long series of flights that took me from Philadelphia to Palma de Mallorca. From the airport I took a bus (1) to Placa de Espanya, a transit center that connects the metro, trains, and local and regional busses. After a short wait I grabbed an express bus (L211) from Palma to Port de Sóller. The journey was very easy, took about an hour, and cost less than 5€. There is also room on both busses for luggage, so don’t worry about that. The public transportation was also very easy to navigate considering how limited my Spanish skills are.
After a very short walk from the bus stop I was greeted with sight of Port de Sóller in all its glory. It is difficult for me to do justice to the natural beauty of Port de Sóller with words, so I will try to upload as many photos as possible over the next few weeks. I’ve included one here to get your started. In short, the town sits between a beautiful natural port and mountains.

Welcome to Port de Sóller

It was very easy for me to find the hotel since it sits right above the water on the Western edge of the port. This location gives the hotel an incredible panoramic view of the town. Once I arrived I was greeted by Maria Antonia, a receptionist and manager. Maria Antonia speaks English very well (and  humors my attempts at Spanish), so I was set up very quickly. After I checked in, Kyle gave me a tour of the hotel and showed me our room. Needless to say, after a very long day and several thousand miles of travelling I was happy to finally find my bed.

Next time: Hiking around Mallorca.

5 ways to save money in Soller Mallorca

If you are thinking to visit soller on the coming year 2011 here are 5 ways to save money on stay in Mallorca.

1 The cheapest way to take the soller train ,port soller  tram and boat to la calobra excursion ,is to book this package in advance on the official web site of www.citrichotels.com it goes with 3 night minimum stay at the hotel .

2 Take the line bus from PMI- Airport Palma to the City center quick and cheap.

3 If you are interested to rent a car there is a local rental car that only takes bookings in advance at the very reasonable price is called Llaser rent a car , also pick up at the airport.

4 for those who already have a rental car and want achieve soller instead of take the tunnel wich cost aprox 4euros , take the nice road  just the previous round about  befor the tunnel just take 20 minuts longer to achieve the valley and will enjoy  a very nice views of Palma bay and Soller valley from the top of this road.

5 The traditional Paella, is a must during your stay in Mallorca very good ones , but think that if you are 4 people will be in off if you order for 3 .

Bus timetable Playa Palma via Valldemosa to Soller Port Mallorca