Mallorca hotel reviewAll listings featured on Condé Nast Traveller are independently selected by our editors Oli de Santanyi founder Dirk Müller-Busch believes that producers who want a fair price must meet consumer demands for organic high-quality extra virgin olive oil at all costs Dirk Müller-Busch of Oli de Santanyi believes that pro­duc­ers must pri­or­i­tize qual­ity over quan­tity and expect fair prices from knowl­edge­able con­sumers Despite chal­lenges such as high tem­per­a­tures the com­pany won its tenth Gold Award at the 2023 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition show­cas­ing its com­mit­ment to pro­duc­ing high-qual­ity organic olive oil through care­ful cul­ti­va­tion and pro­duc­tion processes Dirk Müller-Busch believes that pro­duc­ers must sac­ri­fice quan­tity to achieve award-win­ning qual­ity and expect a fair price for their extra vir­gin olive oil from increas­ingly knowl­edge­able con­sumers On the south­west­ern coast­line of the Spanish Mediterranean island of Mallorca, the founder of Oli de Santanyi takes advan­tage of the region’s unique micro­cli­mate to pro­duce lim­ited batches of award-win­ning organic olive oil Müller-Busch, a den­tist and implant spe­cial­ist, told Olive Oil Times that his med­ical back­ground and pas­sion for olive oil and cook­ing set him on the path to becom­ing an olive farmer and olive oil pro­ducer more than a decade ago “The idea of pro­duc­ing a high-qual­ity organic olive oil orig­i­nated from my med­ical back­ground and my pas­sion for culi­nary art,” he said. After attend­ing olive oil courses and trav­el­ing through Europe and South America Müller-Busch set his plans in motion to cre­ate Oli de Santanyi in 2010 “Our idea was to pro­duce an olive oil crafted like wine,” Müller-Busch said olives are cul­ti­vated in the same way as vines Regular prun­ing pro­vides uni­for­mity to the canopy and influ­ences the quan­tity of olives per tree “Olives have the high­est con­tent of healthy ingre­di­ents at the begin­ning of their ripen­ing phase. Therefore, early har­vest­ing is essen­tial for us regard­ing qual­ity,” he added. ​“It guar­an­tees the max­i­mum preser­va­tion of valu­able sec­ondary plant sub­stances [such as polyphe­nols and sterols] which have a pos­i­tive effect on human health and Among the chal­lenges the pro­duc­ers behind Oli de Santanyi have had to over­come are the high tem­per­a­tures that Mallorca expe­ri­ences in late September when the har­vest begins “This early har­vest requires a high level of knowl­edge tech­nol­ogy and expe­ri­ence,” Müller-Busch said ​“Cooling the olives is par­tic­u­larly impor­tant as tem­per­a­tures can still reach 30 ºC at the time of har­vest the olives are placed directly in a refrig­er­a­tor.” Those olives are cooled for two to three hours down to 16 ºC before reach­ing the mill the extrac­tion process is car­ried out with tem­per­a­tures rang­ing from 20 ºC to 23 ºC “Our oil is fil­tered twice after extrac­tion so we also remove any remain­ing amni­otic fluid,” he said ​“This is an indis­pens­able require­ment for the olive oil to main­tain its sta­bil­ity.” the dou­ble fil­tra­tion reduces the final olive oil yield ​“Given the early har­vest and the dou­ble fil­tra­tion our yield is usu­ally between eight to 10 per­cent against the 15 to 18 per­cent that can be found in a con­ven­tional olive mill,” Müller-Busch said “This means we need about 12 kilo­grams of olives for one liter of olive oil whereas nor­mally it would require about six to seven kilo­grams,” he added The company’s 15-year-old olive orchards are planted as tra­di­tional groves and are home to three olive cul­ti­vars typ­i­cal of Mallorca: Arbequina those cul­ti­vars have con­tributed to the Aceite de Mallorca Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) pro­duc­tion the tem­per­a­ture is com­puter-con­trolled at each stage of the process,” Müller-Busch said ​“Each vari­ety is pressed indi­vid­u­ally and dif­fer­ent speeds are set in the blade mill and dif­fer­ent times in the mix­ers.” The company’s team devised the specifics of the olive oil mill itself ​“The mill makes it pos­si­ble to work with­out adding water and with­out con­tact with air to pre­vent oxi­da­tion and fer­men­ta­tion,” Müller-Busch said Olive oil is stored in mod­ern stain­less steel tanks the con­tents are vac­uum-filled to pre­vent oxy­gen in the neck of the bot­tle “We also use spe­cial glass bot­tles that guar­an­tee absolute pro­tec­tion from light Violet glass is a quasi-black light-fil­ter­ing mate­r­ial that has long been con­sid­ered capa­ble of pre­vent­ing prod­uct degra­da­tion Only the vio­let light spec­trum can reach the bottle’s con­tents due to the min­er­als included in the man­u­fac­ture of the glass Reflecting on the 2023/24 crop year Müller-Busch said Mallorca’s