Water refill points in Palma
On this page a refill point in Palma is a public drinking-water fountain or street tap: a municipal spout in a plaza, a promenade fountain, a labelled water point at a transport hub.
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All of them are free and reachable from the street. Cafés are not counted here. Most will fill a bottle, but that is a favour rather than a public service.
Water points by the part of Palma you actually ride
The mapped points are not spread evenly, and the grouping that helps on a bike is the one you ride through rather than the one on a district map.
The seafront and the Passeig Marítim. The strip from Parc de la Mar west past the marinas is how most riders leave and re-enter the city, and there are fountains along it. Use it as the last top-up before the coast road climbs away towards Andratx, and the first one on the way back in. It is also the most exposed water stop in Palma: no shade, full sun off the water from mid-morning.
The old town and the centre. Between Plaça de Cort, the Born and Plaça d’Espanya sits the tightest cluster of drinking-water points anywhere in the city: squares, park edges, the ground around the market halls. Cheap to use if you are already off the bike, expensive to reach if you are not: one-way systems, cobbles and pedestrian zones make the centre slow to cross in cleats.
The Portitxol and Molinar side. East of the cathedral the seafront path runs almost unbroken past Portitxol and Es Molinar towards Ciutat Jardí, and water points follow the promenade out that way. This is the side to use for flat dawn laps, for the run out to Es Pla and Llucmajor, and for anything that ends at the airport rather than in town.
The inland approaches. North and west out of the city (the Establiments and Son Sardina exits, the roads that eventually become Valldemossa, Puigpunyent, Bunyola and the Coll de Sóller), mapped points thin out quickly once you are past the ring road. Treat the last fountain inside the city as a decision rather than a maybe. Our guide to riding from Palma covers which of those exits is worth taking.
What each area is good for
| Where | Use it for | Bear in mind |
|---|---|---|
| Seafront and Passeig Marítim | Last fill before the coast road west; first fill coming home | No shade at all; full sun off the water from mid-morning |
| Old town and centre | A refill when you are already stopped in town | Slow to reach by bike: cobbles, one-way streets, pedestrian zones |
| Arrival and departure: airport, port, station | Getting water into bottles after a flight, or before a transfer out | Points inside a terminal or a gate follow the building, not the street |
| Inland approaches out of the ring road | The deliberate last fill before the Tramuntana | Mapped points stop early; the next water is a village square or a bar |
EMAYA’s filtered-water fountains and the airport
Palma’s municipal water company, EMAYA, runs a network of filtered drinking-water fountains built for refilling bottles. They are not separate wells: the water comes from the general mains and passes through an extra carbon filter to take the strong taste out. EMAYA reported 47 of these fountains at the end of 2022, with 16 more planned for 2023, and publishes daily mains-water analyses stating that the tap water is potable. Its page has a locations section but no live map, so the OpenStreetMap points on this page are the practical way to find one by position. Our data for Palma has 87 drinking-water points, five of them named EMAYA; the rest are tagged only as drinking water.
At Palma airport (PMI), about a dozen mapped points sit in the terminal and apron area, one tagged at gate C62. A June 2025 press report counted 28 drinking fountains in total across terminals A to D and other areas, with one in Terminal B removed, so treat airport points as likely rather than guaranteed and check the terminal signs. If you are building or boxing a bike after landing, fill the bottles before you leave the terminal.
Verification, seasons and taps that are simply not there
Every point on this page comes from OpenStreetMap, mapped and maintained by volunteers. The date under the answer above is when we last pulled that data, not when anyone stood in front of the tap. Between those two things a fountain can have been capped for roadworks, taken out during a square refurbishment, switched off for the season, or replaced by something that no longer fits a bottle. A brand-new fountain can equally be missing because nobody has mapped it yet.
Summer is when the gap bites. Palma reworks its squares in the warm months, spouts get swapped, and in a dry year municipal fountains are among the first things a council turns down or off. The habit that survives all of this is simple: pick two candidate points instead of one, and keep enough in the bottles to reach the second. The island-wide drinking-water and bottle-refill map is the fastest way to find that second option; the Palma town page shows what else sits on the same streets.
Riding out of Palma in the heat
Water planning in July is mostly timing. Leaving at first light gets you the Tramuntana before the heat and keeps the city fountains as a backstop rather than a lifeline. Fill both bottles before you cross the ring road rather than betting on the first village. And treat every café you pass on a hot day as a refill as much as a coffee. The cyclist cafés mapped across Mallorca are the reliable version of this. For heat, traffic, road surfaces and what to do when a ride goes wrong, read our cycling safety guidance for Mallorca.
Common questions
Is the water at these fountains drinkable?
The dataset behind this map has no water-quality field, so this page will not tell you that a given fountain is potable. What it tells you is that the point is mapped as a public drinking-water fountain. Judge the rest on the spot: a handful of the Palma points carry the name of EMAYA, the city’s municipal water company, and one is signed simply Aigua potable, Catalan for drinking water. EMAYA is also who to ask about mains water quality in Palma. Skip any spout with an odd smell, a covered or taped head, or standing water around the base.
Can I fill a bottle, or are these only for drinking from?
Both, but they vary. Some are drinking spouts shaped for a mouthful and awkward under a 750 ml bidon; others are proper taps you can get a bottle under cleanly. Check the height and the arc before you unclip both feet, and expect to lose some water at the fussier ones. A soft flask is easier than a rigid bottle where the spout sits low.
How accurate are the locations on the map?
The coordinates come straight from OpenStreetMap and are usually good to a few metres, close enough to find the fountain once you are in the right square. What a coordinate cannot tell you is whether the fountain is still standing. Volunteer mapping ages unevenly: the centre of Palma is dense and often rechecked, the edges of the city much less so.
What should I do if a tap is broken or dry?
Ride to your second option, which is the reason to pick two. Then fix it for whoever comes next: the fastest correction is an edit in OpenStreetMap, and it flows back into this map on the next data pull. If the fountain is physically broken rather than just wrongly mapped, EMAYA and the Ajuntament de Palma are the ones who repair it.
Are there water fountains on the climbs out of Palma?
Not on the climbs themselves in any way you should depend on. The mapped points stop not far past the ring road, and the roads up to Valldemossa, Puigpunyent and the Coll de Sóller are village-to-village: your water comes from a square, a bar or a café rather than a roadside fountain. Fill in the city, then plan the day around the villages you will actually pass.
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Relevant cycling laws
Spanish road rules that apply when you use this category of place. Click through for the full text, fines and BOE citation.
- Helmet requirements for cyclists in MallorcaOn interurban roads a helmet is compulsory with no exemptions since 1 October 2026 (the long-climb, extreme-heat and medical exceptions ended). In town, only riders under 16 and people who ride professionally.
- Bike lights and reflective gear required at nightWhite front light and red rear light from sunset to sunrise, in tunnels and in low visibility. On interurban roads at night or in poor visibility, at least one luminous or reflective element visible from 150 m is required too (since 1 October 2026).