# Valldemossa and Deià Two stone villages of the Tramuntana half an hour from Palma: Chopin's Charterhouse, Robert Graves's house, Son Marroig, Sa Foradada and the cove at Deià. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/balearic-islands/valldemossa-and-deia · Revisado: 2026-11-13 Valldemossa and Deià are the two villages of the Serra de Tramuntana closest to Palma, and they are seen together because a single road links them, the Ma-10, which runs above the sea. Valldemossa is the village of the Charterhouse, where Chopin and George Sand spent the winter of 1838. Deià is the artists' village, perched on a hill, with Robert Graves's house and grave and a pebble cove below. Between the two lies Son Marroig, the house of Archduke Ludwig Salvator, with Sa Foradada at its feet. ## How do you get there from Palma? By car, Valldemossa is a little under half an hour up the Valldemossa road; Deià is a quarter of an hour further along the Ma-10, with Son Marroig halfway. It is a mountain road: bends, little hard shoulder and cyclists, especially at weekends in spring and autumn. Drive unhurried. Without a car, TIB line 203 links Palma with Valldemossa and Deià and continues to Sóller. It is the way to walk the stretch of the GR 221 between the two villages and come back by bus. Timetables change with the season and there are fewer departures at weekends: check them the day before on the TIB website. ## Where do you park? In Valldemossa, in the car parks at the entrance to the village; the old town is in practice pedestrianised. In Deià there are two car parks that serve for everything: the main one, next to Graves's house, and the village one, at the foot of the streets that climb to Es Puig. The cove has a small car park, paid from April to October, which fills up first thing in summer. Son Marroig has its own car park, from where the path to Sa Foradada starts. ## Which day to go? Beware of Sunday It is the first thing to know: the Charterhouse, Son Marroig and Robert Graves's house are closed on Sunday. Graves's house is also closed on Saturday. If you can only go on a Sunday, organise the day around the paths, the cove and the village of Deià, with lunch at Es Taller, which opens on Sunday at lunchtime. If you can choose, a Friday brings the three visits together. The Charterhouse, moreover, closes for the season on 21 November 2026 and has not yet published its reopening. And the Port de Valldemossa road is cut for works from 9 to 27 November 2026. ## How much time? A day covers the essentials: the Charterhouse in the morning, Son Marroig before 14:00, lunch and the afternoon in Deià, with Graves's house if it is a weekday and the climb to Es Puig. With two nights you add the descent to Sa Foradada, the Deià cove, the Camí de Castelló to the Font de ses Mentides and an olive oil tasting at Son Moragues. For the full crossing between the two villages on the GR 221 you need a long half day. ## When to go In spring and in October: light for walking, the mountains green and the sea still good for a swim in September and October. In July and August, coaches fill Valldemossa by mid-morning and the cove car park fills early; start early. In winter the villages are quiet and the paths very pleasant, but several hotels and restaurants don't publish their closing dates: call before booking. ## Where to stay In Valldemossa, Es Petit, an eight-room house in the centre, or the Hotel Valldemossa, for over-14s only. Between Son Marroig and Deià, Sa Pedrissa, an adults-only estate above the sea. In Deià, the Hotel Es Molí, with a 32 m pool and transfer to the Muleta cove, or the Consell de Mallorca's Can Boi refuge, from €14 in a dormitory. ## Dónde está - Cerca: Sóller and the Serra de Tramuntana (a 8.0 km), Pollença and Cap de Formentor (a 36.5 km) ## Qué hacer - **Royal Charterhouse of Valldemossa** (1 h 30 · All ages · Desde 12.5 € per person): The Charterhouse is the reason almost everyone goes up to Valldemossa: a former Carthusian monastery at the top of the village, with its church, its cells, King Sancho's palace and a tower that is visited separately. Frédéric Chopin and George Sand spent the winter of 1838 to 1839 here, and that story is still the draw for many visitors. What the visit is like It is self-guided, with an audio guide: you go round the exhibitions and the history of the monument and of those who lived in it at your own pace. The website distinguishes the monumental complex, King Sancho's Palace, the Keep Tower and its collections, and schedules a piano concert. Allow an hour and a half without hurrying, a little more if you climb the tower. Hours and season It is open Monday to Saturday: Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 17:00 and Saturday from 11:00 to 16:00. It is closed on Sunday. The website marks 21 November 2026 as the last day of the season and does not yet give the reopening date: if you go in winter, check it first. Tickets They are bought online, choosing the day; if you buy before the day of the visit there is a 10% discount. 