"Andrés Soldevila Ferrer, a scion of the Catalan family who owns the grande-dame Majestic Hotel on Barcelona’s Passeig de Gràcia, has been a fan of Mallorca since childhood holidays with his grandparents. Looking for a country property to complement his Palma palace, he homed in on the island’s deep south and found a 17th-century mansion in a state of chronic disrepair. Its vaulted roofs and haylofts have been transformed from crumbling relics to original features that underscore a rule-breaking combination of rustic minimalism and high-end townhouse, where rugged textures coexist with Santa and Cole lamps and Carl Hansen armchairs. There’s an impressive collection of contemporary Spanish art and plenty of local input from potters, carpenters, and farmers alongside fine Catalan linens (Lo de Manuela) and Italian ceramics (Bucci). Can Ferrereta calls for little exertion beyond a browse around the superb haul of work by artists such as Dominica Sánchez and Jordi Alcaraz, a salt-and-seaweed treatment at the Sa Calma spa, or a supper of modern Mediterranean cooking at Alvar Albaladejo’s Ocre restaurant, fast shaping up as the best in the southeast." - Roxy Kavousi-Walker, Stephanie Rafanelli
