Riding The Vintage Sóller Tram (Sóller Town ➡️ Port de Sóller), Mallorca, Spain
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2022
- Taking the vintage Sóller tram between Sóller Town and Port de Sóller is a real treat. It's not the cheapest way to get up or down the hill - that would be walking, and it'll take you between 45mins and an hour, but it is certainly the quicker and more fun way! Simply, jump aboard a tram (leaving every 30 minutes from either the rear of Sóller Train Station, or, at the other end, the tram stop towards the middle of the long bay), cough up your 7 Euros to the ticket person, and enjoy the ride!
I don't think there's any more enjoyable way of getting around than by rail, and doing it on a vintage engine (in this case, the tram is electric) takes it up a serious notch.
This video is an informal Part Two to my Part One video: Riding the vintage train from Palma de Mallorca to Sóller Town. If you've not seen that video and the beautiful scenery within it, check it out here:
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Your seafood (or any) restaurant recommendations for the Port de Sóller (and the town for that matter) are very welcome here in the comments! I'm a big fan of discovering great quality, low-key places where the locals in-the-know like to go. Next time I'm down this way, your suggestions will be a much-needed help. Cheers!
Brilliant!!!
I’m in Mallorca now and we are taking a trip by tram on Saturday
I’ve always wanted to visit Soller and we are also going to ValledeMosa really looking forward to it
Great video
I'm a bit late to the party. We will be spending 6 weeks in Mallorca from mid July. I enjoy your videos greatly. Much appreciated!!
Thanks! Many people like to mute the chat (I like to talk rubbish), so feel free haha!
@@RuairidhMason I couldn't stop laughing at your botany prowess in the Bath complex. Thanks for a good belly laugh!!
Had a great few days in Port De Soller last year, favourite restaurant was probably Agapanto Flor del amor, just over the other side of the bay to the tram stop.
Thanks for the tip! I'm going to Google it right now...
Thanks for your commentary and making the trip fun. I like your commentary. You are a fun and playful guy. Great qualities for getting thru life. All good wishes to you.
Haha the “Sunburn Express” lol😂
Thanks for the video! Will be staying in Soller in 3 months
Leaving for Alcudia Mallorca tomorrow. Thanks for the video 👍
Whatt a fantastic film. Especially liked the shirt
Es Canyis has delicious seafood and paella. Thanks for all the videos!
Thanks for this Rury! 4 Years in Mallorca and never ride the train, now I want
to do it ASAP.
Jose! Que pasa tio?! El tren es muy chulo de verdad. Como esta la vida en Paraiso?! Volveremos a la isla la semana que viene - 5 dias de playa y haciendo un monton de videos tambien ;) Cheers dude!
Lovely travel by vintage tram😊
Brilliant banter Ruairidh, I missed the first few minutes due to laughing and needed to restart the video. I hope to make this trip in a few weeks time
Alreet Rudi. Our favourite Tapas restaurant is El Sabor just as you come into Port de Soller absolutely cracking lunchtime hangout as the Trams are passing by. Take Care. 😉👍🏼⚫️⚪️
Tim! Cheers for the tip - gagging to get back there already. Scottish weather gettin' me down :/ Take care, mate!
Brilliant loved it thanks 👌
Great view from the tram ride
My husband and I really enjoyed Puerto de Soller! We recommend eating at Bon Vi. It's a small restaurant, but they have excellent food!
Thanks so much for the tip!! R
You are hilarious !
Thanks for posting
I’m glad someone thinks so! 🤣Take care 😃
Hey Ruairidh, We love these trips, both on the train and then the tram, well worth the cash! A good locals restaurant in Port de Soller is Restaurante Sol y Sombra; a bit off the main tourist area with good food and drinks. Keep making the vids, they are very entertaining and keep us going between trips to the island! P.S. hopefully you and yours have managed to shake the virus now! All the best, Matt & family.
Matthew! Sol y Sombra - I passed it! Thx for the tip, we'll check it out next time we're in the area. Really glad you're enjoying the content, makes all the work worthwhile :D We're back to fighting-fit again. 4 very bad days and then it passed in about 3 hours. Bizarre. Take care, guys!
Super vid,, I did this trip a few weeks ago ,, loved it.. hope ur well
Hey guys! How are you keeping?? It never gets old for me, riding these trains. We're well (apart from being back in Scot). Take care and enjoy the sun, guys :D
@@RuairidhMason we’re both fine thanks, but it’s really hot here at the moment,,, I’m making loads of vids as possible and it’s really nice being invited to do excursions,,, really hope That you’ll be back here soon for good and the vids from the island can restart perhaps we can mee5 and film together and I can learn of the great master..lol
Excellent video, another example of your superb wit and repartee.. 😊 Just come back from Cala d’Or and it’s so good to see this gorgeous island “alive” again, can’t wait to be back there in a few months. I fully agree with your sentiments about the train and tram ride, they are superb and a great way to see Palma, Soller and Port De Soller, and yes, very much well worth the money. Did you feel that Port de Soller feels like it is still in the glamour of the 1950’s, there’s a real vibe about the place?
As for a hair product suggestion… in that breeze, how about Araldite??? 😊 😊 (only kidding) Keep up the great work, looking forward to the next Video.. Cheers Deryn (UK)
PS, not in Port De Soller but we did find an excellent little bar/restaurant in Palma called Bar Dias near the main bus/train station... the grilled prawns are amazing... :-)
Deryn! Thanks for watching and enjoying the vids. Yes, AWESOME to see Mallorca alive and kicking. Palma was MOBBED when we there, arguably more than I've ever seen it.
