Both are 18th-century houses with two MICHELIN Keys, and neither takes children under 14. Can Ferrereta, from about 525 euros, if you want a market town, contemporary Spanish art and a 25-metre garden pool, with a car for the coves. Can Cera, from about 335, if you would rather have Palma on foot in any month, a roof terrace and a spa you can reserve for yourselves, but no pool.
The design oneAn 18th-century Santanyí manor in local stone, with a Plensa head beside the 25-metre pool in its garden.
€€€From about €525 a night
Choose Can Ferrereta if
The catch
It is in the village, not on the sea: the nearest beach, Cala Santanyí, is a 7-minute drive, and parking at the hotel is charged by the day.
The hideawayAn 18th-century Palma noble house of 14 rooms around a small planted courtyard, with a spa you can book for yourselves.
€€€From about €335 a night
Choose Can Cera if
The catch
No pool: the water here is a hot tub in the spa, and the nearest beach, Can Pere Antoni, is a 16-minute walk.
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The verdict
Both are 18th-century houses with two MICHELIN Keys, and neither takes children under 14. Can Ferrereta, from about 525 euros, if you want a market town, contemporary Spanish art and a 25-metre garden pool, with a car for the coves. Can Cera, from about 335, if you would rather have Palma on foot in any month, a roof terrace and a spa you can reserve for yourselves, but no pool.
Questions people ask
Both are 18th-century houses with two MICHELIN Keys, and neither takes children under 14. Can Ferrereta, from about 525 euros, if you want a market town, contemporary Spanish art and a 25-metre garden pool, with a car for the coves. Can Cera, from about 335, if you would rather have Palma on foot in any month, a roof terrace and a spa you can reserve for yourselves, but no pool.
Can Ferrereta earns its place on the house, the art and the garden pool, in a real town rather than a resort. Book the Terrace Suite for a garden of your own, and keep a car for the coves. Design and place are the whole argument: an 18th-century Santanyí manor restored in the town's own stone and filled with contemporary Spanish art, with a long garden pool and a quiet spa. It is adults and over-14s only, and the sea is a drive away.
It has indoor and outdoor pools. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
Can Cera earns its place on the courtyard, the spa you can have to yourselves and an old-town address you can walk everywhere from. Pay for the Signature Junior Suite, and save the beach days for the coast. A 14-room old-town house built for quiet: you walk Palma by day and come back to a courtyard, a spa you can have to yourselves and a roof terrace. There is no pool and no beach on the doorstep.
There is no pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.