mild weather seems to have boosted local pro­ducer con­fi­dence this sea­son has been sat­is­fac­tory in Mallorca as there has been enough rain through­out the year,” he said the results came in bet­ter than in pre­vi­ous years and the qual­ity of the olives was very good.” “Organic is only fea­si­ble in smaller pro­duc­tion units to ensure truly excep­tional qual­ity,” he added ​“The effort required to care for and mon­i­tor the olives is con­sid­er­ably greater than con­ven­tional cul­ti­va­tion so well-done organic farm­ing is only pos­si­ble in small-scale pro­duc­tion.” both tech­nol­ogy and knowl­edge to pro­duce the best qual­ity of extra vir­gin olive oils are at hand for any­one will­ing to invest “The biggest chal­lenges, espe­cially for smaller organic farms, are the chang­ing cli­mate con­di­tions, cap­i­tal invest­ment in the pro­duc­tion and milling process, the gen­eral increase in costs due to infla­tion and estab­lish­ing a suit­able price for the oil in the mar­ket,” Müller-Busch said He added that adopt­ing organic farm­ing tech­niques and win­ning at the NYIOOC helped the com­pany build trust “If you want to get a fair price for your work and pro­duce a high-qual­ity prod­uct you have to meet all the cri­te­ria demanded [by the con­sumers],” Müller-Busch said ​“This also means that the oil must be free of pes­ti­cides.” “Transparency with con­sumers is ensured by mak­ing the analy­ses of the prod­uct pub­lic Even with a grow­ing global appetite for organic olive oil main­tain­ing an organic olive farm is more expen­sive and time-con­sum­ing than con­ven­tional farm­ing insec­ti­cides or arti­fi­cial fer­til­iz­ers syn­thetic chem­i­cals are not used to com­bat pests and dis­eases,” Müller-Busch said “Our organic farm­ing is based on nat­ural cycles and pests are con­trolled by their nat­ural ene­mies or mechan­i­cally,” he added and more pro­vides the soil with the nec­es­sary nutri­ents and increases the resis­tance of the olives to pests and dis­eases.” Müller-Busch said con­sumers are becom­ing more aware of the value of organic farm­ing and extra vir­gin olive oil qual­ity we have been able to encour­age some pro­duc­ers in Mallorca to fol­low our path towards inno­v­a­tive olive oil pro­duc­tion,” he con­cluded New Class of Sommeliers Affirmed in London retailers and olive oil enthusiasts from around the world delved into production and sensory assessment in Central London Production in Italy Set for Sharp Decline, Down One-Third combined with an ‘off-year,’ have resulted in a 30 percent decline in olive oil production in Italy Sustainability, Biodiversity Good for Business, This Campania Farmer Believes Case d'Alto produces organic extra virgin olive oils in Irpinia from autochthonous varieties Owner Claudio De Luca says focusing on sustainability improves quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil Is the Soul of These Classic Italian Winter Dishes A famous Apulian chef shares how to make the best use of fresh extra virgin olive oil in sweet and savory dishes Spanish Table Olive Sector on Edge After Trump Election Win already reeling from tariffs imposed during the first Trump administration Rising Olive Oil Imports Contribute to Spain’s Trade Deficit with Argentina While Spain’s agricultural trade deficit fell by 33 percent between 2022 and 2023 olive oil imports increased by nearly 230 percent due to a poor harvest and rising prices Trade Commission Extends Tariffs on Spanish Black Olives The decision came two months after the U.S Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Commerce Department’s tariffs Tunisian Quality on The World Stage Tunisian extra virgin olive oil brands earned 26 awards at the 2024 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition, capping off a successful harvest in the country. SpainChevron MallorcaChevron This tranquil boutique hotel in the heart of the small town of Santanyí offers an exquisitely unexpected splash of luxury in a low-key rural destination Under the name of Sa Calma, Can Ferrereta’s spa excels at paying a tribute to the natural scents and images of the surrounding landscapes, such as salts coming from d'Es Trenc, local seaweeds, natural oils (olive and almond), rosemary, lavender, lemon, orange, or marine mud. Facial and body treatments are always complemented by products from French brand Anne Semonin. Your jaw will drop when you make it to the pool area, a relaxing landscape only interrupted by the sound of the breeze kissing the surrounding bushes. The reason? Duna’s Dream, a six-and-a-half-foot-high sculpture by Jaume Plensa weighing 617 pounds. It's relatively hidden and not looking to steal attention, but trust us: It does. Finally, in 100 words or less, what makes this hotel worthy of Hot List? Most impressive is its capacity to achieve the perfect