Month: August 2025

Escape the Crowds in a Rural Hotel Restaurant – Part One

August 19, 2025
by Jan Edwards
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Eat / Hotels

I’ve become such a country girl since we moved to rural Mallorca in 2004. Although I love the buzz of eating out in Palma and the pleasures of a seaside restaurant, sometimes I crave the tranquillity of eating in a rural restaurant. There’s something about hearing birdsong and cicadas along with the soft buzz of conversation and gentle sounds of cutlery meeting crockery that soothes my soul. Here are some of my recommended rural restaurants […]

Where to Eat in Felanitx: My Top 3 Places

August 7, 2025
by Jan Edwards
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Eat

When we moved to Mallorca in 2004, the previous owners of our finca left us a helpful list of their favourite eateries in the area. Most of these have since closed, but Estragon in Felanitx became one of our go-to places. Estragon After Anna and her chef husband sold Estragon, a German couple briefly took over the place. Since November 2023, Felix Passow and his wife Vivien, have owned it, after moving from Berlin to […]

Seek out Sanctuary in Valldemossa

August 1, 2025
by Jan Edwards
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Spas

For anyone who’s visited this famous village, finding sanctuary when the streets are crowded with tourists sounds a little unlikely. But the sanctuary I’m thinking of is in a place of tranquillity and natural beauty on the edge of Valldemossa. Hotel Valldemossa describes itself as a natural sanctuary. This adults-only 5-star hotel reopened last summer after the IT Mallorca group of hotels acquired and renovated it. Five-star hotels with spa facilities are in abundance in […]