2026 rates: TicketPrice General€12.50 General + Tower€15.50 Student€8.50 Over-65s€10.00 Groups of 10 or more€11.50 per person The website does not publish a children's rate or free admission for children: ask on 971 61 21 06 if you are coming with little ones. Getting there and parking The Charterhouse is on Plaça Cartoixa, in the centre of the village. From Palma you drive up the Valldemossa road in a little under half an hour. Park in the car parks at the entrance to the village and walk up; the old town's streets are narrow. Without a car, TIB line 203 links Palma with Valldemossa. With children The route is short and indoors, good for a rainy day. With teenagers, the climb up the tower and the story of Chopin and George Sand work better than the collection rooms. - **Ca n'Alluny, Robert Graves's house in Deià** (1 h · Readers and the curious; accompanied children · Desde 10 € per person): Ca n'Alluny is the house that the poet and novelist Robert Graves, author of I, Claudius, had built in Deià and where he lived much of his life. Today it is opened by the Fundació Robert Graves: the house with its rooms as they were, an exhibition room and the garden of the 1930s. What you see The visit begins with a 15-minute film about Graves. Then you tour the house on your own, with panels in each room, the exhibition room and the garden. A guide is sold at the ticket desk. The foundation recommends allowing at least an hour. Opening hours 1 April to 31 October: Monday to Friday, from 9:30 to 16:30; last entry at 15:50. 1 November to 31 March: Monday to Friday, from 9:00 to 16:00; last entry at 15:20. It is closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, and normally at Christmas and New Year. A weekend will not work: fit the house into a Friday or a weekday. Price €10 normal admission; €7 pensioners and students; €5 under-12s, who must go with an adult; groups of more than 10, €5 per person. You can pay by card or with your mobile phone. Getting there and parking The house is on the Deià to Sóller road, the Ma-10, between the village and S'Empeltada. It has no car park of its own. The general car park is about 200 m away, 3 or 4 minutes on foot, and the Deià car park about 600 m, 8 or 10 minutes. Sometimes there is room in front of the gate; people with reduced mobility can be dropped at the door, but the car then has to go to a car park. How to round it off Graves is buried in Deià cemetery, in front of the church of Es Puig, a stroll from the house. Together they make a full morning in Deià. - **Son Marroig, the house of Archduke Ludwig Salvator** (45 min · All ages · Desde 4 € per person): Son Marroig was one of the houses of Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria, the traveller and naturalist who bought a good part of this coast in the 19th century. Today it is a house museum in his honour, on the Valldemossa to Deià road, with the white marble temple that appears in every photo and Sa Foradada, the holed peninsula, at its feet. What you see The route passes through the ground floor and the old 15th-century tower, the chapel, a first-floor room with a Portuguese four-poster bed, the lounge with paintings and display cases of objects and books, and a room with photos of the Nixe, the archduke's yacht. It ends in the garden, with a small pond and the marble temple facing the sea. The arches terrace opens only from May to September, and the sacristy is closed for works. It takes between 25 and 45 minutes. Hours and price Monday to Saturday, from 9:30 to 14:00 and from 15:30 to 16:30. Closed on Sunday. Admission: €4 adults, €3 in groups of more than 20 and free for children up to age 12. Visits phone: 971 639 158. Getting there It is at kilometre point 65.5 of the Valldemossa – Deià road, the Ma-10, about ten minutes by car from each village. The path to Sa Foradada leaves from the estate's car park. With children and reduced mobility Under-12s do not pay and the garden with the temple appeals to them. To reach the first floor there is a narrow, steep staircase. - **Path from Son Marroig to Sa Foradada** (2 h 30 · 3 km · Families who like walking): Sa Foradada is the peninsula with a big hole in the rock that you see from Son Marroig. Deià town council suggests walking down to it: 3 km on a wide, well-marked path, an hour's descent to sea level and about two and a half hours round trip. The route Start. From the Son Marroig estate car park, beside the houses. Viewpoint. Iron railings mark the way; on the right is a viewpoint over Sa Foradada. Down through the pinewood. The path leaves the estate and descends among pines to the sea. Along the way you will see small buildings probably used by smugglers, and on the right the estate's white marble temple. The cove. You reach the cove of Sa Foradada, beside a restaurant. From there a descent to the water begins with a rope and a mesh handrail. The town council describes it as a pleasant walk on a path you "cannot miss". What is tiring is the return: everything you go down you climb back up. When to go All year. In summer, go early or late and bring water: the pinewood gives shade, but the climb in the sun is heavy. In winter it is a very pleasant walk. Getting there and parking Son Marroig is at kilometre 65.5 of the Valldemossa to Deià road, the Ma-10, about ten minutes by car from each village. The house museum is closed on Sunday; the website says nothing about access to the path that day, so if you go on a Sunday ask first on 971 639 158. With children or a dog With children who can walk for an hour without stopping it goes well; with a pushchair, no. The