Climb for an hour out of Pollensa [or drive up a terrifying potholed road] and you are rewarded with views over Cap de Formentor and the entire northeastern coast - as well as back down over Pollensa. Nuns settled on Puig de Maria [Mary’s Mountain] in 1371 and remained for several hundred years, refusing the leave even when the Bishop of Palma ordered them down for their own safety.
The convent is still there, on top of the mountain. The chapel smells of incense and the refectory of wood smoke. You can stay in the simple cells in the sanctuary here, but don’t expect luxury.
Return to previous page
