Can Prunera, Sóller's Modernista museum

The Pruneres, from Belfort to Carrer de sa Lluna

Can Prunera is a Modernista house built between 1904 and 1911 on Carrer de sa Lluna, the shopping street in the centre of Sóller. It was commissioned by Joan Magraner and Margalida Vicens, whom the town called els Pruneres. Like many families in the valley, they emigrated after a blight wiped out the orange trees in 1865, and made their fortune in Belfort, in France, trading in fruit, vegetables and liqueurs. On their return they wanted a house that stood out: French-style Modernisme in the middle of a stone town. It is not known who designed it. The museum records the hypothesis of Joan Rubió i Bellver, with no document to confirm it, and that it was built by the town's master builders.

Tiles, stained glass and the Serra collection

The first things you look at are the floors: hand-made hydraulic tiles, 20 by 20 centimetres, with a different pattern in each room. Then come the stained-glass windows, high ceilings, curving forms, carved furniture and lamps of the period. Each room has its own design, so the house is explored as a succession of lived-in rooms rather than as a museum of display cases.

On the walls hangs the Serra collection, with 19th- and 20th-century work: Miró, Picasso, Gauguin, Foujita, Klimt, Barceló or Dennis Oppenheim, among others. General admission lets you move at your own pace, with no fixed route, with an audio guide included.

Campo de Juego and the sculpture garden

Besides the house, the ticket gives access to the Campo de Juego, a sensory, immersive space which the museum presents as designed for ages 0 to 99, by Irene Fernández of Createctura. With children it is the part that justifies the visit. Behind the house is the sculpture garden, with a speciality coffee café and a wine bar. You can go into the garden, the café and the shop without a ticket: if you just want a coffee in the shade in the centre of Sóller, that works too.

Eleven euros with an audio guide, or with a guide and a drink

General admission costs €11; the reduced rate, €9, for young people aged 12 to 24 and over-65s; under-12s do not pay. The guided visit lasts an hour, takes in the house and the collection and ends with a drink in the garden, wine, beer or a soft drink; book on their website, which does not publish its price. There is also a private visit for groups with an expert in history and art, and on Fridays a night visit behind closed doors with wine for €45. For families it runs the workshop "The Secret Life of Objects", on Saturdays at 11:30 and Thursdays at 17:00, at €7, for children from age 3.

Allow an hour and a half without hurrying, a little more if you sit in the garden.

Winter and summer hours

From 1 October to 14 April it is open Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00 and Sunday from 10:00 to 14:30. From 15 April to 1 October, Monday from 10:00 to 18:00, Tuesday to Thursday until 19:00, Friday and Saturday until 20:00 and Sunday from 10:00 to 14:30. In its FAQ the website gives a different, longer winter schedule: if you go late or on a Sunday afternoon, call first on 971 638 973.

It is at number 86 Carrer de sa Lluna, a few minutes' walk from the square and the station of the Sóller train. If you arrive by car, the centre has paid blue-zone parking and green zones for residents only: see the Sóller car parks before entering the old town.