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Things change. Island timetables, road rules and beach limits are set by the Balearic government, the island councils and individual operators, and they change between seasons. Each fact carries a stamp showing when and where we checked it. If you see "verify before publishing" or "check," that is a page we could not open or a fact an official page did not give us.
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- Promise: eight days across two islands, built on trains, buses and a short car rental, with real fares where we could read them.
- Trip length: 8 days (5 Mallorca, 3 Ibiza including Formentera).
- Best months: May to early October if you want beaches and every service running; check the Formentor and train dates below.
- Budget band: low to mid. Lodging is the swing cost, so we leave it as a blank.
- Best for: first-timers who want sea, old towns and a little mountain without nightlife as the plan.
At a glance
- Mallorca: Palma, Sóller valley, Formentor, Alcúdia, the east coast caves, the southern beaches.
- Ibiza: Dalt Vila, west-coast coves, a market day, and a Formentera ferry day.
- Trains and buses cover Palma, Sóller, Formentor and the airport; a rental car helps for the south and east beaches.
- Official stamps in this guide: Sóller train and tram fares, Cuevas del Drach prices and times, cathedral hours, Formentor road rules, State Department advisory.
- Not confirmed: cathedral ticket price, Balearic tourism-tax rate, TIB and EMT fares, ferry fares, ETIAS date.