Palma - Travel Information Getting around (and to) Palma

By Car:
It is one of the cheapest places in the world to hire a car: from £12 (US$16) per day. There are numerous car hire firms and large brokers on the island, offering competitive car hire prices. Driving is on the right hand side. The speed limit on the motorway is 120km/h, on main roads 100km/h and in urban areas 60km/h. There are severe penalties for drink driving. In town centres parking lots marked in blue can only be used with a pay and display ticket, green means residents only. Petrol stations are often closed on Sundays and public holidays.

Bus:
Traveling by bus is an efficient and inexpensive alternative. Buses link Palma to all the main towns. You have to pay as you enter the bus. The main station is in Palma's Placa d'Esanya.

Rail:
There are two railway lines in Mallorca, connecting Palma to Inca and Soller. Palma's two stations are close together beside Placa d'Espanya. Fast trains to Inca take 35 minutes and leave hourly throughout the day (first train 6.00AM), stopping at Marratxi, Santa Maria de Cami, Consell, Binissalem, Alaro and Lloseta (information tel: 971752245).
The journey to the mountains to Soller in an old wooden train takes 1 hour and is great fun. Five trains leave Palma daily, the first at 8.00AM (tel: 971752051).

Train Inquiry:
Ferrocaril de Soller (Palma - Soller)
Pza. Espana. Tel. 971 72 20 51

Ferrocaril de Mallorca (Palma - Inca - Sa Pobla)
Palma - Es Pond d'Inca - Marratxi - Sta. Maria - Consell/Alaro- Binissalem - Lloseta - Inca - Llubi - Muro - Sa Pobla
Pza. Espana. - Tel. 971 75 22 45

Taxi:
Taxis are easy to hail in Palma. Smaller towns usually have taxi ranks. In the city of Palma, fare is calculated by a meter plus supplement (airport, port, extra luggage, extra passengers etc.). Inter-Village tariff applies to the rest of the island. Each taxi driver carries the tariff table, so ask to see the price if you have any doubt.

Libre/Lliure means vacant.
Boarding fee: 250 pts.
Mileage: 72 pts per Km. (higher price applies between 9pm and 6am)
Luggage: 75pts per luggage.

Coaches, inter town services
This is certainly the most inexpensive way to visit the island. Various bus companies run services between Palma and the rest of Mallorca, as well as between the different villages. In Palma, there are four streets from where you can catch bus caoches. All of them are located near Plaza Espara. Regular bus coach services also operate from the airport to Paisley and Paisley Gilmour Street station for rail connections to Ayr and the Clyde Coast and to Glasgow Central station.