Mr & Mrs Smith

Cap Rocat

Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Make love not war at Cap Rocat’s former military fort, hidden on a cliff in a peaceful pocket of Palma bay. More heritage site than hotel, the fort’s defensive paraphernalia (drawbridge, bunkers, trenches) provide a dramatic setting for pared-down boutique bedrooms, a dazzling infinity pool and two tempting restaurants.

Need to know

• Rooms 24, including 22 suites.
• Rates Double rooms from $397.65 (€300), excluding tax at 8 per cent.
• More details Rates include breakfast.
• Facilities Gardens, clay tennis courts, gym, library including DVDs/CDs and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: flatscreen TV, DVD player, CD player, minibar and free bottled water.
• Poolside The outdoor infinity pool overlooks the sea, flanked by cool and comfy white leather sun beds. Local plants including potted mastic trees and palms add shots of emerald to the scene.
• Check-out 12pm, but flexible subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 2pm.
• Children Not-so-little Smiths (15 years plus) are welcome; the fortress’ architecture isn’t suited to tots. Extra beds are available at €162 a night, and the hotel has plenty of space for restless teens to roam around in. More...
• Eco-friendly Food is organic and locally sourced (fruit and vegetables are grown on site) and everything that can be is recycled. When the vegetation was planted, it was carefully matched to the terrain and climate, meaning a minimum of plant-watering.
• Hotel closed End of October.
• Also The stronghold was built to protect Spain from the US after American troops swooped on Cuba and the Philippines.

Food and drink at Cap Rocat

• Hotel restaurant

  Linger over lunch or have a decadent dinner at the Fortress, set in one of the main pavilions. The dining room is used during the winter months and inclement weather (tents will be added to the roof for alfresco dining in 2011). Food is Spanish/Mediterranean in character, with dishes such as pimientos al piquillo (red pepper with cod and an aioli dressing). During summer months, eat at sea level in the Sea Club, an open-air restaurant by the waterfront in the Queen’s Cove. Food here is more relaxed: zingy salads, pasta and grilled meat and seafood.

• Dress code

  Military chic or fabulous fisherman: nautical stripes and gold frogging, or a splash of blue and a vivid coral necklace.

• Top table

  Eat on the roof under the shade of the Moroccan canopy, looking out to sea.

• Last orders

  Lunch is served between 1pm and 3.30pm; dinner is 8pm until 11.30pm. Breakfast isn’t dished up at a set time, so let the hotel know when you’re likely to feel peckish.

• Room service

  The 24-hour room service includes items from the Sea Club menu (1pm–3.30pm and 8pm–10.30pm) and cold snacks such as charcuterie, cheese, salads, sandwiches, fruit salad and cake (almond, with almond ice cream).

• Hotel bar

  There’s no bar as such, but drinks can be sipped on any of the terraces or patios, or in one of the lounges from 8am until midnight.

Also worth knowing

• Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...

Cap Rocat Carretera de Enderrocat, s/n , Mallorca, Balearic Islands, 07609