11/9–Fornalutx

The drive from Valledmossa to Fornalutx is lovely, if not a little harrowing with narrow lanes, sharp turns and rocks sticking out of the hillside making clearance an issue.  It is sort of like Amalfi, only less traveled. 

We follow the coast, winding around the hillsides with the pounding surf way down below us.  We pass through the adorable little town of Deia, where we stop to take pictures of the gorgeous terraced hillsides and the old stone buildings perched all above the sea.

The road towards inland, curving along in between those typical stone walls and up into the mountains where there are acres and acres of olive trees. Everywhere you look, olive trees flourish. We didn’t really realize there were so many olive orchards here.

The drive to Fornalutx takes us through the outskirts of Soller so we get a taste of what our afternoon will look like. Soller is a larger town than Fornalutx and they both vie for the title of “prettiest town” in Palma.  We’ll be the judge!  Ten more minutes and we arrive in the teeny hamlet of Fornalutx. And teeny it is.  We drive right through the tiny, one car width main street, passing the main square and then down the hill and poof  - we are out of Fornalutx.  It is tiny. 

Ed expertly manages a u-turn and we head back through the tiny, one car width main street (with the blind hair pin curve at the main square, btw) and find parking in a little lot above the square.  This place is adorable!  Gorgeous old buildings with ivy creeping up their walls and flowering plants everywhere.

Meandering about  here takes about 2 minutes!  We were getting pretty hungry by this point, and decided to give up on restaurant on the hillside and just eat here.

We end up on the main square at one of the few cafes open.  Sitting on the square, we order tapas to share – a mixed grill platter with egg (Ed is in heaven), mixed vegetables and beef ( a local specialty) and pork tongue.  Yes, pork tongue – after all my years of eating beef tongue, this was a first – and it was totally yummy. Atmosphere and great food – what more could you want?