descent to the water by rope is not for little ones. On dogs, neither the town council nor the estate says anything: ask first. - **Climb to Es Puig in Deià, the church and Graves's grave** (45 min · All ages · Independent · free): Deià is climbed on foot. The village clings to a hill, Es Puig, and at the top is the church of Sant Joan Baptista with the cemetery in front. It is the short walk you should do even if you stop for only an hour: you see the whole valley, the sea and the stone houses on terraces. The walk From the road, take any of the cobbled streets that climb. The path passes a tiled Way of the Cross with views of the mountain and the village's traditional houses. At the top, on Es Puig: The church of Sant Joan Baptista. From the 16th century, rebuilt in the 18th. Its bell tower also served as a defensive tower. Inside, a Christ of 1625, a St Sebastian of 1653 and a main altarpiece of 1777 by Josep Sastre. The cemetery. Right in front of the church, up a cobbled path with cypresses and Way of the Cross chapels. Here are the graves of Robert Graves and other names of the village, and one of the best views of Deià. The parish museum. Beside the church, with works and objects donated over the centuries. The town council also cites the Es Clot archaeological museum, founded in 1962 by William Waldren, with finds from excavations in the area and a skeleton of Myotragus balearicus; it does not publish its hours. How long Between 30 and 45 minutes for the climb, visit and descent, without hurrying. If you come from the Robert Graves house, it is one more stroll. Getting there and parking Leave the car in one of the village's public car parks and walk up: there is nowhere to stop inside the old town. Bus 203 stops on the road, at the foot of the village. With children or a dog Short and with a reward at the top; the streets are cobbled and sloping, better a baby carrier than a pushchair. Dogs on a lead in the streets; they may not enter the church or the cemetery. - **GR 221 from Valldemossa to Deià, the Dry Stone Route** (Experienced walkers): Valldemossa and Deià are linked by the Ruta de Pedra en Sec, the GR 221 that crosses the Serra de Tramuntana along cobbled paths, terraces and snow houses. The stretch between the two villages is the second half of stage 4, Esporles – Can Boi, which ends at the Consell's refuge in Deià itself. It is a mountain crossing, not a stroll. The stage in figures The Consell de Mallorca gives for the whole stage, from Esporles to the Can Boi refuge: 23.1 km, 8 h 10 min, 1,326 m of ascent and 1,387 m of descent, and high difficulty. Starting in Valldemossa saves the first part, but the stretch to Deià is still a long half day with ascent. Along the way, the stage passes the Coma des Cairats and the Son Moragues snow house and has views over Sa Foradada. The Consell warns of a passable but unsignposted stretch through the Son Cabaspre housing estate, on the Esporles side. Download the GPX from the Consell's website before setting out. How to organise it The convenient way is to do it in one direction and return by bus. Leave the car in Palma or Valldemossa, walk to Deià and return on TIB line 203, which links Palma, Valldemossa and Deià. Check the day's timetable on the TIB website: at weekends there are fewer departures. If you want to stay overnight, the Can Boi refuge is in the Es Clot district, at the end of the stretch. What to bring For the whole route the Consell asks for water and food, a map and torch, hiking footwear, first-aid kit and mobile phone, a cap in summer and a coat and waterproof in winter. Check the forecast before setting out and work out your arrival time carefully: in November it gets dark early. When to go Autumn to spring. In summer the heat in open areas is harsh: set off at dawn or choose another route. With a dog It can go, always on a lead and under control, as the Consell asks along the whole Ruta de Pedra en Sec. Close any gates you cross: there is livestock. - **Camí de Castelló to Son Coll and the Font de ses Mentides** (1 h 15 · All ages): Before the road, Deià and Sóller were linked by the Camí de Castelló, a cobbled path among olive trees that the Escola de Margers has restored in recent years. Deià town council suggests a short stretch, a little over an hour, to Son Coll and the Font de ses Mentides. It rates it relatively low difficulty and suitable for all. How to find the start It leaves the C-710 road (now the Ma-10), between kilometres 60.2 and 60.3, about ten minutes' walk from Deià towards Llucalcari, roughly 1.5 km after the village. Take the stepped stone path beside Es Roquissar and, at the Can Pedro villa, the left-hand branch. The route Short climb. At first the path climbs a little beside a dry-stone wall and olive growers' houses. Son Coll. You pass the possessió (country estate) of Son Coll, from the 13th century, which at one time partly belonged to Robert Graves. From here you see the cove of Es Colomer. Can Miquelet and the spring. You continue to Can Miquelet, where a signposted turning goes down to the Font de ses Mentides, also called Font de Son Coll, with its channel and rectangular basin. Return. By the same path to Deià. If you are an experienced walker, you can continue towards Sóller. When to go Any time. In summer, early: there are sunny stretches. It