balance between design and sophistication, without being uptight or boring. Plus, its bet on the town of Santanyí is definitely one that is bringing life, excitement, and attention to a place that was beginning to get left behind. All listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors. If you book something through our links, we may earn an affiliate commission. up-to-the-minute voice in all things travel Condé Nast Traveler is the global citizen’s bible and muse We understand that time is the greatest luxury which is why Condé Nast Traveler mines its network of experts and influencers so that you never waste a meal or a hotel stay wherever you are in the world Mallorca hotel reviewMallorca is not short of smart boltholes but its latest arrival is raising the bar Paul Richardson dives in ahead of the restAll listings featured on Condé Nast Traveller are independently selected by our editors the countryside flattens out into a minimalist landscape of fig and meandering dry-stone walls There’s a dazzle in the sky; the warm air smells of dust and salt Up ahead lies a huddle of houses crowned by a solid It might be just over half an hour out of town their waters as intensely blue as turquoise ink While the rest of the island bristled with ever-more elegant hotels it had apparently occurred to no one that this backwater might be a suitable destination for the well-heeled traveller A fan of Mallorca since childhood holidays with his grandparents Soldevila first disembarked here professionally in 2015 with the Sant Francesc in Palma where the astute combination of Barcelona style and palatial Mallorcan architecture still stands out among a slew of charming old-town hotels Astuteness clearly runs in Soldevila’s veins. Looking for a country property to complement his Palma palace, he homed in on the island’s deep south as an area so far bereft of truly sophisticated places to stay (the reinvigorated Fontsanta spa hotel and raw-food-and-yoga retreat Cal Reiet being honourable exceptions) a 17th-century mansion in a state of chronic disrepair stands a block from the parish church of Santanyí where the townsfolk once took refuge from pirate raids but in due course a 96-year-old grandmother showed up to tell Soldevila that pigs had been stabled under the restaurant’s vaulted roof and the duplex suite was previously a hayloft Sleepy Santanyí was all aflutter as the cranes and pile-drivers moved in curious locals can be seen peering through the windows to marvel at the transformation wrought by ‘the Catalans’ Can Ferrereta breaks some rules, complies with others, but essentially makes its own. It is not the world’s most piously eco-aware or craft-forward address but seems happy to recognise that’s not what it is about There’s plenty of local input from potters but Ferrer has no qualms about calling on non-Mallorcan makers for her fine Catalan linens (Lo de Manuela) and Italian ceramics (Bucci) The floors of the mansion are of time-worn stone and cobbles the walls a chalky-white traditional stucco windows and shutters are finished in gun-metal grey and black-painted iron is ubiquitous in doors Though the moody modernity of this detailing works brilliantly at the Sant Francesc it might be thought just a little too severely chic a little too Barcelona for this country cousin lack of shade in the hotel’s wide courtyards may prove a problem in high summer when a relentless sun pummels these dry-as-dust southern plains Just as well, then, that Can Ferrereta calls for little exertion beyond a salt-and-seaweed treatment at the Sa Calma spa, a browse around the superb haul of work by artists such as Dominica Sánchez and Jordi Alcaraz, or a supper of modern Mediterranean cooking at Alvar Albaladejo’s Ocre restaurant fast shaping up as the best in the south-east You might need to venture outside only for a stroll around Santanyí’s pretty plaza all-white wonderland of the salt flats at Es Trenc View this post on Instagram A post shared by La Nouvelle Famille (@la.nouvelle.famille) View this post on Instagram A post shared by La Nouvelle Famille (@la.nouvelle.famille) The design of the premises has been carried out by the owners themselves Both Marta and Manuel were clear that they wanted to preserve the essence of the original village tavern and but keeping intact the iconic central bar and the original wood doors and windows they have worked with local craftsmen for the tables La Nouvelle Famille will be the perfect refuge to make you feel at home Ross is one of the co-founders of The Luxury Editor As we eagerly count down the days till summer here’s a holiday retreat for architecture lovers that will tide you over until then—and inspire your own travels Minimalist master John Pawson designed Villa Santanyi in 1987 for a German art dealer as his office’s first full project