Mallorca: logbook to spend the summer like a king
The royalty chose her as summer place for a simple reason: here you spend the summer like a king. But Majorca It's not just for July and August, but also (and even more) for the rest of the year. True, not so long ago the island spent some time sleepy , but in recent years an infinity of projects have put it back in its place.
Facade of the OD Port Portals hotel, Majorca
WHERE TO SLEEP
Cap Rocat. Here it is a princess tale Or the closest thing to it, since this luxury hotel occupies a medieval military fortress. Their privileged situation, which in its previous life had defensive functions, now offers the best views to a handful of lucky the guests of your 24 suites (from €530), some of them with private pool.
The gastronomic offer is in line with the height of the hotel in its two restaurants, both in the Be Club, where the binomial primes mediterranean product more Mallorcan oven, as in Strength, with haute cuisine gastronomic menus by the Chef Victor Garcia. For many, “the place” to celebrate something special. open from March 15 to November 5-10.
** The Residence .** The romantic town of Deià and the Sierra Tramuntana, cypresses, bougainvillea, olive trees, postcard panoramas, a lot of art and a swimming pool where you can feel envious of yourself: Mediterranean cubed with the Belmond group label. the night costs from €730.
Your gastronomic restaurant, The olive , carries the same concept of simple luxury to the plate: the most exquisite from Mallorca under a contemporary look. closed in winter until March 22.
** Gran Meliá de Mar .** from €233 per night, it is a adults only to unleash epicurean pleasures. You have to bathe in its small cove, enjoy its Spa by Clarins and try the breakfast designed by Marga Cole, a tour of 2 hours and half throughout the archipelago in the form of jams, salted fish, cocas, sweets...
Terra Santa Inn . Behind the cathedral, in a Majorcan mansion located in a narrow street of difficult access, is hidden this intimate, elegant and discreet hotel, perfect for romantic and/or passionate getaways.
Stay in one of their 26 rooms, from €160 (without breakfast), It's a real treat. As is going up to its roof terrace to have a cocktail or relax in the heated pool (in the old grain deposit), or have dinner in their restaurant, The Baron's Pantry.
**OD Port Portals.** The Architect Victor Rahola and the interior designer Mayte Matutes have given a new life to an old building in Puerto Portals.
The result is this hotel of artsy attitude with 77 rooms **from €130.50 (with breakfast) ** with a contemporary Mediterranean air, a terrace where things always happen fun things and common areas perfect for all kinds of meetings.
** Can Mostatxins .** Crudo is an adequate word to define this hotel in a 15th century house from the old town from Alcúdia. Crude is its decoration, sober, without artifice, exposing the stone. with rooms from €140 and breakfast included.
Raw is the design of its furniture, with pure lines and scandinavian air, and crude are, also, its colors, in the range of ochres. open in august a second hotel in the house next door, the ** Can Mostatxins Frare ,** with 11 rooms, restaurant and champagne bar.
Ca's Papa. This small hotel located in Valldemossa It was decorated by the interior designer Lluisa Llul, one of the best known on the island.
The welcoming air of its thirteen rooms from €150 (some with a frontal view of the Cartuja!), with details such as Nenuco cologne in the bathroom and a spectacular homemade breakfast confirm the original intention of the name: being here is c how to be at home to (from dad) .
Santa Clara Urban Hotel and Spa. Rooms from €116 they are sober and functional , with roofs of wooden beams and stone walls. Its strong points are the spa (for clients, with sauna and Turkish bath) and a roof terrace with views of the imposing Cathedral.
**Hotel Mama.** This boutique hotel, of the Cappuccino Group, is the latest addition to the capital's hotel scene. We anticipate that has an inspiration spa in a hammam and a cinema, all decorated by Jacques Granges, nothing less. The price of the rooms is from €142 per night.
Hotel Gran Melia Mar
RESTAURANTS
Yard. With an average price from €50 Macarena de Castro It is one of the flag bearers Of the new Majorcan cuisine. Real Mallorcan: in the recipes, in the suppliers, in the calendar, but also in embracing the winds that blow on the island in the XXI century.
Among his last dishes, grilled red mullet with seafood fideuà or baked porcella with baked apple, fried eggplant and spiced onion . More informal is its restaurant The Bistro.
