Hotel Es Moli Deya

Hotel Es Moli Deya details

Tucked up in the hills, this finca-style retreat is ‘old’ Majorca at its best.

People have been falling in love with Es Moli for years. One look and you’ll understand why. Set against a mountain backdrop of pine-clad peaks and terraced olive and lemon groves, its location is superb.

Es Moli is a former grand country mansion with beautiful bedrooms which have been redecorated in 2011. It’s textbook Spain with balustraded balconies, window shutters and bursts of bougainvillea. And it’s cocooned in shady gardens filled with secluded nooks perfect for curling up with a good book. The big, attractive swimming pool – fed by mountain streams – is the focal point not to mention a sun trap.

Although it’s about four kilometres to the nearest beach, a courtesy bus will take you off to Es Moli’s own exclusive cove with a platform where you can swim and snorkel. There’s a snack bar, loungers, changing rooms and showers there, too.

What’s more, the hotel is just 15-minutes stroll away from Deya, one of the island’s most picturesque villages. It’s been a favourite haunt of writers and artists since Robert Graves set up home there back in 1935.

It’s worth mentioning that as the hotel is set into the mountain, you need to be prepared for steep slopes and steps linking the main building to the annexe, pool and terraces.