The result is a sun-kissed indoor-outdoor home that “explores ways of achieving a quality of proportion in outside space more usually associated with interiors,” according to the architect’s website The program is characterized by a central atrium and high walls punctuated by small windows with lower-level rooms opening directly onto the courtyard Via: The Spaces Essential digital access to quality FT journalism on any device Complete digital access to quality FT journalism with expert analysis from industry leaders Complete digital access to quality analysis and expert insights complemented with our award-winning Weekend Print edition Terms & Conditions apply Discover all the plans currently available in your country See why over a million readers pay to read the Financial Times spicy sobrasada sausage spread generously on to sweet toast and marmalade will always seem disappointing It’s just one of Mallorca’s many delicacies and it’s served at a new five-star hotel that has opened in Santanyi in the southeast of the island."},"children":[]}]},{"name":"paragraph","children":[{"name":"text","attributes":{"value":"Thanks to its peaceful lifestyle and picturesque surroundings Santanyi has been attracting increasing international interest And the arrival of Can Ferrereta means that the town is now a serious player in the luxury holiday market."},"children":[]}]},{"name":"paragraph","children":[{"name":"text","attributes":{"value":"The hotel which is full of intriguing historical touches is on the site of a Mallorcan stately home thought to have been built in the 17th and 18th centuries An ornate stone pathway leads you through the entrance; it was"},"children":[]},{"name":"paywall","children":[{"name":"text","attributes":{"value":" originally a passage for horses and other animals past an iron sculpture by the Catalan artist Josep Riera i Aragó that resembles an aeroplane propeller."},"children":[]}]}]},{"name":"paywall","children":[{"name":"image","attributes":{"id":"6318cbe6-3233-4013-8e2d-310631760292","display":"primary","caption":"The hotel’s Ocre restaurant","title":"Can Ferrereta Mallorca","credits":"ARTURO+LAUREN","url":"https://www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F112ea6dc-c39b-11eb-a26e-4c086490cfe1.jpg?crop=5804%2C3869%2C0%2C0","ratio":"1500:1000","relativeHorizontalOffset":0,"relativeVerticalOffset":0,"relativeWidth":0.9649210307564422,"relativeHeight":1},"children":[]},{"name":"paragraph","children":[{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":"Art is a theme: the hotel is bursting with works including a quarter-tonne bronze sculpture by Jaume Plensa next to the hotel’s 25m outdoor swimming pool and there’s even an original Miró in my 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Ocre restaurantARTURO+LAURENArt is a theme: the hotel is bursting with works and there’s even an original Miró in my bedroom The grandeur of the building is complemented by friendly by which time its ownership was divided across several family members The nearby Es Pontas sea archALAMYHaving fallen into disuse for several decades while the pool’s showers are in a recreated barraca de roter “We wanted to keep that chiaroscuro feeling when you walk around.” One of Can Ferrereta’s junior suitesMallorca’s southern towns mahones cheese and purple safarnaria carrots Wit has furnished the interior with items by international and home-grown brands where you can see wild olive forests and wetlands Cala LlombardsGETTY IMAGESYou are likely to hear more German spoken here than Spanish or Mallorqui serving seasonal Mediterranean dishes such as llengua amb taperes (beef tongue with capers) and frit mallorqui (the island’s traditional stew Laudat — a charming spot for lunch or dinner with a romantic patio filled with lemon trees Laudat works with the local winery Armero i Adrover to produce a range of bespoke house wines — I try the white Judit and her team serve tapas and decadent deserts The market at SantanyiALAMYSantanyi particularly comes to life on Wednesdays and Saturdays The bakery Panaderia Lozano tempts with savoury panades stuffed with meat as well as traditional pastries and cakes such as lazos (twists of pastry with cream or chocolate) custard-filled eclairs) and ensaimadas (circular doughy treats) You’ll do well for ceramic and handicraft gifts too scheduled to open this summer as a place to eat and shop; local artisans will also run workshops on pottery and weaving At dusk an enchanting luminosity envelops Santanyi as the sun begins to set and everything glows And I have the bonus of that sausage breakfast at Can Ferrereta to look forward to Agnish Ray was a guest of Can Ferrereta. 