Two famous names at much the same price. La Residencia, from about 1,805 euros, if you want old manor houses facing Deià, Miró on the walls and the village on the doorstep, with the sea a 26-minute walk downhill. Four Seasons Resort Mallorca at Formentor, from about 1,830, if you would rather stay put above nearly a kilometre of sand, with a free kids' club every day.
The classicDeià's manor-house classic since 1984: olive terraces, Miró on the walls and the village on the doorstep.
€€€€From about €1,805 a night
Choose La Residencia, A Belmond Hotel if
The catch
Built into a hillside, with steps between buildings and sometimes more than one lift to reach your room
The iconThe Hotel Formentor of 1929, rebuilt from the ground up and now run by Four Seasons, at the head of nearly a kilometre of pine-shaded sand at Mallorca's northern tip.
€€€€From about €1,830 a night
Choose Four Seasons Resort Mallorca at Formentor if
The catch
The building is new: the 1929 hotel was gutted in 2021, its last walls came down in 2022 and it was rebuilt to look from the bay much as it did, so the history is in the name, the site and the old garden steps rather than the rooms.
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La Residencia, A Belmond HotelFour Seasons Resort Mallorca at Formentor
La Residencia, A Belmond Hotel
Four Seasons Resort Mallorca at Formentor
The verdict
Two famous names at much the same price. La Residencia, from about 1,805 euros, if you want old manor houses facing Deià, Miró on the walls and the village on the doorstep, with the sea a 26-minute walk downhill. Four Seasons Resort Mallorca at Formentor, from about 1,830, if you would rather stay put above nearly a kilometre of sand, with a free kids' club every day.
Questions people ask
Two famous names at much the same price. La Residencia, from about 1,805 euros, if you want old manor houses facing Deià, Miró on the walls and the village on the doorstep, with the sea a 26-minute walk downhill. Four Seasons Resort Mallorca at Formentor, from about 1,830, if you would rather stay put above nearly a kilometre of sand, with a free kids' club every day.
The Tramuntana classic, booked for the art, the olive groves and a terrace facing Deià, if you can live with the stairs. Check availability for a Deluxe Junior Suite. Old Mallorca at its most polished: manor houses, olive terraces and art in a village that has drawn painters and writers for generations, with the sea a walk downhill rather than at the door. It is quiet, hilly and priced as one of the island's famous names.
It has indoor and outdoor pools. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
The Formentor name, the sand and Four Seasons service in one place, at a price that leaves no room for half measures. Pay for the Grand Sea-View Room and plan to stay put. A stay-put beach resort on the site of the old Hotel Formentor: the sand, the pools and a free kids' club on the Formentor peninsula, run to Four Seasons standards. The building is a 2024 rebuild, and the entry room runs to about 1,830 euros on a May night.
It has an outdoor pool. It has its own beach club.