The Galatzó shelter is looking for a name for its rooms

The Consell de Mallorca is holding a contest to choose the names of the rooms of the new refugi de Galatzó. The list of names to vote for is related to some of the mountains over 1,000 meters that make up the Serra de Tramuntana. They can be chosen until Sunday, March 12

The shelter has 50 beds, two for people with reduced mobility, divided into 10 bedrooms and is the result of the renovation project of the old ses Porqueres de Galatzó building. The aim was to adapt it as a mountain refuge for hikers. It also has a kitchen, dining room distributed in three different spaces, bathrooms and showers, outdoor areas and a multifunctional space for events related to the environment, among other initiatives. The multifunctional room of the refuge will be called Puig Galatzó.

The Consell de Mallorca wants to bring citizens closer to its network of shelters and to the ‘Ruta de Pedra en sec’ so they can practice sustainable leisure. “There are many people who have never experienced a night in the mountains, who have not seen a starry sky. We believe that when you experience it for the first time you are never the same again,” said the Councilor for Sustainability and Environment, Aurora Ribot.

Galatzó Refuge. Images: Consell de Mallorca

Coll de sa Gremola and Galatzó public estate, Pedra en Sec route. Images: Consell de Mallorca.

Refuges of the Consell de Mallorca

The Galatzó refuge is the seventh refuge directly managed by the Consell de Mallorca. The other shelters are refugi sa Coma de Vidal (Estellencs), refugi de Can Boi (Deià), refugi de Muleta (Puerto de Sóller), refugi de Tossals Verds (Escorca) y refugi de Son Amer (Escorca).

Prices, services and schedules of the refuge are the same as the rest of the refuges managed by the Consell de Mallorca: collective dormitory (with shower service) 14 €, collective dormitory up to sixteen years old, 9 €.

Voting

In the following form you can vote for one of the 23 names: https://bit.ly/VotacioRefugiGalatzo

1. Puig Major
2. Penyal des Migdia
3. Puig de Massanella
4. Puig de ses Bassetes
5. Puig de sa Mola
6. Puig d’en Galileu
7. Puig des Prat
8. Puig des Tossals Verds
9. Puig de sa Rateta
10. Puig de ses Vinyes
11. Puig Tomir
12. Puig de l’Ofre
13. Puig de sa Font
14. Puig d’Alfàbia
15. Puig de na Franquesa
16. Puig des Teix
17. Puig de sa Torre
18. Puig des Coll des Jou
19. Puig de n’Ali
20. Puig de Son Nebot
21. Puig des Sementer Gran
22. Puig des Vent
23. Puig Roig