An old estate near Artà. The fields came first, the hotel second.
The house is best value in February, from approx. €410 a night. It is most expensive in September, up to approx. €1,030.
FebruaryBest value
Typically €380–430 a night
Around 60% less than in September
Climate15 °C by day, 10 °C at night · about 3 rainy days
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At Es Racó d’Artà, the owners brought the farmland back into use before opening the hotel.
Today, rooms in the old main house and casitas in the woods share an estate with orchards, wheat fields and walking trails. Architect Toni Esteva and builder Jaume Danús, who own the estate, restored the old buildings with local stone, reclaimed wood and craftspeople from the island. The hotel opened in 2020.
The hotel tells the estate’s history through an old Mallorcan custom: the eldest son inherited the main house and the good land, his younger brothers the poor ground by the sea. When tourism came, that ground turned out to be beaches, and inland farms like this one were left empty. Long before, the valley had a Berber settlement called Beni Axir; around 1940, ten people still lived and worked on the farm year-round.
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Nobody drives their own car up to their room here. Guests leave the car in the car park in front of the hotel, and an electric buggy takes them the rest of the way. Eight rooms and suites are in the main house, Sa Possessió. The Terrace Suite has the estate’s old wellhead on its terrace; in the two 360º Terrace Suites, a small staircase leads up to a roof terrace looking out over the whole estate.
The 21 casitas are scattered through the woods. Each has a citrus tree and a small fountain at the entrance and a Bali bed on the terrace; five come with their own pool. Travelling as a group? Take one of the two houses: Sa Meva Casa, with two bedrooms and a pool in the woods, or Sa Finqueta, with three bedrooms, its own kitchen, an infinity pool and a view all the way to the San Salvador monastery. Two e-bikes are waiting there.
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The kitchen is run by María Solivellas, known for her restaurant Ca Na Toneta and its seasonal Mallorcan cooking. She has collected many of her recipes over years of conversations with older women across the island.
The menu changes daily with whatever the garden, the woods and local producers have to offer. On the estate there is a 2,000-square-metre organic garden, olive and fruit trees, and fields of xeixa, an old island wheat that had almost disappeared. Forn Can Leu, Artà’s oldest bakery, run by the same family since 1932, bakes the bread from it. Breakfast comes with honey from the estate’s own hives and eggs from its hens, which the menu calls “happy hens”.
“There was nothing I needed to invent. Only interpret, using common sense and simplicity.”
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The Sanum per Aquam spa follows the lie of the land. It is heated geothermally and has a green roof over the whole building, so from higher up you can barely see it. Inside there is a 10-by-5-metre saltwater pool; outside, a 25-metre infinity pool, also salt water, plus a sauna, a steam room and contrast pools. All of it is included for hotel guests.
The signature treatment is Watsu, in a pool of its own: you float while a therapist supports you, moving and stretching your body.
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Every morning at eight there is half an hour of guided meditation, followed by an hour of yoga, both at no extra cost. The meditation room has thick old walls. Staying longer? Book one of the “paths”, programmes with yoga, walks and crafts such as weaving baskets from palm leaves; depending on the path, the minimum stay is three to 21 days.
Three marked trails cross the estate, one of them up the Puig d’Es Racó. Sheep and donkeys roam freely along the way. A longer, more demanding route runs through the Llevant Natural Park all the way to Cala Torta.
Three questions for Es Racó d’Artà
Something Mallorcan: coca, the crisp flatbread topped with vegetables, sobrassada from the island’s black pig, tumbet made with seasonal vegetables, or an ensaïmada.
Watsu, bodywork in water at 34 to 36 degrees, based on Zen Shiatsu.
Into the Llevant Natural Park next door, and to the Artà coast: the beach and dunes of Sa Canova, Colònia de Sant Pere, Cap de Ferrutx and the small coves between s’Arenalet des Verger and Cala Torta.
A tip from the house
The Parc Natural de la Península de Llevant starts at the edge of the estate: hills, Mediterranean scrub and a largely undeveloped coastline. Besides the trail from Es Racó to Cala Torta, the public estate of s’Alqueria Vella is a starting point for hikes. Bring water and sun protection.
Visit the nature parkResearched from the hotel’s official information, editorially checked on 6 October 2026. We do not claim to have stayed here. Prices and availability directly from the hotel.
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Chosen by CINCIN, not paid for. Travel times are approximate. Opening hours and menus change, so please check with the venue before you go.
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