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Do remember to come back and check The Euro Weekly News website for all your up-to-date local and international news stories and remember, you can also follow us on Facebook and Instagram but it’s the bucolic south of the island that keeps drawing her back and is especially lovely at this time of year with the crowds gone and I’m sipping fresh orange juice outside Café Sa Placa in S’Alqueria Blanca The sun has just broken through on Mallorca’s south coast a group of Mallorcan pre-schoolers are playing tag in the square With the tourist traffic gone for the summer their mothers are able to sit back and enjoy their coffees and Camels in peace I have been coming to Mallorca for 12 years now and the autumn is by far my favourite inflection With the crowds thinning out and the pace slowing down with the accompanying dip in accommodation and travel prices Our plan is to do two days and one night for under €500 the hard labour comes with a 4am alarm call having already checked in online and carrying overnight bags only our 6.10am flight from Liverpool gets to Palma at 9.45am local time This is where the joys of off-season kick in: no queues for passport control you can swelter for hours in never-ending car-hire queues – hardly the ideal start to a holiday By 10.30am we’re purring along the road to Santanyí we flop out in S’Alqueria Blanca’s village square (more a triangle in truth) nibbling pimientos de Padrón in the shadow of St Jose’s church The food is one of Mallorca’s real joys and we don’t want to fill up first thing, so a little rocket salad with shavings of grimalt reserva cheese (made up the road in Llombards) and a spiky café solo complete an idyllic brunch. We hit the road and head for the hotel. The wild Tramuntana region I evoke in my book The Lemon Grove lies on Mallorca’s rugged north coast The bucolic south with its windmills and haystacks and pine-fringed beaches is every bit as lovely and its numerous hotels rurals can be had at a snip of their high-season rate the hotel owners advised us to bypass the big internet discounters and email them directly for their best rates Son Terrassa hotel Photograph: PRThis time we’re staying at Son Terrassa where most rooms are small casitas facing the hotel’s magnificently cultivated gardens Its elevated position looking out over miles of flat farmland makes it a heavenly spot for a swim a doze and a lazy hour or two with your book The towns and villages of Mallorca’s south are dominated by their churches – huge sitting on the terrace from which the hotel takes its name gazing out at the bastion of La Immaculada is a spiritual moment It would be quite easy to while the whole weekend away by the poolside In a token nod to Mallorca’s love affair with the bici country lanes has become such a fantasy of mine that it’s almost an obsession Back home in Liverpool I can barely imagine a five-minute stretch without some angry driver rearing up behind But in the lanes between Cas Concos and S’Alqueria Blanca and onwards through the Mondragó parc natural passing goats and pigs and tractors ploughing their fields post-harvest we ride a farmer’s route that can’t have changed in centuries While the south’s arable pastures lack the staggering there’s a tradition and a permanence about this corner and even the newly boutique Fornalutx are all chic northern European enclaves these days But as we pedal past olive groves and crumbling loose-stone walls a sea-breeze mingling with notes of pine and grass we’re experiencing a slow-burn Mallorca – and the essence of relaxation S’Amarador has to be one of the most beautiful beaches on the island this is the quintessential “postcard” beach that tourists can never find with the best part of six months’ sunshine warming its turquoise shallows the sea is lukewarm – almost body temperature We chain the bikes up at the picnic area and head across fine white sands to the rough diving platforms hewn into the cliff There are few things to match the shocking liberation of that first plunge; it’s almost worth saving up your months of stress for such exquisite release Photograph: AlamyFrom this side of the natural park it’s a 20-minute swim around the headland to the more popular Cala Mondragó speculating as to whether this could ever lose its magic: if you dived and swam like this every day and dry off outside the beach bar under a mild and we’ve already slowed right down – it feels like we’ve been here for days instead of hours It would be easy to order a second carafe and watch the sun dip down into the ocean but when the light falls here it falls fast and heavy it would be folly to negotiate those lanes in the dark The bike ride back is slightly uphill, slightly tipsy and we’re ravenous by Cas Concos. We stop off at La Oveja Negra, a bustling neighbourhood bar serving great affordable food. Across the road is Viena (vienamallorca.com) a restaurant whose reputation makes booking essential chips