famous road
Sa Calobra (MA-2141)
A 12 km ribbon of hairpins dropping nearly 700 m to a hidden cove on Mallorca's north coast, including the famous 270-degree 'tie knot' loop: a bucket-list drive and cycling climb.
17 km · about 20 min drive
Balearic Islands, Spain · Europe
Deià is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Valldemossa, 17km from Sa Calobra (MA-2141).
Deià is a town located in Balearic Islands, Spain. With a population of 656, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Deià sits in Spain, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Madrid time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Deià to your route.
Deià (Catalan pronunciation: [dəˈja]) is a municipality and small coastal village in the Serra de Tramuntana, which forms the northern ridge of the Spanish island of Mallorca. It is located about 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of Valldemossa, and it is known for its literary and musical residents. Its idyllic landscape,Read more
orange and olive groves on cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean, served as a draw for German, English, and American expatriates after the First World War.
The English poet, novelist, and scholar Robert Graves was one of the first foreigners to settle in the village, where he collaborated with Laura Riding in setting up the Seizin Press. Graves returned after the war and remained in Deià until his death. He used the town as the setting for many of his stories, including the historical novel Hercules my Shipmate. His house is now a museum.
Following Graves' lead, an artistic community of painters, photographers, writers, musicians, and "LSD entrepreneurs") formed in Deià and thrived from the 1950s to the 1980s, attracted by the village's natural beauty, rustic simplicity, and affordability when "a cognac was 5 pesetas and a three-course meal 40 pesetas (less than one US dollar at the time)." Literary critic Bruce King devotes a chapter of his memoirs describing this scene and its denizens.
Anaïs Nin visited the village in the 1920s, and wrote a short story set on the village's beach. The Spanish writer, Carme Riera, recently wrote a short story about Nin. The town is also the unnamed setting of the Uruguayan novelist Cristina Peri Rossi's The Ship of Fools (La nave de los locos). The Nicaraguan poet and novelist, Claribel Alegría, lived in Deià. Anja Rubik married fellow model Sasha Knezevic in this village in July 2011.
In recent decades, the stars of literature have been eclipsed by the stars of rock and roll. The Virgin Records mogul Richard Branson has a luxury residence in the town, and his label's stars have often visited the village and sometimes jammed at the local bar, Sa Fonda. Deià was home to several Canterbury-scene musicians over the years, including Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, and Daevid Allen. Mick Jagger, guitarist Mark Knopfler, and Mike Oldfield played there often in the late 1980s, as did Caroline Corr. Much of Fionn Regan's third studio album, 100 Acres of Sycamore was inspired by his time spent in Deià.
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Deià is located in Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe. The coordinates are 39.7481 latitude, 2.6482 longitude.
Deià has a population of approximately 656 people, making it a town in Spain.
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Guardia Civil (traffic police): 062. Two warning triangles required in vehicles.
Full driving guide for Spain4 notable places within an hour's drive.
famous road
A 12 km ribbon of hairpins dropping nearly 700 m to a hidden cove on Mallorca's north coast, including the famous 270-degree 'tie knot' loop: a bucket-list drive and cycling climb.
17 km · about 20 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A viewpoint on the twisting descent to Sa Calobra in Mallorca, where the road loops beneath itself in a famous 270-degree spiral.
18 km · about 20 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A UNESCO-protected mountain range along Mallorca's northwest coast with dramatic cliffs, terraced hillsides, and stone villages.
18 km · about 20 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A sensational headland at Mallorca's northern tip, reached by a serpentine road with vertigo-inducing views of turquoise coves.
54 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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