Wednesday 12 August 2026
Mallorca road closures for the total solar eclipse
About twenty roads to lighthouses, viewpoints, beaches and the Serra de Tramuntana close or filter traffic on eclipse day. Here is each one, on a map, with the hour it shuts.
Every closure on one map
Tap a road to see what is shut and when. Solid lines are closed to traffic, dashed lines are controlled — you pass only with a reason — and blue marks the official viewing zones.
32 restrictions · 18 closed, 9 controlled, 5 viewing zones
Who can still drive through
The restrictions cover every motor vehicle, motorcycles and mopeds included. Four groups pass, and all of them need to prove it at the control.
- Residents of the restricted zone, with an ID showing the address.
- Guests with accommodation booked inside the zone, with the booking to hand.
- People working in the zone, with a contract, payslip or employer's certificate.
- Emergency services, and anyone else who can document why the trip is necessary.
Living nearby buys you no priority at an official viewing zone. Once a zone is full it closes to everyone, residents included.
Questions people are asking
Can I drive to a viewpoint to watch the eclipse?
Almost certainly not, if it is one of the well-known ones. Formentor, Sa Calobra, Cap Blanc, Cap de ses Salines, Sant Salvador, Cura and the Deià and Valldemossa coves are all cut off from 15:00. The Govern's advice is blunt: stay where you are and watch locally. The sun sits very low in the west-north-west, so what you need is a clear western horizon, not altitude.
I live inside a restricted zone. Can I get home?
Yes. Residents pass with an ID showing an address inside the zone. The same goes for people working there and for guests with a booking. Carry the document; officers are checking at every control point.
What time do the roads actually close?
The general window is 15:00 to 21:00 on 12 August. Platja de Palma starts far earlier, at 08:00, and the Ma-19 exits towards Llucmajor shut from 12:00. Santa Ponça's operation began the day before. Any of these can be brought forward if an area fills, and held past 21:00 while the crowd clears.
Where are the official viewing zones?
Twenty-six across the Balearics. On Mallorca the big ones are Platja de Palma, which is built for around 75,000 people, and Santa Ponça beach. Inland there is the Son Matamoros circuit in Felanitx, capped at 800 cars, plus the football grounds at Algaida and Pina, which take a few hundred between them.
Is there extra public transport?
Yes. EMT Palma runs an uninterrupted service through eclipse day and reinforces the Platja de Palma routes, which keep running when private cars cannot. The TIB bus stops at s'Arenal and sa Colònia de Sant Jordi are moved for the day. Public transport, pedestrians and bicycles are exempt from the Platja de Palma closure.
Where does the official information live?
eclipsisegur.caib.es, run by the Govern de les Illes Balears. It is the only source that updates in real time on the day, and it overrides anything on this page.
Sources
Closures, kilometre points and times come from the Govern's published measures, Palma's mobility plan and the municipality-by-municipality lists in the local press.
- Govern de les Illes Balears — control and closure measures
- Govern de les Illes Balears — road table and eclipse phases
- eclipsisegur.caib.es
- Mobipalma — Ajuntament de Palma
- Última Hora
- Majorca Daily Bulletin
Road lines traced on the OpenStreetMap network and clipped to the kilometre ranges in the official list. Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors, © CARTO.
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Published 11 August 2026. Times may change at short notice.