Both need a car for the beach. Castell Son Claret, the cheaper, sits alone on a 132-hectare estate with a starred courtyard dinner, for slow countryside days; Can Ferrereta has Santanyí's market and cafés on foot and a Plensa head by its pool, for art lovers.
A Mallorcan manor given its towered castle front in 1888, with a starred dinner in its courtyard on fine evenings and 132 hectares of Tramuntana foothills around it.
€€€€From about €655 a night
Choose Castell Son Claret if
Special occasions
Food-led couples
Slow countryside stays
Walkers and cyclists
The catch
The hotel closes from mid-November to mid-March, Sa Clastra stops serving at the end of October, and the 2027 calendar sells stays of three nights or more.
Both need a car for the beach. Castell Son Claret, the cheaper, sits alone on a 132-hectare estate with a starred courtyard dinner, for slow countryside days; Can Ferrereta has Santanyí's market and cafés on foot and a Plensa head by its pool, for art lovers.
Good questions about Castell Son Claret vs Can Ferrereta
Castell Son Claret or Can Ferrereta?
Both need a car for the beach. Castell Son Claret, the cheaper, sits alone on a 132-hectare estate with a starred courtyard dinner, for slow countryside days; Can Ferrereta has Santanyí's market and cafés on foot and a Plensa head by its pool, for art lovers.
Is Castell Son Claret worth it?
Castell Son Claret earns its place as a Mallorcan manor with a castle front and a starred dinner in its own courtyard on fine evenings, a short drive from the south-west coast. Pay for a Deluxe Double, hire a car and give it three nights. A castle in the countryside rather than a beach hotel: 43 rooms on a quiet estate in the Tramuntana foothills, a starred dinner in the courtyard and a car for everything else. Priced as a splurge and run for calm.
Does Castell Son Claret have a pool or a beach?
It has indoor and outdoor pools. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
Is Can Ferrereta worth it?
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.
Does Can Ferrereta have a pool or a beach?
It has indoor and outdoor pools. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
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