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Sa Calobra is a small village in the 
The road to Sa Calobra and the Serra de Tramuntana mountains
Escorca
Escorca () is a municipality in northwest Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands, Spain.
Hills
* Puig Major (1445 m)
* Puig de Massanella (1364 m)
* Puig Tomir
Puig Tomir is a mountain near Lluc, situated in the Serra de Tramuntana on the ...
municipality on the northwest coast of the Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
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Balearic island
The Balearic Islands ( es, Islas Baleares ; or ca, Illes Balears ) are an archipelago in the Balearic Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago is an autonomous community and a province of Spain; its capital is ...
of Mallorca
Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean.
The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bal ...
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The port village is a popular destination for coach trip
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s and road cyclists. It is accessed by a single winding road, designed by Italian-Spanish engineer Antonio Parietti
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and opened in 1933, which features many hairpin bends
A hairpin turn (also hairpin bend or hairpin corner) is a bend in a road with a very acute inner angle, making it necessary for an oncoming vehicle to turn about 180° to continue on the road. It is named for its resemblance to a bent metal hai ...
and a 270° spiral bridge
A spiral bridge, loop bridge, helix bridge, or pigtail bridge is a road bridge which loops over its own road, allowing the road to climb rapidly. This is useful in steep terrain, or where the approach road to a bridge would terminate too far from ...
called the tie knot. Stuart, P. (2018, September). Chasing Perfection: The island of Mallorca is a playground for cyclists,and the main attraction has to be the twisting ribbon of road that is Sa Calobra. ''Cyclist (The Thrill of the Ride)'', ''2018''(78), 66-82. The climb is officially called the Coll del Reis or the Coll de Cal Reis
The Serra de Tramuntana (, es, Sierra de Tramontana) is a mountain range running southwest–northeast which forms the northern backbone of the Spanish island of Mallorca. It is also the name given to the comarca of the same area. On 27 June 20 ...
, the pass on altitude, though it is often referred to by the name of the village at its base and was built and is considered to be "as close as one could get to a perfect road for motorsport". Unconventionally the road was engineered with tourists in mind.
References
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The road to Sa Calobra and the Serra de Tramuntana mountains
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