is a good Sunday alternative, when the Robert Graves house and Son Marroig are closed. With children or a dog Short and uncomplicated: good for children who can walk for an hour. Not for pushchairs. Dogs on a lead: the path crosses private estates. - **Deià Cove** (3 h · Families and lovers of clear water · Free; paid parking in season): Deià cove is a narrow inlet of sea below the village, with rounded pebbles instead of sand, fishermen's huts on the rocks and very clean water. It is not a beach for lying on a towel: it is for swimming, looking at the sea bed and eating something facing the sea. How to get down On foot from the village. This is the way down the Consell suggests from the Can Boi refuge, in the Es Clot district. The mallorca.com beach guide speaks of 25 to 30 minutes from Deià's public car parks, all downhill; the return is uphill. By car. A narrow road goes down to a small car park about 150 m from the cove, paid from April to October. In summer it fills up first thing. By bus. From the S'Empeltada stop on line 203, about 20 minutes' walk. What there is Pebbles and rocks, without the services of a town beach. We have not been able to verify any bar or restaurant at the cove with its own website, so bring water and something to eat, especially out of summer. Bring water shoes: the sea bed is stone. When to go For swimming, June to September. In July and August, before ten or late in the day. Out of season, the walk down and a while on the rocks are worth it just the same, and the car park is free. With children or a dog With children who can swim it goes well on calm days; the bottom deepens quickly. With a pushchair, better not: the walk down is on a path. On dogs there is no published rule: ask Deià town council before taking one. - **Olive oil tasting and walk through the Son Moragues olive grove** (Adults and curious families): Son Moragues is a historic estate of centuries-old olive trees in the municipality of Valldemossa, and its organic oil is sold under the SONMO brand. It is a way of entering a real Tramuntana olive grove, with someone explaining what everything is, instead of seeing it from the road. What you can book SONMO publishes several experiences, each with its own booking page: A history of traditions and flavours. A visit to the estate's olive grove, an introduction to the history of the Serra de Tramuntana and a tasting of organic extra virgin oil. Olive oil workshop. A tasting class in the centuries-old olive grove that reviews organic production from start to finish. SONMO picnic. A walk through the olive grove and a picnic under the olive trees. Tasting on a private terrace in Valldemossa. On the terrace of a house in the village with views of the Charterhouse: the history of oil in Mallorca and a tasting. The general page gives no prices, duration or languages; they appear when you choose a date on each listing. The estate's address comes with the booking. When and how The brand talks of visits all year round. Book in advance, especially in spring and autumn. If a tasting does not fit, the SONMO shop in Valldemossa is open every day, Sunday too from 10:00 to 20:00, and sells the oil. Getting there The terrace tasting is in Valldemossa village itself, on foot from the Charterhouse. For the estate you need a car; they give you the meeting point when they confirm. Who it is for For anyone who wants to understand the Tramuntana landscape of terraces and olive trees from the inside. With children, the picnic is the easiest option. - **Mediterranean Portrait in Deià, with Flowers and Mallorcan Fabrics** (1 h · Anyone who wants a carefully made portrait, studio-style but outdoors, and small groups of female friends or adult family · Deià, 1 h and 20 photos, €220; at a cove, 1 h and 10 photos, €150; in Palma's old town, 1 h and 8 photos, €115): This is not the tourist photo session with the monument behind you: it is a portrait. Mar, a photographer with twenty years' experience in analogue and digital, works with natural light and brings her own props, and in Deià she adds fresh flowers and Mallorcan fabrics to dress the photo. One hour in the village's landscapes, 20 edited photos and a group price of €220, for up to six people. She sells it only as a service on Airbnb, which is where you book. Three settings, three prices The same photographer offers two other one-hour sessions, with fewer photos and cheaper: In Deià: 20 photos, with local flowers and fabrics. €220. At a cove with turquoise water: 10 photos, with hats and flowers. €150. In Palma's old town: 8 photos, with a basket, fruit and prop hats. €115. The price is per group, not per person, up to six. The listing asks that participants be over 18. Where, in Deià Deià is a stone village hanging from the Serra de Tramuntana, with houses in terraces around Es Puig and the sea below. The photographer goes to wherever you are within the area on her map: agree the place by message. The streets that climb towards Es Puig and the church give stone walls, bougainvillea and the valley behind; the Cala de Deià, with its fishermen's huts, gives rock and water. If you want the arch of Sa Foradada in the background, from Son Marroig, ask whether she can. The photographer Mar studied at IDEP Barcelona and at the IED in Madrid and has exhibited in Belfast, Ibiza, Barcelona, France