For our first wedding anniversary after moving to Mallorca in 2004 – and several subsequent anniversaries – we spent a night away at the romantic Hotel Valldemossa. The hotel – originally two 19th-century stone houses – has gorgeous views of the surrounding mountains and countryside as well as La Cartuja, the Royal Charterhouse. The Polish composer Chopin famously spent a mid-19th century winter in the former monastery with his lover, the writer George Sand (real name Aurore Dupin, Baroness Dudevant).

After a few years of discovering more of Mallorca, we tried other hotels for nights away to celebrate anniversaries and birthdays. Today, with some 65 5-star hotels on the island, there’s plenty of choice – and variety – for the discerning hotel guest.

Hotel Valldemossa Reborn

I was interested to learn earlier this year that IT Mallorca Unique Spaces had added Hotel Valldemossa to its portfolio of luxury boutique hotels – three of which we have enjoyed staying in. The Valldemossa property has 12 rooms, is an adults-only (14+) hotel, and described as ‘The Natural Sanctuary’. I was curious to see the renovated Hotel Valldemossa and arranged a tour and lunch there last week (but didn’t stay overnight).

The hotel re-opened under its new guise on February 29th, 2024, and the day I visited there was only one room – a Junior Suite – unoccupied on the morning I was there. This suite has a private terrace and superb views. As in the rest of the hotel – and the other IT Mallorca properties – attractive art and stylish furniture and soft furnishings abound.

Health & Wellness

If you’re looking for a tranquil place to stay, with a wealth of facilities and services designed to improve your health and well-being, Hotel Valldemossa could be for you.

Cyclists will find a lockable storage facility which includes charging points for electric bikes.

Near the large, outdoor swimming pool, there’s a terrace for the hotel’s yoga and Pilates classes.

A covered outdoor gym enables you to enjoy the views as you work out.

The Sanctuary offers treatments based on the Piroche method (using Piroche products). These treatments are inspired by Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Western practice of lymphatic drainage. The hotel’s website has a list of treatments.

Guests can book the indoor pool and facilities for their exclusive use for a period of time.

The New Restaurant – De Tokio a Lima

Hotel Valldemossa has a new restaurant, which offers the same menu and prices as the De Tokio a Lima restaurant at IT Mallorca’s Can Alomar hotel in Palma. Like the Palma restaurant, the Valldemossa one is open to the public for lunch and dinner.

Read the review of our lunch that I wrote/broadcast for Mallorca Sunshine Radio here.

Read Reviews of Stays at Other IT Mallorca Hotels

Can Aulí in Pollença town here.

Can Cera in Palma here.

Good to Know

Hotel Valldemossa has its own car park for guests and restaurant clients.

The hotel is around a ten-minute stroll into Valldemossa – Mallorca’s best-known village.

Jan Edwards ©2024