Best Landscape Photography Locations in Mallorca

Mallorca is the largest of Spain's Balearic Islands, and away from the resort towns its Tramuntana mountain range (also UNESCO-listed) and limestone coastline offer genuine landscape photography. The rural interior, away from the coastal development, is where the darker skies on this list are found.

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Platja de S'illot, Alcúdia

Beach
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Valley or low-lying terrain · 0 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Cove of Sa Calobra, Mallorca

River
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Valley or low-lying terrain · 36 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Lighthouse of the Cap Blanc, Mallorca

Seascape
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 53 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Old Farm House Cottage (Drone)

Mountain
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Varied terrain nearby, significant relief · 632 m elevation
  • 5 km from the coast
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Cap de Formentor Lighthouse, Mallorca

Coastal
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Elevated terrain · 156 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Embassement de Cuber

Lake
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Valley or low-lying terrain · 743 m elevation
  • 8 km from the coast
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Nus de Sa Corbata

Mountain
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Elevated, dramatic terrain — ridge or summit position · 665 m elevation
  • 3 km from the coast
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Llevant Peninsula coastline

Coastal
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Valley or low-lying terrain · 0 m elevation
  • On the coast
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View towards lighthouse of Cap Formentor

Seascape
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 23 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Far de Formentor (seaside view), Mallorca

Seascape
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 66 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Cala des Moro

Beach
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 14 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Talaia d´Albercutx, Mallorca

Beach
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Elevated terrain · 346 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Cap de Formentor / Formentor peninsula

Seascape
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Elevated terrain · 357 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Creu de Sant Salvador, Cross of Sant Salvador (Aerial View)

Mountain
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Elevated terrain · 446 m elevation
  • 10 km from the coast
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Lighthouse of the Formentor Cap, Mallorca

Seascape
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Elevated terrain · 93 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Mirador de Es Colomer, Mallorca

Cliff Coast
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 65 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Platja de Formentor

Beach
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 0 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Coll dels Reis, Spain, Mallorca

Mountain
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Elevated, dramatic terrain — ridge or summit position · 669 m elevation
  • 3 km from the coast
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Cap Formentor, Mirador Es Colomer, Mallorca

Landscape
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 129 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Aqueduct

Landscape
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Valley or low-lying terrain · 570 m elevation
  • 6 km from the coast
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Puig de Sant Salvador (Aerial View)

Mountain
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Elevated terrain · 468 m elevation
  • 9 km from the coast
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Salt des Freu waterfalls

Landscape
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Valley or low-lying terrain · 423 m elevation
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Mallorquin countryside

Rural
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 156 m elevation
  • 8 km from the coast
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Sóller Nightscape

Coastal
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Varied terrain nearby, significant relief · 267 m elevation
  • 5 km from the coast
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Mirador Coll de Reis

Mountain
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Elevated, dramatic terrain — ridge or summit position · 667 m elevation
  • 3 km from the coast
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Planning a night out at one of these locations? Use the free Milky Way Calendar to check moon phase and dark-sky windows, or read the Blue Hour & Star Trail Photography Guide for how to plan the shoot itself.

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