and Colombia. Her sample photos are portraits of women by the sea, in black and white and with objects from the Mallorcan countryside: the aesthetic she seeks is that one, Mediterranean and simple. ## Dónde comer - **Es Taller, in Valldemossa** (Restaurant, Valldemossa, €€). Qué pedir: ask what is in season that day and, if the weather is good, ask for a table on the terrace. - **Es Pi, the restaurant at Sa Pedrissa** (Restaurant, Deià, €€€). Qué pedir: ask for the Mallorcan dish of the day and leave room for a cocktail at Es Jardí mid-afternoon. - **El Olivo, at La Residencia in Deià** (Restaurant, Deià, €€€€). Qué pedir: the tasting menu; the Michelin Guide highlights the Albayzín dish. ## By car: By car on the Ma-10, from Valldemossa to Deià The car is the most comfortable way to combine Valldemossa, Son Marroig and Deià in one day: everything hangs off the Ma-10 road, which follows the coast between the two villages. From Palma you drive up to Valldemossa in a little under half an hour; Deià is a quarter of an hour further. The budget counts a night in a shared small hotel, two meals and the admissions. Presupuesto orientativo: 70–150 € por persona y día. ### Dónde dormir if you're driving - **Es Petit de Valldemossa** (Small hotel): A village house turned hotel Es Petit is a former family house converted into a small hotel of eight rooms, right in the centre of Valldemossa. It is on Carrer Uetam, a stroll from the Charterhouse and the bus stop. Downstairs it has a lounge bar with a terrace and a garden facing the mountain. It is the option for anyone who wants to see Valldemossa when the coaches leave: in the evening and first thing the village is another place. The rooms The website describes them in a rustic, welcoming style that mixes Mallorcan tradition with modern comforts, with views in the centre of the village. It does not publish the list of types or their sizes. Among the services it cites reception, wifi, luggage storage, breakfast, parking, cleaning service, online check-in, concierge and excursion planning. Check-in is at 14:00 and check-out at 12:00. Getting there and parking From Palma you drive up to Valldemossa in under half an hour. The website mentions parking among its services: ask when you book where it is and whether it costs anything, because the old town is narrow. Without a car, TIB line 203 drops you in the village and the hotel is on foot. What is close by All of Valldemossa on foot: the Charterhouse, Es Taller for Sunday lunch, the Son Moragues oil shop. Deià and the Robert Graves house are a quarter of an hour away by car or on the same bus 203. The same owners run Marton, another place to stay on Carrer Rei Sanxo. - **Hotel Valldemossa** (Hotel): Ten minutes' walk from the village, facing the Charterhouse The Hotel Valldemossa is on the old Valldemossa road, outside the old town, among olive and almond trees, and looks straight at the Charterhouse. The hotel reckons ten minutes' walk to the village's cobbled streets, and Palma is 17 kilometres away. It is part of IT Mallorca, a group of luxury hotels on the island, and advertises itself as a sanctuary of rest for over-14s only. The house: the fifties, Le Corbusier and commissioned art The lounges and rooms recover the French aesthetic of the 1950s, with original furniture by Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier and Miguel Milá, wooden beams, bamboo and earth colours. On the walls hangs contemporary work commissioned for the house from artists such as Jordi Alcaraz, Aythamy Armas, Antonia Ferrer, Richard Zinon and Andrea Torres. From the Deluxe to the suite with jacuzzi The website shows a range of rooms, all for two adults: Deluxe and Deluxe with terrace, Premium with terrace, Junior Suite with mountain view, which looks to the sierra and in the distance to Palma, Junior Suite with terrace and the Valldemossa Suite. From the Deluxe with terrace you see the Charterhouse even from the shower, according to the hotel. The suite, the largest, has a lounge, separate shower and bath and a wide terrace with a jacuzzi over the valley, beside the wellness area and the outdoor pool. The rooms it describes come with individual climate control, complimentary coffee and tea, a Bluetooth speaker and an electric car charger. It does not publish prices or the total number of rooms. Booking on its website, breakfast is included, and with the Valldemossa Suite two 30-minute massages are added. Breakfast is served on the terrace, facing the olive trees, with kilómetro cero produce and home-made jam. Valldemossa Longevity: massages, yoga and an outdoor gym The hotel's wellness programme, Valldemossa Longevity, is inspired by traditional Chinese medicine and lymphatic drainage, and is directed by Amor Garzón. It includes massages and treatments, group or private yoga and pilates, qigong and tai chi with Oliver Indri in the gardens, an outdoor gym with views of the Charterhouse and personal trainers for exercise plans, hiking routes or bike rides. For cyclists it has a bike centre with racks, pump and repair workshop, a private garage to store them and route maps starting from the hotel. From Tokyo to Lima, with a view of the Charterhouse The restaurant is Valldemossa's version of De Tokio a Lima in Palma: creative seasonal cooking that mixes Japan and