Two Tramuntana hotels at opposite scales, both closed in winter. La Residencia, from about 1,805 euros, if you want 67 rooms and suites around two old manor houses facing Deià, with a spa, art studios and dinner in an old olive mill. L'Avenida, from about 235, if you would rather have twelve adults-only rooms on a quiet Sóller street, a garden pool and a different restaurant in town every night.
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 insider oneA twelve-room, adults-only Sóller townhouse with a garden pool, a MICHELIN Key and the port tram five minutes away.
€€From about €235 a night
Choose L'Avenida Hotel if
The catch
Closed from November to the end of February, with a three-night minimum stay from May to September.
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La Residencia, A Belmond HotelL'Avenida Hotel
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The verdict
Two Tramuntana hotels at opposite scales, both closed in winter. La Residencia, from about 1,805 euros, if you want 67 rooms and suites around two old manor houses facing Deià, with a spa, art studios and dinner in an old olive mill. L'Avenida, from about 235, if you would rather have twelve adults-only rooms on a quiet Sóller street, a garden pool and a different restaurant in town every night.
Questions people ask
Two Tramuntana hotels at opposite scales, both closed in winter. La Residencia, from about 1,805 euros, if you want 67 rooms and suites around two old manor houses facing Deià, with a spa, art studios and dinner in an old olive mill. L'Avenida, from about 235, if you would rather have twelve adults-only rooms on a quiet Sóller street, a garden pool and a different restaurant in town every night.
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.
L'Avenida earns its place by putting you inside Sóller: a small, adults-only house with a pool, people who know where to book dinner, and the tram and the mountains within walking distance. Pay for a Luxury Suite, come between March and October, and pack for the stairs. A twelve-room house in the middle of a working mountain town: you sleep and swim here, then eat out every night on the staff's tips. It is small, quiet and adults-only, with no dinner, no spa and no beach at the door.
It has an outdoor pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.