I agree with you about the port. It's got such a nice vibe to it. I was just telling Kiki all about how we must head up there more often. Classy, stylish, very chilled, FANTASTIC people watching. It's got it all. AND an incredible sunset between the rocks at the edge of the bay.
Will have to look for Bar Dias. Don't know it. Incidentally, Bar Día (right down in the very touristy area of La Lonja, Palma) is a great, very low-key spot to check out. Cheap as chips too and very friendly / efficient team behind the bar.
Cheers Deryn! R
Great tram ride to the port mr mason 👍i did try to be smart one day and walk to the port and ended up nearly on the bloody motorway but luckily there was a wee watering hole and the lady phoned me a taxi🙁a thought it would be rude not to have a beer in her establishment🍺so a had one😎canny remember the places i ate but its a beautifull port 👍enjoy ur week mate🍺ps harmony hairspray should do the trick👍😂🛵
Robert! I've done that walk three times now and never found that watering hole of which you talk. I fear if I had, I may never have made it to the port :D
Harmony Hairspray it is! I've got a Tesco and Superdrug nearby - fingers crossed they're packing it.
Strippers wearing mini-kilts: 'get them off!' Haha, that's the Ruairidh, we know and love! Fantastic! Absolutely beautiful footage of the Soller railway. I think this is some of the best video you've ever done. This to me is the definitive showcase of this beautiful trip, and the people that own the railway should hire you for a comission. God, I love Mallorca so much! Is this all done wih one Go-Pro? If so, you nailed it! Oh and by the way you were after recommendations? My better half assures me that 'Bed Head by TIGI Hard Head Hairspray for Extra Strong Hold' is the one to go for!
Chris! Glad you enjoyed the vid :D All done on the Go-Pro, too. Great wee camera (but horrific in low light), with awesome digital stabilisation. When I started doing video in 2005 we were using cameras the size of these Javelin rocket launchers you see in Ukraine, filming about 1/16th of the resolution lol. What next?! Watch this space for my foray into VR...
BED HEAD - I've heard of the brand and will investigate. My Tesco's budget wax + cheap hairspray combo not cutting the mustard. Getting some major floppage at the front.
The best restaurant in Port de Soller is the Kingfisher, a little further on from the tram terminus. All of the food, especially the seafood, is absolute top quality but you will have to book a good few weeks, if not months in advance. It is family run and you will leave with a very good feeling!
Thx so much for the recommendation!
Is the tram ride different to the train ride from Palma city?
Similar contraption, but cuts through town and out. Better than walking and taking taxi.
Restaurants in the port: Sa Figuera and Es Canyís. Also, you have a Spanish girlfriend, right? Please have her teach you to pronounce Sóller. You know how people from the UK can get bent out of shape when visitors don't pronounce Edinburgh or Worcestershire "right"? (Even though Brits themselves can't agree how to pronounce that last one.) FAIR IS FAIR.
(Also "paella" does not rhyme with "the fella" for all of those committing that particular linguistic butchery).
Bustin' your chops aside, it's a nice video with a fun commentary. Sóller is my hometown and I kind of miss the way it was back in the 70's and 80's. It's cleaner now and more refined, but it was a lot more vibrant back then. Kids could catch crabs and fish right along the seawall near the tracks. Haven't seen crabs there in a long time now.
Sóller is wonderful. I love going there, especially on the fun, overpriced touristy train. 😌
@@RuairidhMason You are correct. It is horribly overpriced for tourists. (Locals get a subsidized price break). It used to be cheap back in the day. I have old ticket stubs and it was a bargain. I've argued that they should lower the price to make it more accessible, but nope, there's too much money involved.
Have you visited Esproles?
Is there air condition in the tren?
No! But, there is a very nice breeze from the windows. It's lovely!
"Stop misappropriating my culture. Get it off!" 🤣 watched twice just for the commentary
I was even more outraged when I saw their tartan thongs! So deeply offensive. William Wallace will be spinning in his grave.
Hey There Ruairidh! We had an incredible time in Mallorca last month; largely thanks to your videos and recommendations.
We live by the Atlantic Ocean so we’re fussy about seafood quality ;) - highly recommend So Caprichos in Port de Soller. Their coconut curry mussels were sensational! Meet ya for round two in October?!
Kim! I'm so glad you had a great time :D And tytyty for the recommendation in Soller port. Being Scottish and living on the sea, I know how it is. I'm REEEALLY picky. Sadly, it seems we export most of our good stuff to Japan, etc. We may well be there in October! Fingers crossed (it's my fave month on the island) X
Ruairidh that’s not a Johnny Bravo fringe..it’s a baby “Leningrad Cowboy” fringe 🫣😏 you all stay safe and take care now..
I’m working toward something with a “side part”. Watch this space.
@@RuairidhMason oh ,oh, oh sounds a bit ominous 😳🫣.. can’t wait to see it ..😱
I saw a restaurant sign there nunu I would have to pop down for some nunu..........................................
Nice vid. I love your humour.. WhatsApp a comment. I had to laugh my b*lls out of my pence
I loved your video but sorry I had to turn the sound off. Let the scenery do the talking.
It’s the right move 😂
Is it a travelling video or is it a video about you, you, you, your hair and your ego?
IT IS ALL 6!
Why don’t they make things that look aesthetic like this anymore? Modern buildings and buses etc just ugly