Peru with produce from small Mallorcan farmers, signed by chefs Germán Bernardi and Ricardo Rossi. Among its classics are the prawn fritters and the sirloin tataki, the orange pisco sour and the creamy Sóller lemon tart. The website gives no hours: ask when you book. The Charterhouse, Es Taller and the GR 221, on foot From Palma, by car, along the Valldemossa road; the hotel does not detail its parking, so ask when you book. On foot, in the village, are the Royal Charterhouse, where Chopin and George Sand spent the winter of 1838 to 1839, and Es Taller for lunch. If you walk, the GR 221 from Valldemossa to Deià starts in the same village. - **Sa Pedrissa, a country hotel between Deià and Son Marroig** (Country house): The estate Sa Pedrissa is an adults-only country hotel on an estate on the Valldemossa to Deià road, at kilometre 64.5. According to its website, it is about 2.5 km from Deià, 5 km from Llucalcari and Sa Foradada, 8 km from Valldemossa and 13 km from Sóller. The house looks out to sea from high on the coast, among centuries-old olive trees. Rooms and suites The website describes a wide range, of about 14 rooms. The doubles go from the 15 m² Sea View Double to the 27 m² Superior Double with a shared terrace, via the Garden View Double, with a balcony. Then come the 30 and 34 m² Junior Suites, the Sea View Tower Suite, on two floors, and the large 65 m² suites: the Sea View Deluxe Suite and two Grand Suites with private pool, one onto the garden and one onto the sea. The website does not publish prices: you see them when you book online. Eating at home The restaurant Es Pi serves breakfast, lunch and dinner with updated Mallorcan cooking; Es Jardí, cocktails on the terrace in the afternoon; and Es Mirador, a private dining room for six. Conditions Check-in from 14:00 and check-out at 11:00. You cancel on the website, by email or by phone; bank charges are at your expense. Changes must be requested more than 24 hours ahead. The website gives no opening dates: if you go in winter, ask. Getting there By car only, along the Ma-10. Son Marroig and the path to Sa Foradada are a few minutes away. - **Hotel Es Molí, in Deià** (Hotel): The estate Es Molí occupies a restored 17th-century estate on the hillside above Deià. Its website speaks of more than 15,000 m² of terraced gardens, with centuries-old olive trees, citrus and stone paths, and of a 32 m heated pool filled with spring water. It also has a gym, a tennis court with views and yoga classes in the garden. Muleta cove What sets the hotel apart is its access to Muleta cove, a rocky cove among pines in a protected natural area. There the Muleta Snack-Bar operates, from 10:00 to 18:00 with meals from 13:00 to 16:00, and the hotel provides a free shuttle, because it is about 9 km away. Eating Es Jardí: dinner only, from 19:00 to 22:00; also open to outside customers by reservation, with priority for guests. Sa Font d'es Molí: beside the pool, drinks from 10:00 to 19:00 and meals from 13:00 to 19:00. There are children's options at all of them and vegan and vegetarian dishes. Rooms The website groups them into singles, doubles and family rooms, without publishing how many there are or prices; they are booked on its online engine. Nor does it give check-in and check-out times or season dates: ask when you book, especially outside summer. Getting there It is on the Valldemossa to Deià road, above the village. From Deià you have Es Puig and the Robert Graves house close at hand. ## Car-free: On bus 203 and on foot along the GR 221 Valldemossa and Deià work without a car: TIB line 203 links Palma with both villages, and the GR 221 runs between them. What is left out is Son Marroig and Sa Foradada, in the middle of the road, and the cove if you do not want to walk down. The budget counts the Can Boi refuge with dinner, or a shared room in Valldemossa. Presupuesto orientativo: 40–90 € por persona y día. ### Dónde dormir without a car - **Es Petit de Valldemossa** (Small hotel): A village house turned hotel Es Petit is a former family house converted into a small hotel of eight rooms, right in the centre of Valldemossa. It is on Carrer Uetam, a stroll from the Charterhouse and the bus stop. Downstairs it has a lounge bar with a terrace and a garden facing the mountain. It is the option for anyone who wants to see Valldemossa when the coaches leave: in the evening and first thing the village is another place. The rooms The website describes them in a rustic, welcoming style that mixes Mallorcan tradition with modern comforts, with views in the centre of the village. It does not publish the list of types or their sizes. Among the services it cites reception, wifi, luggage storage, breakfast, parking, cleaning service, online check-in, concierge and excursion planning. Check-in is at 14:00 and check-out at 12:00. Getting there and parking From Palma you drive up to Valldemossa in under half an hour. The website mentions parking among its services: ask when you book where it is and whether it costs anything, because the old town is narrow. Without a car, TIB line 203 drops you in the village and the hotel is on foot. What is close by All of Valldemossa on foot: the Charterhouse, Es Taller for Sunday lunch, the Son Moragues oil shop. Deià and the Robert Graves house are a quarter of an hour away by car or