Every Medfeel tour starts near Palma. Here's what "guided" actually buys you.
Adrian Casanova · Cycling Holidays · Mallorca · 8 min readQuick answer
- All six of Medfeel's Mallorca cycling tours are guided and reachable from a Palma base — Son Sant Joan airport is 15-20 minutes from the old town by transfer.
- "Guided" means a Ride Leader rides with you every day, not a route file on your phone — the tours range from the 3-day Weekend Cycling Escape (€950) to the 8-day Epic Island Cycling Loop (€5,850).
- Want a dedicated guide beyond the standard itinerary — a private day, a custom route? That's a separate add-on, priced from €280 to €440 depending on the day's length.
Search "guided cycling tours Mallorca" and you'll get two very different things back: companies that hand you a GPX file and a hotel voucher, and companies that put an actual person on a bike next to you for the whole trip. Medfeel is the second kind. Every one of our six Mallorca tours is led in person, and every one of them starts and finishes within an easy transfer of Palma — the island's only international airport and, for most riders, the real starting line of the trip.
This is a practical guide to what "guided" means here, how the Palma logistics actually work, and which of our tours to look at depending on how many days you have and how you want to ride them.
What "Guided" Actually Means at Medfeel
A guided tour, done properly, isn't a chaperone — it's someone who knows the roads well enough to make decisions you can't make from a map. Where the wind funnels through a col. Which café in Sóller opens early enough for a proper coffee stop. When to peel off the main road because a section is being resurfaced. That's the difference between a route and a guide.
"Mallorca is our home, and every cycling trip we design reflects the roads, climbs, and local experiences we know and love. No two riders are the same, so no two itineraries should be either," says Adrián Casanova, Medfeel's co-founder and a Ride Leader based in Palma for more than five years. That's not a marketing line — it's the actual job description. On every Medfeel tour, a Ride Leader rides with the group daily, handles mechanical support, and adjusts the day's pace to whoever's in the saddle.
Getting to the Start Line: Palma Logistics
Palma de Mallorca Airport (Son Sant Joan) sits about 8 km east of the city, and every Medfeel Mallorca tour is built around it. A private transfer from the airport to your first hotel — whether that's a base in Palma's old town or straight into the Serra de Tramuntana — runs €150 for a short transfer or €190 for a longer one (double the price for a single traveler wanting the vehicle to themselves, at €180 and €220). Most riders build in a night in Palma before or after the tour: staying somewhere like Hotel Convent de la Missió, a former 18th-century seminary in the old town, turns a flight-in, flight-out trip into an actual short break.
None of that is required — several of our tours pick riders straight up from the airport — but it's worth knowing it's there if your flight times don't line up neatly with a Sunday-morning group start.
The Guided Tours You Can Ride from a Palma Base
Here's the full lineup, all departing and returning to the Palma area, ordered by length:
| Tour | Days / Riding days | Distance / Elevation | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekend Cycling Escape | 3 / 2 | 130 km / 1,850 m | €950 |
| Easygoing E-Bike Tour | 7 / 5 | 260 km / 1,450 m | €1,880 |
| Classic Bike Short Tour | 5 / 3 | 330 km / 3,290 m | €1,250 |
| Signature Mallorca Bike Tour | 7 / 5 | 430 km / 4,610 m | €2,320 |
| Tramuntana Luxury Ride | 7 / 5 | 455 km / 4,670 m | €4,850 |
| Epic Island Cycling Loop | 8 / 6 | 375 km / 6,000 m | €5,850 |
If you're weighing how many days to actually book, we've broken that decision down in detail — including why we usually point riders toward seven days with five riding days as the length that lets you ride the island's full roster of climbs without rushing.
What a Dedicated Guide Adds Beyond the Standard Itinerary
Every tour above already includes Ride Leader guiding as standard — that's not the add-on. The add-on is for groups who want a guide's full attention on something outside the fixed itinerary: a private day built around one specific climb, a custom loop for a group that wants to detour from the main route, or simply a dedicated guide riding solo with one or two people rather than the full group. Medfeel prices that separately by how long the day runs: €280 double-occupancy pricing / €320 single for a short day, €310 / €380 for a medium day, and €340 / €440 for a long day in the saddle. It's the same mechanism that makes a fully private, custom-built trip possible — something we go into in detail in our guide to designing a private Mallorca ride.
Which Tour Should You Actually Book?
Not sure whether you want a scheduled group departure or your own private dates? We've written a full comparison of private versus group cycling tours in Mallorca, with the real 2027 group departure dates. And if you want the short version of how to weigh duration, level, and format all at once, our guide to choosing the right guided cycling experience walks through it question by question.
The fastest way to get a real answer, though, is to tell us what you're after directly. What dates work for your group, and how many days can you actually take off? Head to Plan Your Trip and a Medfeel Travel Agent will build your Palma-based itinerary around the answer.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do all Medfeel Mallorca tours start and end in Palma?
They all depart and return within an easy transfer of Palma — some pick riders up directly at Son Sant Joan airport, others start from a Tramuntana hotel a short transfer away. None require you to arrange your own transport between the airport and the tour start.
What's included in "guided" — is a Ride Leader with us every day?
Yes. Every Medfeel tour includes a Ride Leader riding with the group daily, handling mechanical support, pacing, and route decisions. That's standard on all six tours listed above, not an upgrade.
How far is Palma airport from the start of a typical tour?
Roughly 15-20 minutes by transfer to Palma's old town, and 45-60 minutes further into the Serra de Tramuntana depending on the specific hotel. Medfeel arranges the transfer either way.
Can I book an extra night in Palma before or after my tour?
Yes — plenty of riders do, especially with early or late flights. A Medfeel Travel Agent can add hotel nights and transfers around the official tour dates, whichever tour you book.
What does a private guide day cost beyond the standard tour?
From €280 (double-occupancy pricing) for a short day up to €440 (single-occupancy pricing) for a long day, depending on how much riding time you want with a dedicated guide beyond the fixed group itinerary.
Which guided tour is best for a first visit to Mallorca?
Most first-timers do well starting with the 5-day Classic Bike Short Tour or the 7-day Signature Mallorca Bike Tour — both ride the Serra de Tramuntana's best-known roads with enough days to include a genuine rest morning. Our first-time visitor's guide goes deeper on this.
Is there a guided tour that doesn't require a road bike?
Yes — the Easygoing E-Bike Tour runs the same Tramuntana foothills on Trek e-bikes, guided the same way as every other tour, and is rated Easy cycling rather than Intermediate.
Whichever tour fits, the logistics from Palma are the same either way: land, transfer, and a Ride Leader is waiting to take you into the Tramuntana. Tell us your dates at Plan Your Trip and we'll build the rest.
