Both are adults-only bases for Tramuntana walkers. Maristel Hotel & Spa, under half the price, sits above the sea in Estellencs with a heated indoor spa pool, for couples watching the budget; L'Avenida Hotel is twelve rooms in Sóller with the tram nearby, for eating out every night.
The smart moneyA Tramuntana village hotel with a pool looking down the valley to the sea and sea-view rooms from about 160 euros.
€From about €135 a night
Choose Maristel Hotel & Spa if
The catch
The basic Cosy Rooms are twins whose window may face a courtyard or a wall, and the sea view costs extra.
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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The verdict
Both are adults-only bases for Tramuntana walkers. Maristel Hotel & Spa, under half the price, sits above the sea in Estellencs with a heated indoor spa pool, for couples watching the budget; L'Avenida Hotel is twelve rooms in Sóller with the tram nearby, for eating out every night.
Questions people ask
Both are adults-only bases for Tramuntana walkers. Maristel Hotel & Spa, under half the price, sits above the sea in Estellencs with a heated indoor spa pool, for couples watching the budget; L'Avenida Hotel is twelve rooms in Sóller with the tram nearby, for eating out every night.
The Maristel is the affordable way onto Mallorca's wild west coast: an adults-only village hotel whose pool and better rooms look down the valley to the sea, with sea-view rooms from about 160 euros. Pay the step up to Dreaming Sea and check what your rate includes. Smart money on the wild coast: a modest village hotel whose pool, terraces and better rooms look down the valley to the sea, with sea-view rooms from about 160 euros. It is a hire-car and walking-boots kind of place, with no beach on the doorstep and plain rooms at the bottom of the ladder.
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.