Viewpoints & walks · Andratx

La Trapa

Monastery ruins above the sea facing Sa Dragonera, on foot from Sant Elm.

La Trapa is the ruin of an old Trappist monastery above the sea, in a reserve managed by the GOB, with Sa Dragonera right opposite. You climb on foot from Sant Elm among pines, rock and dry-stone terraces; the monastery sits in a hollow ringed by rocks and hills on three sides. The views of the coast and Sa Dragonera are spectacular. There's some rock scrambling with chains to help, manageable with normal fitness.