Mallorca —
The dossier
THE TRIP
Visited
I travelled Mallorca in May 2024, from Palma into the Tramuntana, Deià, Sóller and the southeast. Entry rules and road restrictions were checked against my Mallorca Rolodex and the EU rules on 28 October 2026.
Basis
Trip I took
Updated
28 Oct 2026
The short answer
Mallorca is easy to enter and easy to love, but it rewards a little planning: US passport holders stay 90 days visa-free, the euro is the currency, you need a car, and the Formentor road is restricted to private cars in summer. Base in the Tramuntana, book the hire car before the hotel, and swim early.
At a glance
Visa
No visa for US citizens for up to 90 days; passport under ten years old, valid three months past departure
Money
Euros; cards almost everywhere, a little cash for markets and village bars
Best months
May, June, September and early October
Getting around
A small hire car, and a driver on the wine days; the Formentor road is restricted to private cars in summer
Safety note
Very safe; share the Ma-10 with cyclists and photograph your hire car at pickup
Trip I took
Hotels here can be booked through Coco Tran Travel. How we review.A Tramuntana village at sunset.
Easy to enter, easy to love, and worth five minutes of reading before you go: the entry rules, the car, the road restrictions and the early-morning habit that makes the island.
The high-rise strip everyone pictures is about four kilometres long, and you can drive past it in six minutes. The rest of Mallorca is a UNESCO mountain range falling into the sea, stone villages and more coves than you could swim in a summer. This Dossier is the practical layer, and the places themselves live in my Mallorca Rolodex, my Deià and Tramuntana Rolodex and my Valldemossa Rolodex.
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