on the same bus 203. The same owners run Marton, another place to stay on Carrer Rei Sanxo. - **Can Boi Refuge, in Deià** (Mountain hut, desde 14 € / bed): A refuge in the village Can Boi is one of the Consell de Mallorca's refuges on the Ruta de Pedra en Sec: the end of the stage that comes from Esporles via Valldemossa and the start of the one that continues towards Muleta and Port de Sóller. It is in the Es Clot district, at Carrer des Clot, 5, in restored houses that keep the old olive mill with all its elements. From here you walk down to Deià Cove. You do not have to arrive on foot: anyone can book. It is, by a long way, the cheapest bed in Deià. Dormitories and services It has 32 places in four shared dormitories: two of 4, one of 6 and one of 18. It is adapted for people with disabilities. There are toilets, hot showers, heating, a fireplace, wifi and a phone. Sheets and towels can be hired. Prices ItemPrice Dormitory, with shower€14 Dormitory, under 16€9 Sheets€4.50 Towel€2 Breakfast€5.50 Midday menu€13 Dinner menu€9.50 Children's menu€5.50 Picnic bag€8 Breakfast from 8:00 to 9:00, lunch at 13:30 and dinner at 20:30. Rules Always book beforehand, through the Consell's refuge booking system or the Unitat de Refugis (971 173 700). Rooms must be vacated before 10:00. The door closes at 22:00 from 1 November to 31 March and at 23:00 from 1 April to 31 October. If you come by car, park in the village car parks. ## Luxury: Estates with sea views Between Valldemossa and Deià the Tramuntana has its most carefully kept hotels: old terraced estates above the sea, with a pool, restaurant and views. None publishes prices on its website; the budget is a guide, per person per day, with dinner included. Presupuesto orientativo: From €300 por persona y día. ### Dónde dormir in style - **Hotel Valldemossa** (Hotel): Ten minutes' walk from the village, facing the Charterhouse The Hotel Valldemossa is on the old Valldemossa road, outside the old town, among olive and almond trees, and looks straight at the Charterhouse. The hotel reckons ten minutes' walk to the village's cobbled streets, and Palma is 17 kilometres away. It is part of IT Mallorca, a group of luxury hotels on the island, and advertises itself as a sanctuary of rest for over-14s only. The house: the fifties, Le Corbusier and commissioned art The lounges and rooms recover the French aesthetic of the 1950s, with original furniture by Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier and Miguel Milá, wooden beams, bamboo and earth colours. On the walls hangs contemporary work commissioned for the house from artists such as Jordi Alcaraz, Aythamy Armas, Antonia Ferrer, Richard Zinon and Andrea Torres. From the Deluxe to the suite with jacuzzi The website shows a range of rooms, all for two adults: Deluxe and Deluxe with terrace, Premium with terrace, Junior Suite with mountain view, which looks to the sierra and in the distance to Palma, Junior Suite with terrace and the Valldemossa Suite. From the Deluxe with terrace you see the Charterhouse even from the shower, according to the hotel. The suite, the largest, has a lounge, separate shower and bath and a wide terrace with a jacuzzi over the valley, beside the wellness area and the outdoor pool. The rooms it describes come with individual climate control, complimentary coffee and tea, a Bluetooth speaker and an electric car charger. It does not publish prices or the total number of rooms. Booking on its website, breakfast is included, and with the Valldemossa Suite two 30-minute massages are added. Breakfast is served on the terrace, facing the olive trees, with kilómetro cero produce and home-made jam. Valldemossa Longevity: massages, yoga and an outdoor gym The hotel's wellness programme, Valldemossa Longevity, is inspired by traditional Chinese medicine and lymphatic drainage, and is directed by Amor Garzón. It includes massages and treatments, group or private yoga and pilates, qigong and tai chi with Oliver Indri in the gardens, an outdoor gym with views of the Charterhouse and personal trainers for exercise plans, hiking routes or bike rides. For cyclists it has a bike centre with racks, pump and repair workshop, a private garage to store them and route maps starting from the hotel. From Tokyo to Lima, with a view of the Charterhouse The restaurant is Valldemossa's version of De Tokio a Lima in Palma: creative seasonal cooking that mixes Japan and Peru with produce from small Mallorcan farmers, signed by chefs Germán Bernardi and Ricardo Rossi. Among its classics are the prawn fritters and the sirloin tataki, the orange pisco sour and the creamy Sóller lemon tart. The website gives no hours: ask when you book. The Charterhouse, Es Taller and the GR 221, on foot From Palma, by car, along the Valldemossa road; the hotel does not detail its parking, so ask when you book. On foot, in the village, are the Royal Charterhouse, where Chopin and George Sand spent the winter of 1838 to 1839, and Es Taller for lunch. If you walk, the GR 221 from Valldemossa to Deià starts in the same village. - **Sa Pedrissa, a country hotel between Deià and Son Marroig** (Country house): The estate Sa Pedrissa is an adults-only country hotel on an estate on the Valldemossa to Deià road, at kilometre 64.5. According to its website, it is about 2.5 km from Deià, 