Andrew Genestra, at the hotel Predi son Jaumell tasting menus from €58. This hotel is suitable for everything: to rest, to fall in love, to write a best seller or to give yourself a gastronomic tribute.
Behind this part is Andreu Genestra, a Majorcan chef with talent and tenacity, involved in revaluing the island's cookbook and products. His orchard, from which he supplies himself, is a good reflection of this restlessness. He has several tasting menus, from €58 to €105 (without harmonies).
** Screen. Fernando Pérez Arellano** welcomes diners to porta gayola: in the castle of San Claret, that is not too big for what awaits them on the plate.
with a medium price from €130 , his is a Majorcan cuisine in constant evolution and with impressive and contemporary presentations (as a sample, the Oyster Majorica or the Blue Hole) . Don't miss the offal proposals: embroiders them
** Ca Na Toneta .** With a menu from €55 and an average price of €70, the Solivellas sisters They do a real archeology job delve into the culinary tradition of the island and unearth some almost forgotten ingredients, which they serve in your Caimari restaurant without a hint of pretense.
The seasons are what orq They offer the menu, the popular recipes that shape it and, from their garden and local suppliers, the raw material comes out.
You have to arrive with time to take the appetizer in your cocktail bar, and go out without haste to browse in his store, which sells restaurant tableware, designed by them and elaborated by artisans and island artists.
** Cinnamon .** The Mallorcan chef Fabian Füster runs this restaurant in a small street in the center that he is undoubtedly one of the best places to eat in Palma right now.
Parisian decor and Mediterranean food with Asian fusion . It sounds like this: scallops wrapped in kataifi on seaweed and flying fish roe or Vietnamese lobster rolls. It has an area with an open kitchen. Works for a romantic date and the price goes from €40.
From Tokyo to Lima. Nikkei-Mediterranean fusion in the rooftop of the Can Alomar hotel , on Paseo del Borne. In the letter of German de Bernardi there are raw and marinated such as the fish and seafood ceviche or the beef sirloin steak tartare with Bombay curry alioli.
There is also Hot dishes such as glazed white fish or creamy lobster rice. Unmissable with a medium price from €50.
Nola. new orleans food rich and different Santa Catalina neighborhood, accompanied by a curious selection of craft beers.
There is no lack (they could not lack) the fried green tomatoes with pimento cheese cream or the tiger prawn and creole sausage gumbo with New Orleans cheese grits. Since the €25 average price.
** Brut Carrer la Carretera 37 .** Industrial atmosphere in a warehouse in the middle from the town of Llubi, for a maximum of twelve people around a bar. They pair their dishes with craft beers s own. Changing and amazing menu with an average price of €50.
** Amadip .** Absolute recommendation because it is a place that never disappoints. Relationship price quality (from €20) unbeatable and some fried eggs to skip the diet.
In addition, the establishment belongs to an association that collaborates with people with disabilities, who serve in the restaurant and They work in their gardens. Vegetables, fruits, oil and wine come out of there. Desserts and breads... are made in house.
**It's Baluard.** Besides that here you eat very well (it has a Mediterranean menu with some typical dishes of the island and the price starts at €25), it is made with impressive sights to the bay and you can d enjoy the aperitif or have a drink between sculptures.
**The Aquanaut.** Just arrived in town, it's one of the trendy places. Among other things, for its decoration, surfer and carefree air, and for its informal and cool atmosphere.
Food comes from California and Mexico (from €20) : tacos of all kinds, quesadillas, ceviches... As a good place on the crest of the wave (and never better said), here it is better not to improvise and book beforehand.
Polka dot pattern . It is nothing new, but the Miguel Bonet, in the neighborhood of Santa Catalina, still an infallible if what it is about have fun and eat well (from €25) in a canteen contemporary marine aesthetic.
Watch out: desserts have no mercy with the diner : they kill him (and not the other way around) .
** Badal Burger .** The queues outside the establishment, in front of the Olive Market, they are formed even in summer and that is with an average price from €20 And good quality of their burgers is not surprising. It must be said that it has some tables outside... and also that their burgers are just as good year-round.
There are several fixed, but also you can choose the meat (the type, the weight and the point), the bread, the ingredients (bacon, onion, mahón cheese) and the accompaniment (fries, deluxe, sweet potatoes...) T also vegetarian.
