Need to know
Rooms
32, including 18 suites.
Check–Out
12 noon, but flexible, on request and subject to availability. Check-in, 3pm.
More details
Rates usually include a buffet breakfast. Guests will need to pay an additional tourist tax of €4.40 a person, each night (for May to October stays) and €1.10 (from November to April) at the hotel.
Also
While there’s much to lure you from the hotel – be it Santanyí’s historic corners or the surroundings’ raw natural beauty – there are many reasons to stay put too. Pause awhile in the hotel’s bougainvillea-strung, jasmine-scented garden solarium, while you enjoy a chilled glass of local wine, or flip through cult, coffee-table tomes from Maison Assouline (including some limited editions) and rummage through the hotel’s vinyl collection in the library. The hotel has bikes to hire during your stay, but if you’ve arrived with your personal pedaller in the roof rack, you can get it fine tuned and stash it securely at the on-site bike station.
At the hotel
Spa, hammam and sauna; garden; library; bike station and bikes for hire; concierge service; free WiFi. In rooms: Smart TV with streaming services, Bluetooth speaker, USB charger, minibar with local and gourmet treats, coffee machine, ceiling fan and Heeley bath products. From the Duplex Suite upwards, some suites have a terrace or French balcony, and the Pool Suite has a private swimming spot.
Our favourite rooms
All rooms in the hotel are composed of the same design elements: agrarian touches (cream-hued rough-mortared walls, woven-hessian headboards, artisanal trinkets such as sunhats and ceramic vases) alongside iconic furnishings by stellar designers (Piero Lissoni, Hans Wegner, Michael Anastassiades) and bespoke statement pieces. Some of the rooms are set in sympathetically built new extensions, so be sure to request a room in the original house if ceiling beams and stone arches make you swoon. The Junior Suite has the most romantic bathroom, arranged around a huge circular bath tub and the Pool Suite – true to its name – lets you wallow in peace on a sizeable view-blessed terrace.
Poolside
Lined in emerald tiles and surrounded by cyprus and olive trees, the hotel’s unheated (but sun-warmed), 25-metre saltwater pool is a calm cooling-off spot in the bougainvillea-threaded garden. Parasol-shaded pairs of sunloungers and tables for alfresco drinks are set around the side. On cooler days, you can splash about in the spa’s heated 10-metre pool.
Spa
With treatments that use salts from Es Trenc; sea-harvested algae and mud; local olive oil; and rosemary, lavender, and citrus fruits from Sóller, the Sa Calma spa will leave you smelling like a scented advert for the island itself. Decorated in soothing neutrals and latte-hued stone, it has three cabins for massages and Anne Semonin facials, a 10-metre heated pool, hammam, sauna, extra-sensory shower and a relaxation room. The gym next door is open round the clock and has upmarket Technogym equipment: a punch bag, TRX kit, cross trainer and spin bike. Plus, there’s a dedicated space for yoga. Staff will happily provide headphones, towels or water as needed.
Packing tips
Swimming gear and shoes you can comfortably pedal in will set you up for a stay with some – but not too much – action.
Also
The hotel’s public areas are wheelchair accessible and Room 26 (a Junior Suite) is adapted for guests with mobility issues.
Children
The hotel is for over-14s only, but teens can stay on a sofabed in the Pool Suite, two of the Terrace Suites and one Junior Suite for €85 a night (must be booked on request).
Sustainability efforts
The hotel shows deference to Santanyí’s superlative farming and fishing by serving market hauls and fine local produce at both its eateries.