5 km from Llucalcari and Sa Foradada, 8 km from Valldemossa and 13 km from Sóller. The house looks out to sea from high on the coast, among centuries-old olive trees. Rooms and suites The website describes a wide range, of about 14 rooms. The doubles go from the 15 m² Sea View Double to the 27 m² Superior Double with a shared terrace, via the Garden View Double, with a balcony. Then come the 30 and 34 m² Junior Suites, the Sea View Tower Suite, on two floors, and the large 65 m² suites: the Sea View Deluxe Suite and two Grand Suites with private pool, one onto the garden and one onto the sea. The website does not publish prices: you see them when you book online. Eating at home The restaurant Es Pi serves breakfast, lunch and dinner with updated Mallorcan cooking; Es Jardí, cocktails on the terrace in the afternoon; and Es Mirador, a private dining room for six. Conditions Check-in from 14:00 and check-out at 11:00. You cancel on the website, by email or by phone; bank charges are at your expense. Changes must be requested more than 24 hours ahead. The website gives no opening dates: if you go in winter, ask. Getting there By car only, along the Ma-10. Son Marroig and the path to Sa Foradada are a few minutes away. - **Hotel Es Molí, in Deià** (Hotel): The estate Es Molí occupies a restored 17th-century estate on the hillside above Deià. Its website speaks of more than 15,000 m² of terraced gardens, with centuries-old olive trees, citrus and stone paths, and of a 32 m heated pool filled with spring water. It also has a gym, a tennis court with views and yoga classes in the garden. Muleta cove What sets the hotel apart is its access to Muleta cove, a rocky cove among pines in a protected natural area. There the Muleta Snack-Bar operates, from 10:00 to 18:00 with meals from 13:00 to 16:00, and the hotel provides a free shuttle, because it is about 9 km away. Eating Es Jardí: dinner only, from 19:00 to 22:00; also open to outside customers by reservation, with priority for guests. Sa Font d'es Molí: beside the pool, drinks from 10:00 to 19:00 and meals from 13:00 to 19:00. There are children's options at all of them and vegan and vegetarian dishes. Rooms The website groups them into singles, doubles and family rooms, without publishing how many there are or prices; they are booked on its online engine. Nor does it give check-in and check-out times or season dates: ask when you book, especially outside summer. Getting there It is on the Valldemossa to Deià road, above the village. From Deià you have Es Puig and the Robert Graves house close at hand. ## As a family: Coves, a temple over the sea and short paths With children, this part of the Tramuntana is best enjoyed in short walks with a reward: a clear-water cove, a marble temple over the sea, a church at the top of the village. What does not work are long crossings or winding roads at midday. ### What works best The garden and temple at Son Marroig, free up to age 12 The walk down to Sa Foradada, an hour each way, for children who walk The climb to Es Puig in Deià, short and with views The path to the Font de ses Mentides, a little over an hour, suitable for all Deià Cove on calm days, with water shoes ### Where to sleep Hotel Es Molí, with family rooms, a pool and a shuttle to Muleta Es Petit de Valldemossa, in the centre and on foot to everything Sa Pedrissa and the Hotel Valldemossa do not admit children ### Where to eat Es Taller, in Valldemossa: ask for portions from the bar menu The Es Molí restaurants have children's options ### Bear in mind The Charterhouse, Son Marroig and the Graves house close on Sunday Deià's streets are cobbled and sloping: better a baby carrier than a pushchair The Ma-10 has many bends: bring something for travel sickness ### Qué hacer as a family - Royal Charterhouse of Valldemossa - Son Marroig, the house of Archduke Ludwig Salvator - Path from Son Marroig to Sa Foradada - Climb to Es Puig in Deià, the church and Graves's grave - Camí de Castelló to Son Coll and the Font de ses Mentides - Deià Cove ## Consejos ### Don't come on a Sunday for the museums The Charterhouse, Son Marroig and Graves's house are closed that day. ### Buy the Charterhouse the day before Online you pay 10% less. ### Do the GR 221 one way Car at Valldemossa or bus from Palma, arrive at Deià and return on the 203. ### Park outside the old town In both villages, leave the car below and walk up. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### How long does it take from Palma to Valldemossa? A little under half an hour by car. Deià is a quarter of an hour further along the Ma-10. ### Is there a bus from Palma to Valldemossa and Deià? Yes, TIB line 203, which continues to Sóller. At weekends it has fewer departures. ### What can you see on a Sunday? The paths, the cove, the village of Deià and the Son Moragues oil shop. The Charterhouse, Son Marroig and Graves's house are closed. ### How much does the Valldemossa Charterhouse cost? €12.50 general admission in 2026, €15.50 with the tower. ### Can you see Valldemossa and Deià in a day? Yes, on a weekday: Charterhouse in the morning, Son Marroig before 14:00 and Deià in the afternoon. ### Can you walk from Valldemossa to Deià? Yes, along the GR 221, the Ruta de Pedra en Sec. It is a long half day, with climbing, for people used to the mountains.