Son Julia Country House Hotel
Stunning boutique hotel set in tranquil 300-year-old gardens with fantastic facilities
If you're looking for a perfect hideaway from your usual routine, then this lovely 15th century Mallorcan manor is the place to escape to.
Only a few minutes from Palma, this unique boutique hotel pairs Mallorcan style and serenity with modern design and state-of-the-art facilities. Here you can explore and relax in its beautiful 300-year-old rambling gardens, inviting terraces and patio or indulge in spa treatments or keep active with various sports on offer.
There are just 32 spacious rooms and suites, all individually styled and decorated with elegant furnishings, yet retaining period aspects of its 500-year-old heritage. All rooms include the latest technology and are equipped with Flat-screen TVs, high-speed WiFi, air-conditioning, mini-bars, safes and hair-dryers. Some of the rooms also have terraces and private gardens.
If you're interested in activities to keep your mind and body active while you're on holiday, then the hotel offers a range of sporting activities from yachting, hot air ballooning, cycling and tennis, or you can make use of the fitness room. They also rent professional carbon race bicycles and offer a variety of cycling opportunities and guides. You can ride fully serviced, top of the line carbon bikes that can be rented per day or by week.
Facilities include a private tennis court and private lessons in tennis can be arranged, so that you can practise your backhand with one of the hotel’s great coaches. Tennis rackets and balls are available at reception.
For those of you looking to unwind and be pampered the hotel includes a spa and wellness area, which includes a heated indoor swimming, hydro-massage jacuzzi, and Finnish sauna. Enjoy body and facial treatments such as Osteopathy, reflexology, and body scrubs, as well as relaxing massages in the hotel’s well-equipped treatment room.
Finally, Son Julia's vineyards produce a light, fruity white wine made from local Prensal blanc and Chardonnay grapes. Matured in cement egg shaped tanks by a local wine producer, it is currently sold exclusively at the hotel.
The pool
Son Julia's Gardens are over 300 years old, and are in the Arabic style with maze-like hedges and winding paths that lead you to the large 25-metre pool at the end of the gardens. Walk through agapanthus, roses and palm trees to the pond below the pyramid feature.
The two outdoor pools are areas of pure relaxation, chill out in one of the poolside cabanas at the large pool and be served your drinks from the Agapanto Pool Bar in luxury. At their smaller pool, you can enjoy the peace and tranquillity of an adult-only area.
The Restaurant
Their Sa Magrana Restaurant serves local specialties made with fresh local produce. The daily menu includes Mallorcan leg of lamb stuffed with figs and accompanied with cauliflower couscous and salmon stir fry of grapes mangetout and wine sauce from their vineyard. Their à la carte menu includes a delicious Mallorcan burrata or beef tenderloin accompanied by their best wines.
While you relax on your sunbed or in your private poolside hut you can order drinks from the Agapanto Pool Bar. In the afternoons they serve different cocktails, mojitos and smoothies.
Things to do nearby
Things To Do in Llucmajor
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Adventure Trekking
Located in Llucmajor
A day of Adventure Trekking is full of stunning landscapes and action-packed activities.
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Coasteering
Located in Llucmajor
Coasteering combines adventure swimming, abseiling, climbing and rock scrambling to explore some incredible locations in Mallorca.
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Sunset Horse Riding Excursion, Randa
Enjoy a unique evening horse riding tour with an authentic Spanish horse with a privileged view of the beautiful Mallorcan sunset
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Horse Riding Lessons, Randa
Located in Randa, this well-established company has been training Spanish horses for over 30 years and has now opened its doors to the public. They offer lessons for beginners and advanced riders, with dressage and jumping also available.
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Randa Valley Horse Riding Excursion, Randa
Enjoy a unique horse riding tour with an authentic Spanish horse for three hours around the mountains close to the village of Randa.
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Antique Mallorca Horse Riding Excursion, Randa
Enjoy a unique horse riding tour with an authentic Spanish horse for three hours around the mountains close to the village of Randa.
Restaurants nearby
Restaurants in Llucmajor
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Sa Magrana Restaurant
Located in Llucmajor
This award-winning restaurant offers creative, fresh-from-the-market cuisine.
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Tomates Verdes Restaurant
Located in Llucmajor
Situated in the centre square of Llucmajor, Tomates Verdes offers Spanish tapas to be enjoyed on the outdoor or indoor terrace.
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Sa Tanqueta Restaurant
Located in Randa
A gastronomic restaurant in the small village of Randa, with a focus on KM0 produce.
