Towns of Mallorca · Es Pla (central plain)
Also known as Montuiri
A Pla village beside the Ma-15, with a Talaiotic settlement inhabited for almost three millennia and the cossiers dance.
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Son Fornés is the oldest known human settlement in the municipality, inhabited from around 900 BC. In 1300 the ordinances of Jaume II gave the village royal-town (pobla reial) status. The old centre strings together the Plaça Major, the Plaça Vella and the church of Sant Bartomeu, and the Mirador del Molinar offers a view over the surroundings.
Museu Arqueològic de Son Fornés
Museum in a 17th-century mill with finds from a nearby prehistoric settlement, best seen before visiting the site itself.
Closed on Saturdays and Sundays according to Google
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The village lies on the Palma–Manacor road, the Ma-15.
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Within 12 km as the crow flies, nearest first.
A museum of orality and Mallorcan popular culture in the birthplace of the poet Rafel Ginard, in the heart of the Pla.
Closed on Saturdays and Sundays according to Google
A walk in the countryside to pick pigment plants and flowers, then a workshop dyeing a silk scarf that you take home the same day.
Visit to a Mallorcan manor estate with more than 30 rooms, black pigs, a smithy, an oven and a wash house, open every day.
A guided visit to a winery with Demeter-certified wines in the Pla de Mallorca, followed by a tasting in the tasting area.
Closed on Saturdays and Sundays according to Google
Informal visit to a biodynamic winery in Porreres with a wine tasting, local biscuits and cheeses, about 1.5 hours.
Closed on Saturdays and Sundays according to Google
A route of about 60 km through Algaida, Pina, Montuïri and the Cura sanctuary with a radio-linked guide, pa amb oli and tastings; Tuesdays and Fridays.
Closed on Sundays according to Google
Son Fornés is the oldest known human settlement in the municipality, inhabited from around 900 BC. In 1300 the ordinances of Jaume II gave the village royal-town (pobla reial) status. The old centre strings together the Plaça Major, the Plaça Vella and the church of Sant Bartomeu, and the Mirador del Molinar offers a view over the surroundings. Atlas de Mallorca lists 1 experience in town and 9 nearby: Son Fornés museum and Talayotic settlement (Montuïri), Museu de la Paraula – Rafel Ginard's house in Sant Joan, Natural dyeing on silk on a Sant Joan estate (3 h), Els Calderers manor estate and museum visit, Visit to the biodynamic Can Feliu winery with tasting in Porreres, Winery visit and tasting with tapas at Mesquida Mora.
The village lies on the Palma–Manacor road, the Ma-15.
Our own text, based on these sources consulted on 2026-10-23. Dates, opening times and bus lines change: check them before you go.
