Hotel Rating: La Residencia Description:
La Residencia is situated in the charming coastal and mountain village of Deià, Mallorca; a village which was once home to Robert Graves and which has also been chosen as residence by a number of writers and artists. The village has spectacular views of both mountains and sea. La Residencia shares these views and visitors can relax here and feel truly far away from the stress of city life.

La Residencia is an inspired synthesis of informal elegance and romantic seclusion. The hotel has a dramatic backdrop of an amphitheatre of lofty mountain crags and offers a stunning panorama over the blue Mediterranean below. The hotel consists of four buildings. Two of these - Son Moragues and Son Canals- date from the XVI and XVII centuries respectively and were originally manor houses. Son Fony dates from the 18th century and was renovated four years ago. Son Fony II is an entirely new construction but its design is totally in keeping with the other three. The buildings were first converted into a hotel in 1984, maintaining as many original features as possible. The hotel is now totally owned by Orient-Express Hotels.

All interiors and exteriors of the hotel are in traditional Mallorcan architectural style with furnishings and fittings of great beauty. Much of the furniture consists of antique pieces, many of these from Mallorca, which blend in with the surroundings and add charm to the building. In the gardens, note the dry stonewalls -a local handicraft which in Mallorca has not died out in spite of modern building techniques.

Throughout the hotel, visitors are able to admire a wonderful art collection -all work of local artists. Art exhibitions are periodically held in the hotel. At regular intervals, classical music concerts are also held in La Residencia, for the hotel boasts possession of a very special and unique Steinway piano dating from 1887. This piano, which had lain in disuse for many years, was purchased by the hotel, fully restored, and re-inaugurated on September 18, 1987, exactly one hundred years after the famous Spanish composer, Albéniz had first inaugurated the instrument. This time, the honour was given to the prize-winning Australian pianist, Jonathan Plowright, who included several works by Albéniz in his program.

La Residencia Location:
Cami Son Canals s/n Deia Illes Balears Mallorca 07179

La Residencia Accommodations:
The bedrooms are individually furnished and decorated in traditional Majorcan style. Calm natural tones, crisp white bed linen and curtains that float in the breeze, simple yet elegant, with all the comfort and extras you expect and more.

The wooden shuttered windows overlook the lush landscaped gardens, which provide fresh herbs and olive oil for the kitchen, fruits for the homemade morning marmalades and fresh flowers for the rooms.