Started off a week of trekking with the famous Archduke of Austria's Trail, a keen 19th C botanist and geologist who owned the local estate, built with drystone rocks forming clifftop paths almost two thousand feet above the Mediterranean Sea. It's an 11-mile walking loop from the quaint town of Valdemossa built around a 15th C Carthusian monastery. Its cobbled streets were home to artists such as the composer Chopin and writer George Sand. From this trail, we eventually joined the spectacular GR221 Drystone Route, traversing the impressive Serra de Tramuntana mountain range along Mallorca's northern coast.
