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Tripadvisdor Review – Mar 2019

Great and relaxing stay

Smart Aparthotel with great facilities and location. Extremely helpful staff, nothing was too much trouble. Food pretty good, fruit selection fantastic. Would not hesitate to recommend and hope to return.

Booking review – June 2019

Exepcional

Breakfast is really great with huge choice and quality food. The staff is incredibly friendly and helpful!

Tripadvisdor Review – April 2019

Fabulous short break

This is our third stay at la Pergola and was a lovely short break before the Easter rush. We upgraded to half board before we travelled and feel we got value for money. The hotel is very clean and the staff very friendly…

Tripadvisdor Review – April 2019

Wonderful

We stayed here whilst walking the GR221 for a little bit of luxury and that is exactly what we got. Watching the sunset made it extra special.

Booking Review – May 2019

Fantastic apartment and area

Plenty of space in our apartment, very clean with everything we needed, plenty of windows around the apartment letting in a lot of natural light.

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Excellent place to stay. Staff was amazing friendly. I will definitely come back. Thanks for everything.

Explore the  Castle of Alaró

Explore the Castle of Alaró

The mountain of Alaró resembles a large mass of jagged rock. Its twin, Puig de Son Cadena, looks like a puzzle piece that has separated from its other half. Both mountains are similar and face each other, but Alaró boasts a rock castle, one of the three still existing in Mallorca, alongside Santueri in Felanitx and Rei in Pollença.

The ruins of the castle, which stand at 822 meters high, were once part of an impregnable fortress that protected the island’s inhabitants from pirate and enemy attacks.

History and Legends of the Castle of Alaró

In 902, the Muslim invasion of Mallorca took place. For eight years and six months, the Saracens attempted to invade the castle, break down its walls, and forcefully enter the fortress, all to no avail.

The Mallorcan Christians resisted as long as they could but eventually had to surrender due to the lack of food and drink.

Arab chronicles remember the heroic Mallorcans and the castle where they resisted the invader’s attack for so long.

In 1231, during the final phase of the Christian conquest of Mallorca by King Jaume I The Conqueror, the last Muslim inhabitants took refuge precisely in the three remaining rock castles on the island.

The conqueror's chronicle, called the Llibre dels Feits, explains that when Jaume I learned that the Kingdom of Tunis had abandoned any intention of reclaiming Mallorca, he planned and launched an attack against the Castle of Alaró, considered the strongest and most resilient in the kingdom.

Legend has it that the monarch rode his horse up to the very door of the fortress, located at the outer wall. When the Muslims defending the castle tried to capture him, the horse reared up, and as its hooves struck the stone, they left an everlasting imprint.

It is said that the orange hues of the cliff rocks, especially at sunset, are due to the blood of the Saracens, who were unable to withstand the conqueror’s troops.

Christians vs. Christians at the Castle of Alaró

History ebbs and flows and takes dramatic turns, which is what happened in 1286 when the castle became the scene of a siege once again, but this time it was Christians against Christians.

The Conqueror’s son, Jaume II, had detached the Kingdom of Mallorca from the Kingdom of Aragon, which displeased his nephew, Alfonso III, King of Aragon. Alfonso, undeterred, launched a conquest of Mallorca, and when he arrived at Alaró, he found Jaume II’s two captains, Guillem Cabrit and Guillem Bassa.

Both captains refused to surrender, and when Alfonso III discovered that one of them bore the surname Cabrit – meaning "kid" in Spanish – he swore to roast the rebels like kids.

When the fortress finally fell, the captains met this cruel fate in the square of Alaró, becoming heroes whose memory lives on in the town and throughout Mallorca.

The hike to the Castle of Alaró is one of the most popular on the island. There are several starting points, but one of the most popular is Es Verger, from where you can follow the stone path up the mountain to the ruins of the fortress.