In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- The higher you go, the better the views: try to get a room on the first or second floor for the best mountain-enhanced vistas. Spacious Luxury Suites 3 (first floor) and 7 (second floor) have four-poster beds and freestanding roll-top tubs, and look out across the street to pretty gardens and mountains beyond – the view from Suite 7’s bathroom is our favourite. Junior Suite 2 on the first floor has pool and mountain views through French windows from its king-size bed. Of the smaller rooms, we love dinky beamed Standard Double 9 in the attic, and Superior Double 4, with views from its bedroom and bathroom windows. Room 5 is a split-level Mezzanine Double with a platform bed.
- Packing tips
- Bikinis and beach kit: the nearest sandy stretch is only 10 minutes away. Trainers/boots for cycling and walking.
- Also
- Owners Tania and Paul can arrange fantastic activities, including guided mountain hikes, wine tasting and helicopter tours.
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- A bottle of cava on arrival; members booking a Luxury Suite will also get 10 per cent off their lunch bill
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L'Avenida
Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain[view map]
- Style
- Metropolitan merchant’s mansion
- Setting
- Sóller’s mountain-shaded streets
Tucked away on a quiet road in the mountain-valley town of Sóller, this boutique hotel in Mallorca is a breath of cool fresh air. Arty decor and funky lighting play against restored ceiling mouldings and wrought-iron balustrades, giving this 1900s mansion a shot of Ibizan house-party cool. L'Avenida is the perfect location for lazing by the pool, sunsets by the sea, and exploring the jasmine-scented groves of the Tramuntana.
Need to know
- Rooms
- Nine, including four suites.
- Rates
- Doubles, €225–€245; Junior Suites, €285; Luxury Suites, €345, including Continental breakfast but excluding local tax at seven per cent. Rental of the whole hotel costs €18,250, including breakfast and tax.
- Check-out
- Midday, but flexible on request and subject to availability.
- Facilities
- Sun terrace, lounge bar, library of books, CDs/DVDs, games (Scrabble, backgammon etc). In rooms, minibar, flatscreen TV, CD/DVD player, WiFi, AC, safe, hand-blended organic toiletries, waffle robes and slippers.
- Poolside
- The blue-tiled outdoor swimming pool is flanked by black decking dotted with inviting sun-loungers and linen-covered couches. It’s a little overlooked by neighbouring houses at the back, but you won’t care about that when the sun is out.
- Hotel closed
- 1 December to 15 January.
- Also
- There’s a three-night minimum stay in high season. In-room aromatherapy, massages and Ole Henriksen beauty treatments are available – book in advance. The property is non-smoking, but you can light up on the balcony or the terrace.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- With a white-beamed ceiling and black walls decorated with artistic impressions of the restaurant’s ingredients (lobsters, squid, pheasants et al), L’Avenida Bistro serves a Modern Mediterranean menu with seafood flourishes.
- Dress code
- Holiday hip (or hiking hip, if that’s your bag).
- Top table
- A spot flanking the black and white wall in the bistro, or at a candlelit table for two outside on the terrace.
- Last orders
- L’Avenida Bistro closes its doors at 10.30pm, but staff are on call 24 hours a day if you need anything from the bar.
- Room service
- Drinks are available 24 hours a day; snacks can be brought to your room if you ask nicely, otherwise you’ll have to raid the stash of Pringles and chocolate in your minibar.
- Hotel bar
- The retro-chic lounge bar is perfect for sundowners or nightcaps; pick from the impressive spirits menu and cosy up on a leather sofa or linen-covered banquette outside.
Also worth knowing
- Children
- This hotel is better suited to couples - leave the children at home!
- Weddings
- This hotel is suitable for weddings. More…
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A bottle of cava on arrival; members booking a Luxury Suite will also get 10 per cent off their lunch bill
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L'Avenida
9 Gran Via
Sóller
Mallorca
Balearic Islands
07100
