Inca, Mallorca's second-largest town, sits inland on the flat central plain — a natural hub for the flatter, rolling riding that balances the island's mountain climbing, and a common staging point on longer loops between Palma and the north coast.
Just north of town lies Caimari, starting point of the Coll de Sa Batalla, a steady climb through pine forest into the Serra de Tramuntana toward the monastery at Lluc. Riders based in Inca can choose flat plain kilometres among almond groves and stone-walled lanes, or turn north for genuine Tramuntana climbing within twenty minutes.
Mallorca has hosted professional winter training for decades, and current names spotted on its roads include Tom Pidcock — dubbed locally the "King of Sa Calobra" — training alongside teams like Ineos and Lidl-Trek each pre-season.
Inca's own character is more workaday than its coastal neighbours — a market town known for leatherwork rather than tourism — which makes it a useful, uncrowded base for riders wanting easy access to both the plain and the mountains without the winter traffic of Alcúdia or Pollença.
