In reply to DundeeDave:
Just been there and done that.
Car hire: we are extremely unhappy at the way Budget sneaked in a stack of extras, inflating the week's car hire from a quoted €295 to an actual €750 approx. They did this by getting me to circle and sign all the extras on the contract, knowing I was tired, hot, anxious to get going and unlikely to question them. One that I certainly wouldn't have agreed if it had been explained was "TRP Counter Product" which, apparently, is a service where they agree to give you advice on planning your holiday. I would not have accepted that as I speak Spanish having lived and worked there and don't need help organising my holiday. Traveljigsaw Manchester, owners of the Rentalcars website, refused to reimburse me so I've written to the UK European Consumer Centre. Fingers crossed for a small moral if not pecuniary victory.
Accommodation: we stayed at two Agroturismo hotels, Finca Cas Sant in Soller being the best by a long chalk:
http://www.cas-sant.com/ I don't have enough superlatives to describe this lovely place adequately.
Bike hire: about 10 minutes stroll from this hotel in Soller is Tramuntana Tours, where we hired a couple of Trek Emonda SL6 Pros, very nice light fast bikes, great climbers and descenders:
http://www.tramuntanatours.com/ they also have a shop down the road in Port Soller, which is a nice quiet little resort and not full of package tourists.
They also offer mountain biking, walking and kayaking. My impression was that the mountain biking was a bit limited. The roads are superb though, try taking the boat around to Sa Calobra and riding back or the ride out to Cap Formentor, short but deceptively tiring.
Oh, wear swimming shoes if walking around on the rocks by the beaches; I'm still picking tiny bits of sea urchin spine out of my foot!
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