From Tokyo to Lima, at the Can Alomar hotel
BREAKFAST AND SNACK
** Ca'n Joan de S'aigo .** Chocolate and ensaimada in individual format, better than anywhere else in Palma in this great classic. since 1700 This traditional establishment with two branches is open in Palma de Mallorca. elaborate artisan ice cream.
** Grinding .** Specialty in origin coffees and breakfasts with products local ecological. The coffees are produced by micro-roasters and the milk is fresh (from Minorca) or of various types of vegetables.
** Arabay Coffee Roasters.** It's a true coffee temple, three floors dedicated to coffee: shop, barista academy, tasting classes... and a cafeteria that serves origin coffee and has all kinds of extraction methods.
uses sustainable processes (there are no cardboard cups or plates) and that has direct contact and fair dealing with suppliers.
APPETIZER OR COCKTAIL
** La Rosa Vermutería .** At this beautiful place in neo-tavern aesthetic He comes to hang out with friends and drink tap vermouth at his marble bar. But not only to that, also to chop the rations coming out of your kitchen, including its unmissable omelette.
suits avoid peak hours. They make reservations for a minimum of seven people. They recently opened a grocery store next door to buy sobrasadas, cheeses and preserves. Its replica, the Pink Girl, is in the Santa Catalina neighborhood.
** Brassclub .** After traveling through various places in the world, the bartender from Salamanca Rafael Martin has found in the Passeig Majorca in Palma the perfect place for his cocktail bar.
New York airs , classic drinks, own creations and snacks. Martin is also in charge of **Coquetier**, where he serves classic cut cocktails and southern inspired.
** Bar Nicolás .** Cult cocktail bar where you can enjoy good classic cocktails (Bellini, Aperol Spritz, Manhattan...) .
Awesome selection of spirits (especially gins from around the world), which can be accompanied with something to snack on: bravas, cheese board, salads (they are very famous)... It is close to Plaça del Mercat. In summer, terrace.
**Ginbo.** Huge variety of gins (hence its name, Gin bo, "good gin") and good team of bartenders.
His signature is the GinboGarden (Hendrick's, mint, cucumber, ginger, lemon juice and liquid sugar) . Good atmosphere and good music.
La Rosa Vermouth & Colmado
SHOPPING
** The Library of Babel .** The modernist building of the first hotel in town (the amazing Gran Hotel, made by Lluís Domènec i Montaner) is today occupied by the Caixaforum.
Inside, in addition to various exhibition halls, you will find this bookstore with a chosen selection of books that makes paper lovers smack their mustaches, art, design, photography... and nice things in general.
** Literanta .** Here the hours go by at full speed . A lifelong bookstore attended by a vocational and passionate booksellers. In addition it has a cafeteria to “wet” the pleasure of reading. They offer workshops Creative writing.
** Rialto Living .** It's the closest thing to a concept store in Majorca. Decoration, men's and women's clothing and various whims in one beautiful mallorcan mansion stone that turns everything on display into a museum object. They can not miss Cafeteria nor, of course, the art gallery.
Sant Feliu style. brand and store typically Majorcan decoration where ceramic, olive wood or iron objects, cushions and all kinds of textiles with Mallorcan language decorations. Its latest novelty is the launch of a Organic wine with D.O from the island.
** German Watchmaking .** From 1879 dates this stylish boutique on Calle Colón run by the fourth generation of the same family: the Fusters.
The nice building where is it and the ultra modern store design They serve as a chest for what is sold here: unique pieces such as the Danish jewels Ole Lynggaard, the Italian Vhernier or the New York Mizuki and watches from the best European firms. It has several branches in the capital.
** Paula's room .** Antonia Julià personally choose the clothes and accessories that are sold in this multi-brand boutique that does not conform to the conventional.
Signature clothing such as Anine Bing, Amator, Samsoe & Samsoe, Momonì, IRO, Rocking Horses or Trendy Magnolia, jewelery from Hevn or Cristina Zazo, and shoes from It Shoes.
** Majorca Puzzles. A playful store** where they sell puzzles of all kinds, jigsaw puzzles, wooden games, logic games... Highly recommended for Get out of the usual typical toys.
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