Its edges remain raw and lapped by surreally blue water, its salt-infused restaurants are always brimming with fresh seafood and silk kaftan glamour. Or venture to Maria Solivellas’ Ca Na Toneta, at the foot of the Tramuntana mountains, for her locally-led culinary wizardry. Later, scoff tapas at Palma’s hip La Vieja in Plaza Raimundo Clar. Make the Pilar and Joan Miro Foundation in Palma first on the pilgrims’ list, followed by Joan Pere Catala Roig’s ceramic studio and the architecturally handsome Juan March Foundation and Museum. This cultured romp is reminiscent of Hydra in Greece, dining off its artistic and literary past and pulling in artsy crowds today, from photographer Candice Lake to musician Annie Lennox. While Hotel Corazon is the new Balearic word on everyone’s lips – strung together by artists and artisans (the new rockstars) and with clips of lithe bodies swimming and glittering in the tarry evening light splashed across their Instagram.
The Pòrtol-based artist residency and guesthouse, Casa Balandra (from £1,018 per night, ) has fostered a community reminiscent of Mallorca’s creative circles of yore (Miquel Barcelo, George Sand, Joan Miró).
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They, along with a series of hoteliers, are unravelling the mass tourism sins of the 80s and 90s, with a matrix of independent galleries, ceramic studios and achingly cool boutique hotels, including Antoni Esteva’s design-forward Es Raco d’Arta, an old-meets-new aesthete’s refuge lost in acres of rolling valleys and vineyards (from £360 per night, ) and Can Ferrereta, where pastoral views are framed by earthy linen (from £537 per night, ). Unlike Ibiza, creatives escaping the bustling cities for Mallorca’s artisanal rhythms keep their coordinates quiet, working in step with local makers in the hope that some of that seventh-generation glassblowing might rub off. In Mallorca, its own rendition feels more authentic, less nomadic, more plugged into the local community. Ibiza’s raver-turned-rural-dweller scene feels a little tired.
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