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Son Brull
- Style
- Balearic spa resort
- Setting
- Upscale Pollença
The monks who once inhabited Son Brull, a converted 12th-century monastery near Pollença, would be amazed at the heights of relaxation achieved in their old home on the Med.
Need to know
- Rooms
- 23.
- Rates
- €254–€800, including breakfast.
- Check-out
- Midday.
- Facilities
- Spa with sauna and massage room (book treatments in advance), tennis court, B&O audiovisuals, CD and DVD library, gastronomic events in low season, including wine/olive oil tastings. The hotel can arrange boat, yacht and bicycle rental.
- Poolside
- Connected indoor and outdoor pools with massage hydrojets, an indoor relaxation area and outdoor sun terrace. There's also a snack menu and tables by the pool.
- Children
- Babysitting and baby-listening services, cots and extra beds provided at an extra charge.
- Hotel closed
- 1 November 2009 to 4 February 2010.
In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- A room with a view on the pool side of the house, as high up as possible.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- 365 is the chic, formal-ish fine-dining restaurant, with black banquettes, white-clothed tables and gold-leaf ceiling. It’s modern Mallorquin, nouvelle-ish food: don’t expect large portions. The menu has an emphasis on local ingredients.
- Dress code
- Spanish chic, especially for dinner.
- Top table
- Outside is best in summer.
- Last orders
- Food: 10.30pm.
- Room service
- 24 hours: extensive menu available until 11pm.
- Hotel bar
- Drinks available until midnight in the former oil-pressing room, where old beams and a well make an attractive centrepiece. In summertime, Thursday is jazz night, Saturday is more relaxed.
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Local restaurants
Clivia on Avenida Pollença (+34 971 533 635) in Pollença old town is great for dinner. It is very traditional and brightly lit, serving fresh produce and succulent fish.
Cavall Bernat in Hotel Cala Sant Vicent (+34 971 530 250), also owned by Son Brull, is a fine-dining room.
Puro Beach (www.purobeach.com) in Palma is great for lunch or cocktails. Book early (+34 971 744 744) if you’d like a table or lounger during the day.
Local cafes
To idle away an afternoon, sit outside one of the many cafés on the central square in Pollença old town and watch the world go by.
Worth getting out of bed for
Son Brull residents get between 15–20 per cent off at the local golf course. Before a visit to the beautiful bay of Cala Sant Vicent, which is about a ten-minute car drive, and you may book sun-loungers through reception. There’s a market in Pollença old town on Sundays.
Son Brull sits at the bottom of a hill called Puig de Maria: a walk to the top gives you stunning views of the countryside from the ruins of an old monastery.
Cala Sant Vicenç offers different beaches (sandy and rocky), Puerto Pollença and Puerto Alcudia offer long sandy beaches.
Diary
January The festival of San Sebastián, the patron saint of Palma. Revellers also doff their party caps to San Antonio Abad during this month. As he's the patron saint of animals, you can expect all manner of pet processions and animal-blessing ceremonies. If you're in the mood for carnival, this part of the world gets busy with fancy dress and brightly coloured floats during the weekend before Lent for Sa Rua. Semana Santa, holy week, is an even bigger do: Palma holds processions every day, and the smaller towns have festivities too. July Those after a knees-up should find their way to Valldemossa, when it's time to honour Santa Catalina Tomàs, the patron saint of Mallorca.
Only 40 guests can stay at the hotel (there are 23 rooms).
Several weddings have taken place at Son Brull, all very diferent, according to taste.
