The heritage-chic The heritage-chic interior of a suite at Es Racó d’Artà MORE ARCHITECTURALLY EXCEPTIONAL STAYS Situated among a Unesco-protected nature reserve near the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range, The Lodge Mallorca (thelodgemallorca. com) has transformed a converted, 500-year-old farmhouse into an authentic vision of Mediterranean luxury. Cap Rocat (caprocat.com), one of Mallorca’s most secluded and exclusive resorts, is the award-winning product of an extensive renovation to a fortress originally built to survey the Bay of Palma. Listed as a National Monument and a Heritage Asset, the building was transformed into a hotel through careful, meticulous preservation of its historic architecture and natural surroundings. they strive to restore as much as possible, from rotting window shutters to rusty doorknobs. “They destroy beautiful painted ceilings we do everything to keep, and they throw out those fantastic tiles we are looking for everywhere. For us, the architecture is the soul of a home – and much of the stuff from the past was made to be high quality, and to last. So we always work hard with local carpenters to bring as much as we can back to life.” Since their foray into the business via an undervalued townhouse seven years ago, residential sales tags in neighbourhoods ike Sollér have more than tripled. Mallorca’s real estate is now the most expensive in all of Spain, surging ahead while other comparable European markets have suffered: prices on the island have increased more than 10 per cent every year since 2020. And with the recent passing of a law that effects a total ban on all new construction in the Mallorcan countryside – good news for the oversaturated island’s delicate ecosystems – even the best-intentioned developers hoping to get in on a quickly dwindling supply of restoration projects will likely find that competition is steep, and getting steeper. “Everyone who comes to Mallorca falls in love with it the same way we did,” Cristoffer says. “And now people are finally seeing what nobody paid attention to before: the gems that have always been right here.” An oasis of relaxed, old-world elegance in the heart of old-town Palma de Mallorca, the Boutique Hotel Posada Terra Santa (posadaterrasanta. com) sits among winding, labyrinthine streets in an intimate Renaissance palace that once belonged to Los Barones de Boixadors. Renovated in 2013, Castell Son Claret (castellsonclaret.com) is a former 19th-century castle and one of the biggest private estates in Mallorca, located 30 minutes from Palma on the outskirts of the beautiful inland village of Es Capdellà. A self-described “wellness retreat” and a still-working farm, Es Racó d’Artà (esracodarta.com) is the brainchild of two of Mallorca’s most important architects, Antoni Esteva and his friend Jaume Danus, who undertook a massive renovation of a 13th-century farm estate on the island’s wild east coast. Meticulously restored to feature a spa, an art gallery, homegrownwine tastings in a converted cistern, and coolly minimalist decor, it offers an emphasis on conservation and sustainability that is matched by its commitment to understated luxury. PHOTO © ES RACO D’ARTÀ 34 CENTURION-MAGAZINE.COM
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