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The best hotels in Mallorca, chosen by our editors
As the largest of Spain’s blue Balearic islands, Mallorca is a master of showing off a different soul-stirring side depending on where you like to fly in and flop. From Palma’s palm-lined avenues to the sun-drenched sands of Santanyí and Es Trenc in the south, every corner offers something fresh. Out west, the Tramuntana mountain villages serve up warm sea swims and just-caught seafood in tucked-away restaurants. Essentially, you can return to Mallorca over and over to discover something entirely new each time – an ever-changing backdrop of coastal beauty, hilltop hideaways, and Mediterranean charm. And with a long list of standout stays (our guide to the best villas in Mallorca has those covered too), we’ve handpicked the best hotels in Mallorca, tried and tested by our team, for your musing…
How we chose the best hotels in Mallorca
This list is a carefully curated selection of our favourite hotels in Mallorca, ensuring each one has either been stayed in or approved by an editor familiar with the island. Several of us in the House & Garden office are regular returners to the island, so we know the best nooks and crannies to check out. As for the elements that we consider when discerning what makes the cut: design of the hotel, food and drink options, friendly service, pool and wellness facilities are all features that we are looking for. The area in which it is situated is also important, whether in the peaceful and remote countryside, or in the bustling and vibrant surrounds of Palma.
The best hotels in Mallorca
1/13Grand Hotel Son Net
Where: Puigpunyent
Forget what you might know about pared-back, more minimalist island life living amidst the long-lasting hotels of Mallorca. Grand Hotel Son Net flips the story entirely on its head: a bubblegum pink 17th-century baroque estate at the foot of the Tramuntana Mountains is stuffed to the brim with statement maximalist pieces, collectable art and stylish design details. From the same team behind Andalusia favourite Finca Cortesin, the manor house lures in interiors junkies – it was done up by Madrid-born decorator Lorenzo Castillo who spent careful and considered time sourcing bold patterns and prints, crafting rich textile-dressed headboards and furniture. It’s also very much about taking it easy. Long lazy hazy terrace lunches, sweet Cyprus smelling in the gardens, mid-day four-poster bed napping, and outdoor pool splashing. Their new spa is a slick space for calming down amidst the lavender and lemon trees too. Does it get any better?
Address: Castillo Son Net 07194 Puigpuñent, Mallorca +34 971 14 70 00, Mallorca 07194 Spain
Price: Doubles from £443. www.sonnet.es
© Anna Malmberg2/13Hotel Corazón
Where: near Deià and Sóller
Mallorca’s funkier, more artist-filled west coast, saw one of the most talked about openings (a hotel first, yes, but also what feels more like staying at your creatively cool friend’s guest house and visionary retreat) open in 2023. It makes sense that Deià-based photographer Kate Bellm and her partner, artist Edgar Lopez, are the creative eyes behind the 15-room space. Inside, it feels a little bit 70s – shaggy rugs, sweeping bed canopies, egg-shaped dome showers, low-slung seating and curvacious sofas. But it’s also tuned into its location – the historic 16th-century finca was brought to life by local stonemasons and ceramicists plus the kitchen hones in on ingredients seasonally grown on their 50-garden bed farm which are cultivated using traditional regenerative farming techniques. As with the colourful lives they live, the community is there front and centre. Regularly on show is a rotating residency programme from friends and connections in their wider network; they also teamed up with interesting folk to collaborate on staff uniforms, while textiles are made by local artisans.
Address: Carretera de Deià KM 56.7, Sóller, 07100, Mallorca, Spain
Price: Doubles from about £230.
3/13La Residencia, A Belmond Hotel
Where: Deià
Quite possibly the most iconic, and grandest of dames, of the hotels on the island, La Residencia, A Belmond Hotel has laid its ground distinctly between mountain and sea for a number of years now. And it’s been a long-lasting legend since its days under the ownership of Richard Branson in the ‘80s and '90s. Now under the swish empire of Belmond – the hotel is a haven for mixing the best of comfort and ease, with serious style and service to boot. Regulars often return for a quiet night’s sleep in their favourite beamed bedrooms, lounging about the hill-backed pool, getting dusty in tennis whites on the courts and fueling up post-match with a coffee and a jaw-dropping view or a grilled feast of just-caught prawns and a cold glass of local wine. It’s the type of place to spend a bit longer than a weekend and stay put, because why would you want to leave? Unless it’s for a trip to Cala Deià I suppose.
