Spain · Regional bus rules
Can my dog travel on TIB interurban buses in Mallorca?
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No. Your dog has to fit in a closed carrier.
What this means for you: Mallorca splits in two: Palma’s EMT takes a big dog on a lead and muzzle for 30 cents, and the TIB buses to the rest of the island take only a carrier. So the island is the SFM train where it runs — Inca, Sa Pobla, Manacor — and a taxi or a walk beyond. The Sóller train is its own rule.
The rule, line by line
What TIB interurban buses actually say.
- Who gets on
- Dogs, cats, ferrets and small birds inside a carrier, one per person, on your lap or at your feet. Since 7 June 2026.
- Who doesn’t
- Any dog outside a carrier; any exotic animal.
- How much
- Free.
- Where they ride
- Lap or feet, in the carrier; never a seat.
- Never, whatever the size
- Anything not in a carrier.
- Where this applies
- Mallorca — the TIB interurban network — the regional bus network. City networks and trains in the area are below. Double-check who actually runs your service.
- Assistance dogs
- Assistance dogs are exempt with their registration card.
Inside the region — city buses, metro, train
Dogs on the Palma buses and SFM
The regional bus is one rule; each city network and train operator inside the region is another. 2 of the 2 networks below take a big dog — muzzled, on a short lead, and usually outside rush hours.
Where a big dog rides — muzzled, on a short lead
There are two networks where the idea is the same: lead, off the seats, and you clean up. Muzzles and fares vary, so read the row.
Any dog on a lead and approved muzzle, every line, €0.30 dog fare; middle or rear platform, never a seat.
One microchipped dog per person, on a lead of no more than 0.5 m and muzzled throughout SFM premises, in the last carriage; a dog outside a carrier needs a single ticket.
Checked 14 September 2026. Local rules change more often than the area rule — recheck the week you travel.
Your next step
So what do you do instead?
Three alternatives, in the order I’d try them.
- Choose a location that’s serviced by a train.Ideally a station in the town itself, not a railhead half an hour out. Look at the walk from platform to front door before you book — a dot on the map isn’t the same as an easy last connection with a big dog.
- Walk it.Under about 3 km on a proper path, walking usually beats the alternatives — and it’s the one option nobody can refuse you.
- Book a taxi, an Uber, or a private car service.Check they take dogs, and book before you go. Turning up at a rank with a 30 kg dog and no arrangement is where these trips actually fall apart.