Palma, Spain

El Llorenç Parc de la Mar

Price per night from$253.31

Price information

If you haven’t entered any dates, the rate shown is provided directly by the hotel and represents the cheapest double room (inclusive of taxes and fees) available in the next 60 days.

Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (EUR232.24), via openexchangerates.org, using today’s exchange rate.

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Style

Arabian nights

Setting

La Calatrava laneway

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It’s a whole new world at El Llorenç Parc de la Mar in Palma, where the island’s Moorish reign is reinstated in the form of carved doors, clay ovens and patterned tiles. The shaded alleys of La Calatrava are right behind the Parc de la Mar part of the city’s seafront, and the gorgeously Gothic cathedral is a short stroll away. Or you can head up to the buzzy beach club on the roof to admire it from the comfort of your Balinese bed. Further Moorish flourishes include hand-carved stone bannisters, cooling courtyards, dark wooden shutters and jewel-coloured tones.

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

33, including eight suites.

Check–Out

Noon, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 3pm, also flexible where possible.

More details

Rates don’t always include breakfast (from €35 a person).

Also

The hotel’s communal areas are suitable for wheelchair users and one Deluxe Room has been specially adapted.

At the hotel

Free WiFi throughout, valet parking, gym. In rooms: air-conditioning, iPod dock, iPad, TV, tea and coffee kit, minibar and Le Labo bath products.

Our favourite rooms

For views of the bay of Palma, go for a Suite, which have the added bonus of two balconies. The biggest decision you’ll have to make is whether you want a view of the inner patios or the shaded streets of La Calatrava district.

Poolside

The lengthy rooftop infinity pool is unheated, with 180-degree views out over the sea and the cathedral, Balinese beds, sunloungers and serious beach-club vibes. There’s also a pool indoors at the spa.

Spa

The spa has a sauna, Jacuzzi, steam room, ice fountain, thermal circuit, ‘sensation shower’ and a treatment room for Natura Bissé rituals. This serene space is for over-16s only.

Packing tips

Bring an appreciation of architecture: La Calatrava’s buildings mostly range from the 12th to the 19th centuries, so there’s a whole lot of history to soak up along these cobbled corners.

Also

One-to-one fitness classes and personal trainers can be booked.

Children

Poolside lazing shouldn't be accompanied by the patter of tiny feet – the hotel's for over-16s only, so leave little ones with a sitter.

Sustainability efforts

Single-use plastics are eschewed in favour of glass, lights are energy efficient and a robust recycling programme is in place. The menu highlights local heroes only, with all Mallorcan suppliers and a mindful eye on waste reduction.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

Sit up at the bench next to the open kitchen for the best views in the house.

Dress Code

Bust the heels and shirt collars out for Dins Santi Taura.

Hotel restaurant

Dins Santi Taura is the hotel’s formal, fine-dining option, with a duo of tasting menus and wine pairings that both champion heavenly homegrown produce (this restaurant is for over-14s), plus Chef Santi Taura will explain the menu to you himself. Restaurant El Llorenç sits on the fourth-floor terrace and serves an array of seasonal meals including pan-fried artichokes and an aromatic Menorcan red beef sirloin. Breakfast includes the regulars (granola, eggs, porridge) along with a ‘Mallorcan corner’, with things like smoked sardines, traditional rye bread and vegetable flatbread.

Hotel bar

There's a cocktail bar up on the roof – where mini Smiths are also welcome – with thatched parasols, Balinese beds with Arabic screens and sunloungers around the pool. Snacks are served from 11am until 11pm in the summer, and until 6pm in winter.

Last orders

Breakfast is served between 8am and 11am; lunch is 1pm to 3pm; dinner is 7.30pm to 9.30pm; snacks are served all day until 11pm. Dins Santi Taura is open Wednesday to Saturday, with sittings at 8pm and 9pm; it serves lunch on Friday and Saturday.

Room service

Meals can be served in-room 24/7.

Location

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Address
El Llorenç Parc de la Mar
Plaza de Llorenç Villalonga, 4
Palma
07001
Spain

You’ll find El Llorenç Parc de la Mar in the Mallorcan capital, Palma.

Planes

The island’s airport is eight kilometres away; the drive should take just over 10 minutes. The hotel can arrange transfers on request.

Trains

The hotel has eight parking spaces, so be sure to snap one up fast. It costs €35 a day for a spot. From the airport, hop on highway 19. Palma is easy to conquer on foot, but if you want to explore Mallorca’s sierras and scenery, a car will be useful.

Automobiles

There are eight parking spaces, so be sure to snap one up fast. It costs €35 a day for a spot. From the airport, hop on highway 19. Palma is easy to conquer on foot, but if you want to explore Mallorca’s sierras and scenery, a car will be useful.

Other

Ferries sail between the Balearics, docking into Mallorcan ports from Ibiza, Formentera and Menorca.

Worth getting out of bed for

You probably won’t want to go far from a cabana at the buzzy beach club on the hotel’s roof or the spa, but Palma’s cathedral and ancient Arabic quarter are on your doorstep, so you really should. The city has plenty of food markets to salivate over; start with San Juan, Olivar and Mercat 1930. For a beach club at sea level, head to Purobeach Illetas, where you can enjoy tiradito and tagliata with the waves lapping at the rocks below. And if you want to get even further out of the city, hop in a car and explore some of the island’s beaches; Caló des Moro, an hour’s drive south, is a dreamy sunset spot. You can see it from the rooftop, but Palma’s Gothic cathedral is worth an up-close visit for its series of stained-glass windows and murals.

Local restaurants

Vermouth fans will love La Rosa Vermuteria on Carrer de la Rosa, where you can soak up the spirit with some delicious tapas. Palma’s premier Mexican food can be found at El Aquanauta on Avinguda de l’Argentina. For classic Spanish small plates (padrón peppers, croquetas, salt-cod beignets), dive into El Camino on Carrer de Can Brondo. Book a table on the courtyard of Casa Maruka, a traditional restaurant in a 100-year-old house on Carrer de la Reina Maria Cristina, where you can enjoy classic Spanish cuisine, including tripe and Iberian pork.

Local bars

With more than 100 types of gin on its shelves, it’s no surprise that Ginbo on Passeig de Mallorca is regularly lauded as the best place to drink juniper juice in all of the Balearics. It’s got stiff competition from the El Llorenç rooftop, but the terrace at Hotel Cuba is also rather nice. 

Reviews

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By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this boutique hotel in Spain and unpacked their olive oil and oranges, a full account of their Balearic break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside El Llorenç Parc de la Mar in Palma…

Mallorca has seen a lot of invasions over the centuries, passing from the possession of the Phoenicians to the Moors to the Byzantines thanks to the Balearic beauty’s strategic seafaring position. It’s firmly back in the Spanish fold now, but its chequered past can be seen in its architecture, and nowhere more pleasingly so than in the Arabic quarter. La Calatrava forms part of Palma’s old town and is today one of the city’s most happening districts (hipsters welcome). The area sits behind the seafront Parc de la Mar and is home to a maze of shaded, secluded alleys and plenty of ancient atmosphere. The hotel keeps its heritage alive, including the Arabic oven that was uncovered during excavations that is now a central feature of the Tannur restaurant. Up on the roof is where it’s at, with Balinese beds and some major Ibiza-worthy beach-club feels that will almost make exploring the city a drag, but not quite. They came – now it’s time for you to conquer.

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