and a crisp Mallorquin salad topped with fat In spite of earnest promises of a moonlit swim we get no further than sitting outside the casita with a brandy Saturday is market day in Santanyí and it’s worth getting there early for the best of the local farmers’ produce sausage and lemon curd are all specialities worthy of their own aisles while the panadería (bread) and churro (Spanish doughnut) stalls do a roaring trade their aromatic waft drawing in customers from afar the secondhand books and the vinyl stalls before settling on a special edition of George Sand’s A Winter in Mallorca for a princely €6 We cool down with a frozen yoghurt and a look around the cathedral’s gilded frescos before chugging back to the hotel to check out delicious and cheap – just the ticket when your plan is to devour your napoletana on the plateau of a hilltop castle 15 minutes after paying for it sitting at 509 metres above the small town of Felanitx offers a dizzying panorama across the plains and rocks and out to sea feel that elemental tug that only Mallorca seems to elicit The major beauty spots and beaches of the south – Es Trenc Cala Llombards – can get crowded at the weekend With half an eye on showering and changing later on we head instead for a little beach on the quiet west side of Portopetro A stumble from an unprepossessing car park down a rubble path leads to a beach bar with recliners and its own salt-water pool there’s a sandy cove and a glorious gully of deep swimming out towards the fishing boats until the blue-green depths begin to darken and chill cinnamon-sprinkled churros into sticky hot chocolate you can stand there with a glass of pale sherry and an anchovy tostada and let the night begin Freshened and invigorated from our 36 hours in Mallorca it was time to start planning our next hit SicilyAverage temperatures are in the low- to mid-20s in October, and the grape and olive harvests are beginning, along with truffle and pistachio season in the mountain towns, some of which hold festivals to mark the occasion. There’s a mushroom festival in Castelbuono, south of popular Cefalú, on 24-26 October. Stay at the town’s Relais Santa Anastasia (abbaziasantanastasia.com Helen Walsh’s latest book is The Lemon Grove (Tinder Press, £7.99). To buy a copy for £5.99 including UK p&p, call 0330 333 6846 or visit bookshop.theguardian.com The Italian beat Ben Swift (Sky) and Gianni Meersman (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) on the uphill finish to take his second victory in as many days He is only the second Italian to win two stages at the race since sprinter Mario Cipollini did so in 1999 "The team did a lot of work today in very difficult weather conditions but winning an uphill today was always going to be a special kind of challenge Looking a lot further ahead I would hope to do well in a race like Milan-San Remo but we’ve got a lot of cards to play - Pozzato and in my case maybe see if we get a sprint and see what happens." After having to go to a photo finish on Sunday at the Trofeo Palma Modolo was under no doubts that he was the victor This is his third victory of the year in his first season at the WorldTour level Milan-San Remo champion Gerald Ciolek was unable to contest the sprint after he crashed out midway through the race The German suffered some minor abrasions in the incident Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) also crashed and abandoned the race but his injuries were not serious while Modolo found the perfect path on the finishing straight the same could not be said for Swift led out by teammate Edvald Boasson Hagen looked set to contest the sprint with Modolo Both riders started on opposite sides of the road but Meersman swerved to his right cutting up Swift and forcing the Sky rider to brake and then re-start his sprint "It was a shame because I think I had a chance of winning that and if people had held their line.. he came over from his line and I had to stop and start again It's frustrating but I'm getting better," Swift told Cyclingnews Tomorrow will see the return of the climbers in the Trofeo Serra de Tramontana Has elegido rechazar las cookies basadas en consentimiento que utilizamos principalmente para gestionar la publicidad y las recomendaciones de contenido para aceder a nuestra web tienes que elegir alguna de las siguientes opciones Has cambiado de idea y quieres NAVEGAR GRATIS Y CON PUBLICIDAD.. 