Air travel
AENA Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea
(Spanish Airport and Air Navigation Authority)
www.aena.es
AENA's Information Line: 902 404 704
Balearic Islands airport information
Palma de Mallorca airport,
Situated 8 kilometres east of the city, by the Ma-19 motorway.
Address: Son Sant Joan, 07611 Palma de Mallorca, Baleares.
AENA office switchboard: (+34) 971 789 000
Management: (+34) 971 789 555
External relations and Protocol: (+34) 971 789 331
Communications and Press Office: (+34) 971 787 450/971 787 452
E-mail: pmi_comunicacionbaleares@aena.es
Information: (+34) 902 404 704
E-mail: pmi_info@aena.es
Ibiza airport
Situated 7.5 kilometres southwest of Ibiza Town on the PM-801 road.
Address: 07820 Eivissa, Baleares.
Information: (+34) 902 404 704
E-mail: ibzinfoaena@aena.es
Minorca airport
Situated 4.5 kilometres southwest of the island's capital, Mahon.
Address: Ctra. San Clemente s/n 07712 Maó, Menorca
Information: (+34) 902 404 704
Son Bonet airport, Mallorca
Only general aviation and pleasure flights use Son Bonet airport, so air traffic is either private aircraft or flying schools.
It is run by AENA. Son Bonet is an airport without air-traffic control using the local frequency 123.5. To fly there, it is necessary to file a Flight Plan (FPL), even if the flight originates or terminates locally.
Transport by sea
Because the Balearics are islands, there are excellent connections daily by sea between the islands and the major ports on the Spanish Mediterranean coast: Barcelona, Valencia, Denia and Alicante.
There are many different types of ship in service, notably high-speed 'fast ferries' and catamarans that carry passengers and goods vehicles and link the islands with the Spanish mainland in barely 4 hours. The majority of the conventional ferries that make the crossing are fast, modern ships offering their passengers every possible service.
There are seven major ports in the archipelago: Palma and Alcúdia on Mallorca, Mahon and Ciudadella on Minorca, Ibiza town and San Antonio on Ibiza and La Savina on Formentera. They are essentially commercial ports, dealing with passenger and vehicle traffic, supplies for each of the islands and fishing. However, they are also, most importantly, stopover points for large cruise liners, important sites for nautical installations and marinas and for the growing boat charter industry.
Port Information
The Balearic Port Authority is in charge of managing and operating the ports of Palma and Alcúdia on Mallorca, Mahon on Minorca, Ibiza town and La Sabina en Formentera, as well as the lighthouses and maritime signage around the Balearic coastline. This body has five offices, one in each of the ports it manages, although the majority of the work is centralised in Palma.
Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares
Balearic Port Authority
Mol Vell nº3,
07012 Palma de Mallorca
Tel.: (+34) 971 228 150
Fax: (+34) 971 726 948
Website: www.portsdebalears.com
E-mail: portsdebalears@portsdebalears.com
The remaining public sector ports in the Balearic Islands, including the ports of Soller, Porto Colom, Pollensa, Portopetro and Cala Ratjada on Mallorca; Ciudadella and Fornells on Minorca and Sant Antoni on Ibiza, are run by Ports de les Illes Balears, a public sector company supervised by the Balearic Regional Government's Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Transport.
Ports de les Illes Balears
C/ Vicente Tofiño, 36
(Son Rossinyol)
Coll d'en Rebassa
07007 Palma de Mallorca
Tel.: (+34) 902 024 444
Fax: (+34) 902 024 000
Website: portsib.es
E-mail: info@portsib.es
Roads
A modern network of roads and motorways carries vehicle traffic and is the basic transport infrastructure on the islands.
On Mallorca, the Ma-1, Ma-13-A, Ma-15 and Ma-19 motorways form the main axes of communications. With the capital, Palma, as the starting point, they go to the West, North, East and Southeast of the island respectively. Most of the roads, that link the island's towns and villages and its coastline branch off these main roads. The modern, well-maintained road network means that journeys times between places do not exceed 90 minutes.
Minorca has a good road network. Its central axis is the Me-1 road, linking the island's two main towns, Mahon in the east and Ciudadella in the west. The main link roads, to most of the settlements on the island branch off this road.
On Ibiza, the main roads are: C-731, PM-803 and C-733, which link Ibiza town with Sant Antoni de Portmany, Sant Josep de Sa Talaia and Sant Joan de Labritja respectively. Roads linking the other villages on the island branch off these roads. On both Minorca and Ibiza maximum journey times between places do not exceed 50 minutes.
Formentera has two main roads, PM-820 and PM-V-820-1, which cover the whole island. The longest journey possible takes less than 25 minutes.
All the islands have a great many paths and tracks, some of them state owned, but many more are private. To use the latter, you need to have obtained the owner's permission.
Railways
Mallorca is the only island to have railways and there are two lines. The longest is operated by Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca, SFM, a public sector company belonging to the regional government. The line is not electrified, is 55.5 kilometres long, is served by 23 diesel units and links the towns of Palma, Marratxí, Santa Maria del Camí, Binissalem, Lloseta, Inca, Llubi, Muro and Sa Pobla. The rolling-stock on this line looks the same or similar to that used by any other suburban or local train service throughout Europe.
Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca, SFM
C/ Aragón s/n (Son Rullan)
E-07009 Palma de Mallorca
Telephone: (+34) 871 93 00 00
Fax: (+34) 871 930 001
Managing Director: Rafael R. Pons Vidal.
Director of Institutional Relations: José Oliver Rebassa.
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Sóller Railway
The second line belongs to Ferrocarril de Sóller S.A., which has been operating services on the 27.3 km between Palma de Mallorca and Sóller every day without interruptions since 1912. There are stations in Palma, Son Sardina, Bunyola and Soller, as well as three halts at Santa María, Caubet and Alfàbia. Since 1913, they have also operated the 4.9 km tramline between Sóller and Sóller Port. This line was electrified in 1929 and the rolling-stock used is a collection of original electric locos and historic carriages, making this line a real gem of a railway.
Ferrocarril de Sóller S.A.
Head Office and Sóller station:
Plaça d'Espanya, 6
07100 Sóller, Mallorca
Telephone: (+34) 902 364 711 y (+34) 971 630 301
Fax: (+34) 971-631222
Palma de Mallorca station:
Eusebio Estada, 1
07004 Palma de Mallorca
Telephone: (+34) 902 364 711;
E-mail: info@trendesoller.com
www.trendesoller.com
Elevated monorail at Mallorca's Parc de Tecnologies Ambientals
This Environmental Technology Park run by the Mallorca Island Council has an elevated monorail as part of its transport system to enable visitors to see the inside of its recycling plants. The installations comprise a 1,050 metre long circular track, elevated between 6 and 7 metres above the ground. The train consists of four carriages and can run at a top speed of 2 m/sec.
Parc de Tecnologíes Ambientals de Mallorca
Ctra. de Sóller, km 8,2 . Camí de Sa Fita. s/n
07120 Marratxí, Mallorca.
Tel.: (+34) 971 435 455 . Fax: (+34) 971 435 470
E-mail: info@es-parc.net
www.es-parc.net
The new Palma de Mallorca underground transport
From mid-2007 onwards, Palma will have the first underground metropolitan transport system in the Balearics. The first line of the new electric-powered metro will link the centre of Palma with the University of the Balearic Islands. The line will be a total of 7.2 km. long, of which 4 km will be underground and 3.2 km on the surface and there will be seven stations underground and two on the surface. The public sector company, Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca, SFM, will be in charge of managing and operating the new metro.