Best Restaurants Mallorca: Michelin Stars & Hidden Gems
Discover the best restaurants in Mallorca: Michelin stars, local hidden gems, and how to secure impossible reservations before you land. Expert dining guide for American travelers.
Renting a Luxury Villa in Mallorca: The American Insider's Guide
The island's finest villas are gone by November — and most American travelers don't start looking until February. Which regions actually suit your group, finca versus modern villa, the ETV license that protects your deposit, and why June and September quietly beat peak summer. The complete playbook for booking the week you're actually paying for.
Cycling in Mallorca: How to Ride the Island Like You Belong Here
Professional teams winter here for a reason — empty, beautifully surfaced mountain roads, 300 days of sun and terrain that humbles pros and welcomes leisure riders alike. From the Serra de Tramuntana climbs to the Mallorca 312, our guide to when to go, where to base yourself, and how to shape a cycling trip around the rider rather than the package.
Valldemossa: A Considered Guide to Mallorca’s Most Romantic Mountain Town
Half an hour north of Palma, Valldemossa is the village where Chopin and George Sand spent the difficult winter of 1838 — the months in which he completed his Preludes, Op. 28 inside the Real Cartuja monastery. Two centuries later, the music still plays in the rooms where it was written. A considered guide to the village’s monastery, the cocas de patata, the Chopin Festival, and where to stay and eat.
Golf in Mallorca: A Year-Round Playground for Serious Players
Twenty-three courses, a Mediterranean climate that supports comfortable play almost every week of the year, and a small handful of layouts genuinely worth flying for. From Son Gual — which Ian Woosnam compared to Augusta — to the three Arabella courses overlooking Palma and Andratx’s celebrity-favoured layout, a considered guide to the island’s best courses, golf-friendly hotels and what to know before you book.
Mallorca’s Best Spas: A Considered Guide to the Island’s Finest Wellness Destinations
Mallorca has quietly become one of Europe’s most rewarding wellness destinations. Serious thermal circuits inside fifteenth-century palaces, treatment rituals built around Mallorcan olive oil and sea salt, and resort spas designed by some of the same teams behind the most-acclaimed properties in Dubai — a region-by-region guide to the spas worth booking, and what each one actually does well.
Shopping in Palma: A Considered Guide to the City’s Best Streets, Boutiques and Markets
Palma has quietly become one of the more interesting shopping cities in the Mediterranean. International luxury houses occupy fifteenth-century palaces, family jewellers who have served the island since 1879 sit a few doors from contemporary galleries, and the markets still smell faintly of salt and citrus. From the golden mile of the Born to the artisan ateliers of the old quarter — a street-by-street guide for those who know where to look.
Deià: Mallorca’s Storied Mountain Village
Tucked into a ravine where the Teix mountain meets the Mediterranean, Deià is the most distinguished mountain village on the island — a haven for writers, painters and the quietly discerning for nearly a century. Robert Graves made his home here. Helen Walsh set The Lemon Grove against its sun-warmed backdrop. A guide to the hotels worth booking, the tables worth keeping, and the rituals that have made it Mallorca’s most beloved address.