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El mismo perfil de usuario es compartido entre los sitios besoccer.com y resultados-futbol.com Creando cuenta de usuario x El nombre de usuario debe de tener entre 4 y 16 caracteres Ya existe un usuario con este correo electrónico * La contraseña debe tener como mínimo 6 caracteres Iniciar Sesión x puedes acceder con tu cuenta de facebook...: No hay actividad de la comunidad para mostrarte Disfruta al máximo de resultados-futbol.es Para sacar el máximo partido de nuestro contenido Si tienes datos del equipo que no se encuentran en la página nos encantaría que los compartas con nosotros Un editor de la página validará los datos y en el plazo de tiempo más breve posible completarán los datos actuales con los enviados Mallorca’s two chicest design hotels are opening for the 2023 season Sant Francesc Hotel Singular in Palma de Mallorca is now open and Can Ferrereta Both properties represent the best of what Mallorca has to offer discerning travellers Independently owned and operated by the Soldevila Ferrer family Sant Francesc was launched in 2015 whilst Can Ferrereta opened in 2021 Located in a lovingly restored original Mallorcan mansion from1860 Sant Francesc Hotel Singular is the perfect gateway to the bustling cultural districts of Palma whilst sister property Can Ferrereta is at the heart of the emerging art and design trail which is developing around the peaceful village of Santanyi The hotels have been leading the charge in Mallorca’s reinvention as a year-round must-visit holiday destination for lovers of local design or those looking for a romantic retreat and city break The properties reflect a remarkable degree of attention to detail; original features from the historic buildings have been restored and are complemented by an impressive selection of works by contemporary Spanish artists The personality and history of Mallorca shine through at Can Ferrereta and Sant Francesc Hotel Singular Enjoy the laidback side of island life at Can Ferrereta: reopening 1st March 2023 Situated at the heart of Santanyí on the southeast coast of the island, Can Ferrereta introduced this lesser-known destination to visitors for the first time in 2021. Working with Mallorca-based BASTIDAS Architecture and Spanish design house WIT owner Andrés Soldevilla Ferrer meticulously restored this historic 17th-century country house transforming it into a stunning 32-room hotel surrounded by verdant gardens Rustic wooden beams and original stonework bespoke furniture and hand-picked art are combined in a style that’s uniquely Balaeric serves simple and seasonal Mediterranean dishes much of which is sourced from Santanyí’s beloved food market Sitting by the 25m swimming pool and amongst the flourishing gardens LA FRESCA restaurant and bar is the perfect spot to relax fish and salads alongside an extensive wine and cocktails menu Art is a defining characteristic throughout the hotel with a focus on contemporary Spanish artists; including pieces sourced from the Soldevila-Ferrer family’s private collection 280-kilo visage sculpture by the renowned Barcelona-born Jaume Plensa takes pride of place by the pool The SA CALMA SPA offers innovative multi-sensory meditation and a 24/7 gym. The village of Santanyí is situated in one of the most authentic and historic locations in Mallorca occupying a privileged position slightly inland from more than 48km of spectacular coastline offering easy access to some of Mallorca’s most beautiful and secluded beaches BOOK: Rates at start from €315 (currently approx. $347) per night on a B&B basis. Santanyí is a 40-minute drive from Palma Airport. hotelcanferrereta.com/en  Palma de Mallorca is the perfect base for a grown-up city break Situated in the heart of the historic centre of Palma, Sant Francesc Hotel Singular offers the perfect base for an exceptional city break romantic weekend and consistent year-round sunshine boutique hotel is set within a former Mallorcan mansion which has been lovingly restored with meticulous attention to detail respecting and exposing many of its original features The Neoclassical gem dates to 1860 and boasts features characteristic of the magnificent mansions of Mallorca stables and a watchtower with its dovecote the building’s well was converted into a gym the tower into a very special guest suite and the stables into the Quadrat Restaurant The hotel furnishings include a wide selection of designer pieces by renowned names such as Antonio Citterio Gordon Guillamier and Steven Burks among others. An exquisite collection of contemporary art and photographs adorn the walls and many of the works were specifically commissioned for the San Francesc Hotel Singular Sant Francesc is the perfect base to discover the cobbled streets of Palma steeped in culture and history and explore nearby landmarks including the Cathedral The Hotel Sant Francesc building formerly belonged to the Alomar Femenia family and it has been sympathetically renovated to provide guests with the ultimate modern comforts whilst retaining its incredible history and traditional features BOOK: Rates at Sant Francesc start from €325 per night inclusive of breakfast. For more please visit: www.hotelsantfrancesc.com