# A weekend in Valldemossa and Deià, half an hour from Palma

Two nights in the Tramuntana half an hour from Palma: Graves's house on Friday, the Charterhouse and Sa Foradada on Saturday, the cove and the Camí de Castelló on Sunday.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/balearic-islands/valldemossa-and-deia/itineraries/two-nights-carthusian-monastery-and-coves-valldemossa-deia · Revisado: 2026-11-13

Dónde: Valldemossa and Deià

Valldemossa is half an hour from Palma and Deià about 40 minutes: you could go and come back in a day, but the visiting hours do not fit into a single day unless it is midweek. With two nights you see everything and have time left for the sea: Robert Graves's house on Friday, the Charterhouse, Son Marroig and Sa Foradada on Saturday, and on Sunday, when everything else is closed, the cove and an old path.

## What is in the weekend?

VisitTimePrice in 2026Day

Robert Graves's house1 h€10Friday

Sa Foradada from Son Marroig2 h 30FreeSaturday

Royal Charterhouse of Valldemossa1 h 30€12.50Saturday

Son Marroig45 min€4Saturday

Cala de DeiàMorningFree; paid parking in seasonSunday

Camí de Castelló to the Font de ses Mentides1 h 30FreeSunday

## Where to sleep

To have the coast close by, Sa Pedrissa, an adults-only estate at kilometre 64.5 of the Ma-10, next to Son Marroig. With children, the Hotel Es Molí, above Deià, with family rooms, a pool and a transfer to the Muleta cove. On a small budget, the Can Boi hostel, in Deià itself, from €14 in a dormitory. If you prefer village life, Es Petit, in the centre of Valldemossa.

## If it rains

Friday and Saturday morning hold up well: Graves's house, the Charterhouse and Son Marroig are all indoors. Swap Sa Foradada for the olive oil tasting at Son Moragues and Sunday for a stroll around Valldemossa and its oil shop.

## El plan

### Friday · 14:00 · Robert Graves's house
Leave Palma around 13:00: in about 40 minutes you are in Deià. Park in the main car park and enter Ca n'Alluny before the last admission (15:50 from April to October, 15:20 in winter). Afterwards, climb to Es Puig to see Graves's grave and the valley in the afternoon light.

### Friday · 20:30 · Dinner at El Olivo
La Residencia's restaurant, in a 17th-century oil mill, with a tasting menu. Book well ahead. If you want something simpler, have dinner at your hotel.

### Saturday · 9:30 · Sa Foradada
From the Son Marroig car park, an hour's descent through the pine wood to the Sa Foradada cove and another hour back up. Bring water.

### Saturday · 12:15 · The Valldemossa Charterhouse
Ten minutes by car. On Saturday it opens from 11:00 to 16:00. Buy your ticket the day before.

### Saturday · 14:00 · Lunch at Es Taller
In Valldemossa, with a terrace onto the garden.

### Saturday · 15:45 · Son Marroig
It reopens from 15:30 to 16:30: the Archduke's house and the little temple above Sa Foradada, which you saw from below in the morning.

### Sunday · 10:00 · Cala de Deià
Walk down from the village or drive to the small car park. Swimming from June to September; the rest of the year, a while on the rocks.

### Sunday · 12:00 · The Camí de Castelló and the drive back
A little over an hour to the Font de ses Mentides along the old road from Deià to Sóller. Have lunch at Es Taller, which opens on Sunday from 13:00 to 16:00, and return to Palma via Valldemossa.

## Un consejo más

The Charterhouse closes for the season on 21 November 2026 and has not yet published its reopening: if you go in winter, check its website before booking.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How long does it take from Palma to Valldemossa and Deià?
A little under half an hour to Valldemossa and about 40 minutes to Deià, by car.

### Why start on Friday?
Robert Graves's house only opens Monday to Friday.

### What is there to do on Sunday?
The Cala de Deià and the Camí de Castelló: the Charterhouse, Son Marroig and Graves's house are closed.

### Where to sleep with children?
At Hotel Es Molí, with family rooms and a pool; Sa Pedrissa is adults only.

## Dónde dormir if you're driving
- **Es Petit de Valldemossa**: 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**: 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**: 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**: 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.

## Dónde dormir without a car
- **Es Petit de Valldemossa**: 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**, 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.

## Dónde dormir in style
- **Hotel Valldemossa**: 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**: 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**: 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.