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Finca Serena
Hotel Information
A former farmhouse on a rambling, romantic estate, Finca Serena is right in the middle of Mallorca. Here, you’ll spend your nights either in main house or tucked away in one of the secluded standalone suites scattered around the arboreal acreage. And as for your days, they’ll be whiled away sedately post spa treatment (the hammocks on the veranda will soon swing you to sleep) or, if you’re feeling a little more energetic, spent on the treadmill, since even the gym benefits from bucolic views around here. Either way, as evening draws in, restaurant Jacaranda has a farm-to-table focus, with local producers ensuring that said farm won’t be very far; for a special treat, sign up to one of the weekly suppers, held under the stars out in the vineyard.
At the hotel
Free WiFi throughout, gym, valet parking. In rooms: air-conditioning, minibar, tea and coffee kit, free bottled water and Finca Serena bath products.
Our favourite rooms
The rooms are scattered across the main house and standalone suites around the grounds. SAD sufferers should go for a light-flooded Junior Suite; number 8 in this category has sloping ceilings and bucolic views delivered straight to your bed. The Garden Suites have private, estate-showcasing terraces. We also love secluded Deluxe Garden Room 18, which is reached through a woodland-flanked path, for its vineyard-facing terrace; and the roomy, sundowner-ready terrace in Room 22. For those who like to swing cats, be warned that Room 25 is the smallest.
Poolside
There are two: a heated one at the spa, and one in front of the main building, perfectly positioned for admiring the countryside mid-front crawl. Shade-seekers can hide out in the pergola; sunloungers are there for the sun-worshippers. Both pools are open between 9am and 9pm.
Spa
The cows have been moved along to make room for the spa in their spacious former shed, which is surrounded by palm trees. From the indoor pool or a hammock on the veranda, you can enjoy post- or pre-treatment views of the island’s central plains and the monastery-topped Puig de Randa mountain. Natura Bissé treatments, a fireplace, sauna and hammam await.
