Variant

The variant

This variant of the Ruta de Pedra en Sec GR 221 hiking trail is located between the village of S’Arracó and the Ses Basses pass, the southernmost spurs of the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range in Majorca. Dry and rocky as they are, let one discern mountain slopes criss-crossed by rudely built walls, a hangover from the subsistence agriculture and social structures of old that led many of the local people to emigrate. Frequent wild fires have left their mark on a remarkable landscape, with the coastline as its backdrop and the European fan palm, the dwarf palm tree of the Mediterranean, as the main distinguishing feature of the vegetation sprouting up again after the fires.
 
You can check the opened and signposted stages and variants of the Dry Stone Route GR 221 at Map viewer of Majorca's hiking paths.

Starting point:

S’Arracó (65 m).

Finishing point:

Ses Basses (340 m), in the cross with Stage 1 Coll de sa Gremola-La Trapa.

Grade:

average

Time required:

1 h 55 min

Length:

6.2 km

Slope:

Total ascent: 315 m

Total descent: 78 m

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