Address: Carrer son Canals, 07179 Deià, Illes Balears, Spain
Price: Doubles from about £510
Stuart Pearce4/13Cap Rocat
Where: Cala Brava
Not least one of the smartest places to spend the night in Mallorca, Cap Rocat might very well take the title as one of the best hotels in all of Spain. Claiming prize position on a cliffside on the Bay of Palma, the 30-key hotel doubles down as a former fortress with the mission to surveil the 30-hectare nature reserve 2km marine protected coast it lives on. Forget your average stay – this one is all about shutting off, slowing down and getting lost in design. It helps original features like craggy caves, cool courtyards and thick-stone watchtowers stand tall, but when paired with swish service, seasonal food and a team so well dressed it’s not easy to peel yourself away. Sea-facing rooms also have infinity pools for see-for-mile views. Make sure to spend time underground, in the spa, which places you 12 metres below the surface in a salty, stoney space perfect for curing all aches and pains.
Address: Cap Rocat, Ctra. d’enderrocat, s/n, 07609 Cala Blava, Mallorca. España
Price: Doubles from £485.
Unico Hotels5/13Finca Serena
Where: Montuïri
Oh to be by the sea, now that might be your one and only requirement: to wake up and fall asleep by the ocean. But, what about being in and amidst the olive trees and sun-soaking vineyards? At Finca Serena – a 25-minute drive from Palma – farmland comes first. The 40-acre estate claims a happy terroir, where a back-to-the-land mentality can be felt inside the more 18th-century farmhouse. Days are spent on shady hikes around the 25-bed hotel (a nice size for being fairly rural but with space to sprawl and spread so it feels private and exclusive, take note it’s adults-only too), tasting olive oils from the island or lengthening meals of pan con tomate and lamb chops into afternoons. As for the palette – well it’s soft and subtle, with more neutrals used as the canvas for hand-made ceramics and draped linens. The spa is a space for zoning out and moving the body but adventures like horseback riding and cycling through the orchards keep you on island time.
Address: Ma-3200 km, 3, Montuïri, Mallorca 07230 Spain
Price: Doubles from about £500
Portella6/13Portella Palma
Where: Palma
Portella swung open its doors in Palma’s Old Town in 2024, sneaking up quickly and firmly into the hotel scene. Right there in the capital, this petite pad might look a touch familiar in style given the husband-and-wife team behind Paris’ Festen worked their architectural and interior magic on the 14-bedroom space. Showing rather than telling, you feel pretty at home here – there’s no real signage out front which adds a nice homely and private feel. The central courtyard feels rather fitting for a Palma townhouse-like mansion but it’s the rooms – filled with marble sinks, zellige tiles, iron wrought fixtures and a mix of antique and contemporary collectables prove the focus is in the details. There’s a spa downstairs (fit with a hammam) but Palma’s best sites and restaurants are right outside, so head out for a mosey.
Address: C/ de la Portella, 9, Centre, 07001 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain
Price: Doubles from about £170
7/13Sant Francesc Hotel Singular
Where: Palma
If the ‘quiet luxury’ trend could be embodied by a hotel in Mallorca, Sant Francesc would be it. From its location – on a quiet, tree-lined square – to its rooftop pool that overlooks the square's church, the fabrics and fittings throughout, and its pretty seamless service, Sant Francesc just seems to have it all. The 19th-century mansion celebrates 10 pretty years on the scene in 2025 and for being in the middle of Palma, has a calm and collected feeling throughout, helped in large part by the lofty architecture and decoration that is just on the right side of minimal. It is cool in every sense of the word and offers an incredibly welcome retreat from a day pounding the pavements of the capital. Hide out from the sun in the comfortable quarters of the art-filled space, sip a cocktail in the shady courtyard garden or cool off in the aforementioned pool – however you use it, you'll be very thankful that you are.
Address: Plaza Sant Francesc, 5, 07001 Palma, Mallorca, Baleares, Spain
Price: Doubles from about £312
Mark Anthony Fox8/13Es Racó d’Artà
Where: Artà
Es Racó d’Artà is a hotel and working farm on one of the island’s largest agricultural estates, located on the outskirts of the hilltop town of the same name. Like many hotels on the island, it features the same palette of neutral linens, light wood, stone walls and curving architecture. Cool and airy, this is another project by the duo of architect Antoni Esteva and his long-time associate and builder Jaume Danús. The pair have designed many Mallorquin hotels but Es Racó is their best yet, a haven of well-being in the middle of forestland. There's yoga to move to every morning, alongside meditation and simply nothing is of stress or hurry at the hotel. It is in part monastic in its reverence of relaxation, but this is no silent retreat and a stay here is sure to reset anyone.
