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.