Hotel Illa d'Or

A 1929 hotel over the water

The Illa d'Or opened in 1929, when there were almost no houses around it in Port de Pollença; its website keeps the photo from then. It is at the end of the Pine Walk, the quietest stretch of the seafront promenade, with its own jetty over the bay. It is a superior four-star.

Rooms and facilities

It has double rooms, suites with big windows onto the sea and apartments with a living-dining room opening onto the garden. There are three pools: an outdoor one, a heated indoor one and one facing the sea for adults only, aged 16 and over, like the spa, with a hydrotherapy circuit, sauna, steam bath and treatments. A gym, tennis court, laundry, left-luggage and vehicle hire complete the picture.

For eating, there is the panoramic restaurant La Terrassa, the gourmet 1929, with views of the promenade, and a snack bar. The hotel also has a traditional sailing boat, the Isabel María, for outings with guests.

For cycling

It hires out bicycles, and has a garage to store them, a washing area and a washing machine. The Formentor road starts at the door: in season, with cars cut off from 10:00 to 22:00, it is the best starting point for cycling up to the lighthouse.

Getting there

From Palma, about 60 km along the Ma-13 and through Pollença. Without a car, TIB line 301 reaches Port de Pollença; the stop for line 334 to Formentor is in the Port itself.