Address: Camí des Racó. Ctra. de Cala Mitjana Km1.5, Balearic Islands, Spain
Price: Doubles from about £360
9/13Can Ferrereta
Where: Santanyì
If Sant Francesc sounds like the hotel for you, but you're looking for a beach stay rather than a city trip then isn't it lucky that the team took its recipe for success to the laidback, artistic town of Santanyì? Can Ferrereta is the sister hotel to the Palma outpost and has a similar aesthetic throughout, though here perhaps it is slightly lighter and brighter to reflect its surroundings. The 32 rooms and suites are in a 17th-century mansion, set amongst a garden that seemingly goes on and on (quite a feat given that the hotel is entered from a narrow road in town) with a long, skinny pool and a spa at the end with an indoor pool. Throughout, an impressive collection of contemporary Spanish art lines the walls and work by local artisans brings texture. For boldly claiming an area where no hotel had properly ventured over to before, it’s pretty a wonderful choice for a lesser-known scene and locals-only beaches.
Address: Carrer de Can Ferrereta, 12 07650, Santanyí, Mallorca, Spain
Price: Doubles from about £270
10/13Son Brull
Where: Pollença
A self-proclaimed ‘rural sanctuary’, Son Brull has settled into an idyllic plot at the bottom of the undulating hills outside Pollença. It is tucked amongst 32 acres of fruit groves, olive trees and vineyards, the produce from which is all consumed at the hotel. There are different accommodation options here; rooms in the main building (a historic 18th-century monastery), as well as a discreet run of private villas that slope gently down towards the farmlands and come with their own private plunge pools. The main pool is long enough to properly swim in (a dream in the morning light before the temperatures rise), and for those who want to simply float away, the spa is up there with the best of them in Mallorca, featuring a freezing cold plunge pool amongst the usual amenities. Son Brull is the type of hotel you could rock up at and never leave, taking advantage of the bucolic life, daily yoga classes and seasonal, local menu at the restaurant. Should you want to venture out (and you should, Mallorca has so much going on), Pollença and its port town are striking distance on the hotel's bikes and the whole northern range of the island is within easy reach by car.
Address: Ctra. Palma -Puerto Pollença, Km. 50, 07460 Pollença, Balearic Islands, Spain
Price: Doubles from £260
Jose Heva11/13Can Bordoy
Where: Palma
Two steps from La Lonja, where merchants once traded silks and spices on the seafront, this Swedish-owned house and garden occupies a 16th-century mansion with a fairytale fruit- and flower-filled garden concealed within its walls. The building was previously home to a Sacred Heart primary school, but it can be hard to find it with no signposts or directions. In restoring it, Paloma Hernaiz and Jaime Oliver, of local architecture studio Ohlab, have taken their cue from the Japanese art of kintsugi (repairing broken ceramics using precious metals) to enhance the building’s flaws. They have also added an eclectic mix of furniture and fixtures and invited, leaning into the green goods of the outside for a breezier inside feel. Can Bordoy is not just atmospheric: it is also comfortable and totally spoiling. The suites come with extra-large king-size beds; six face the garden and 20 have sleek Inbani bathtubs. In the garden is a heated 16-metre pool and a massage cabana (leading, via a secret passage, to a subterranean spa), while chill-out music plays on the chic rooftop terrace, which has views across Palma’s marina and a glass-bottomed pool that looks down to the stairwell.
Address: Carrer del Forn de la Glòria, 14, 07012 Palma, Spain
Price: Doubles from about £250
12/13Calatrava
Where: Palma
In contrast to many Mallorcan hotels, Calatrava – which sits near the harbour on the southeastern side of the city – is drenched in colour. It is a warm embrace of cocooning terracottas set against the endless blue of the sea and sky out the windows. There is a feeling of space here, given the location and views, that lets you breathe out a little more than the rest of the city allows. There are just 16 rooms, and the guests from each of them have access to a roof terrace where the views over the cathedral and bay are quite spectacular, especially as the sun sets, the sky fades to the same terracotta hues as inside and the lights of the city start to twinkle.
Address: Plaça de Llorenç Villalonga, 8, 07001 Palma, Illes
Price: Doubles from about £272
13/13Convent de la Missio
Where: Palma
There is a monastic quality to Convent de la Missio, rather fitting given its former life as a training base for missionaries. The hotel is incredibly peaceful, decked out in breezy linens and as many natural materials as possible, from cool, heavy stone to light wood. The doors to the rooms are not your standard hotel doors; instead, they are vastly thick, rich wooden doors with ironwork details and the feeling of shutting it – and the rest of the world – behind you signals that you are truly in a place to unwind. If you're heading to Palma to party, this is not the hotel for you. If, however, you are looking to explore the city's many cultural offerings, eat your fair share of Mallorquin fare and get some very decent sleep, there are few better hotels to place yourself than here.
The hotel is also home to Marc Fosh, one of the island's few Michelin-starred restaurants, as well as a small but effective pool in a courtyard garden, heated all year round.
Address: Carrer de la Missió, 7A, 07003 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain
Price: Doubles from £220
