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Sa Calobra is a small village in the Escorca municipality on the northwest coast of the 
The road to Sa Calobra and the Serra de Tramuntana mountains
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Balearic island
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of Mallorca.
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 and opened in 1933, which features many hairpin bends
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and a 270° spiral bridge 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 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.
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The road to Sa Calobra and the Serra de Tramuntana mountains
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