It was quite a varied experience. I loved the initial coach trip (especially as we were sat at the front with a great view of the many bends in the road). On the other hand my wife found it quite scary considering that we were overhanging the edge of the road with drop offs beneath us.
Sa Calobra was busy, but we took the opportunity to walk around to the cove and sit on the pebbled beach with our previously prepared picnic. This was relaxing within a quite stunning location.
Unfortunately the weather (slight sea swell) meant that we weren’t able to take the planned boat trip from Sa Calobra to Port Soller (which was disappointing), so we had to do that journey by coach. A number of cyclists have done the climb up to the Col quicker than we did!
Once we got dropped off in Port Soller we had a fairly short group walk to the Tram Stop. This area of town was very busy, but our pre-booking ensured that we got onto the tram ride to Soller, by having precedence over lots of other people waiting for the tram. (Can’t call it a queue!)
After getting off the tram at Sóller we had time for a quick drink before boarding the train back to Palma. This was a gradual climb up through the mountains (via a few tunnels), and then a drop back down the other side.
The final part of the journey was back to our hotel pick up point via coach.
Overall it was a full day out with the only times to stop were approx. 15 mins drink and toilet stop at the Aquaduct, 90 mins (including lunch) in Sa Calobra, 10 mins in Port Soller and 25 mins in Sóller. Lots of good photos though of the stunning scenery.