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Bistro Mercat Restaurant
Located in Llucmajor
Bistrot Mercat is a family-run restaurant focusing on serving traditional Spanish dishes with the freshest ingredients.
Nightlife nearby
Beaches nearby
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Playa de Palma Beach
Located 11.7 km away
Playa de Palma is a long stretch of beach to the east of Palma de Mallorca and opening onto Palma Bay. It's also one of Mallorca's biggest holiday resorts.
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Cala Pi Beach, South Mallorca
Located 13.6 km away
Sheltered and protected from the winds, Cala Pi sits nestled between two tall rocky cliffs, with its name 'Pi' deriving from the pine trees bordering its clifftops. You can often see yachts moored at the end of the cove, further enhancing its already picture-perfect visual appeal.
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Es Raco de S'Arena Beach, South Mallorca
Located 14.5 km away
Es Racó de S'Arena offers a complete escape from the bustle of tourists and is great for exploring or walking. If you're lucky, you could find yourself completely alone here. Even when there are other people, there is enough space to carve out an area which feels private.
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Sa Rapita Beach, South Mallorca
Located 15.9 km away
Also known as Platja de Sa Ràpita, an alternative to Es Trenc is the beautiful neighbouring beach at S’Arenal de sa Rapita in the southeast of Majorca. It is much quieter than Es Trenc, and is popular with families, surfers and windsurfers.
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Ciudad Jardin Beach
Located 17.2 km away
The small resort town of Ciudad Jardin lies around five kilometres east of Palma. Its beach, also commonly referred to as ‘Ciutat Jardi’, lies alongside a quiet promenade lined with palm trees, offering a huge variety of different styled bars and restaurants.
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Es Trenc Beach, Ses Covetes
Located 18.2 km away
Unassigned to any of the island’s numerous holiday resorts, the stunning beach of Es Trenc is geographically fairly isolated with a wonderful wild and natural feel. With 2km of bleached white sand and transparent water, it's often referred to as more Caribbean than Mediterranean in characteristics.
Sights nearby
Sights in Mallorca
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Puig de Randa & Santuari de Cura, Algaida
Located 6.9 km away
The Puig de Randa, rising 543m out of the plain, has been a place of pilgrimage ever since Ramon Llull founded Mallorca's first hermitage here in 1275.
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Capocorb Vell, nr Cap Blanc
Located 10.3 km away
These are the most significant remains of the Talaiotic culture, which flourished in Mallorca between around 1300 and 800 BC.
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Es Revellar Art Resort Galleries, Campos
Located 11.2 km away
The aim of this art installation is to bring art and nature together to be enjoyed in a tranquil complex set in an original 15th century Mallorcan country estate.
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Sanctuary of Montision, Porreres
Located 12.7 km away
Porreres is located inland in the south-east area of Mallorca. Having arrived to Porreres, any local person should be able to show you the road up to sanctuary, which formely housed a College of Humanities, one of the threee most important of rural Majorca.
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Son Fornes Archaeological Museum, Montuiri
Located 14.1 km away
Discover how Mallorcans lived in prehistoric times in this archaeological museum, where you can see the results of excavations carried out on the site of Son Fornes.
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Pottery Museum (Museu del Fang)
Located 18.5 km away
The Museu del Fang (pottery museum) aims to promote the many different techniques, shapes and functions that clay has had in different cultures.
Golf-clubs nearby
Golf Courses in Mallorca
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Andratx Golf Course
Located in Camp de Mar
The golf course in Andratx was designed by the famous Gleneagles resort in Scotland and opened in 2000. The 18-hole championship course is well known as one of the most difficult and challenging in Mallorca.
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Alcanada Golf Course
Looking to play golf by the sea, then Alcanada might be the course for you. It's situated in the north of Mallorca on the peninsula of Alcudia. The golf course opened in 2003 and was designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr.
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Vall d'Or Golf Course
An 18-hole golf course, par 71, 5.539 m long from white tees. The course was designed by Bradford Benz and opened in 1985. It is situated close to Portocolom.
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Son Quint Golf Course
Located in Palma de Mallorca
The 18-hole course at Son Quint was created by James Arnold in 2009 and probably counts as the youngest course on the island. It has been landscaped using the native plants of Mallorca - featuring olive, carob and pine trees. Leyland cypresses provide a lateral protection to one side of the course. Throughout the 6,780 meters length of the course, stone walls typical to Mallorca, oleander bushes and lantana flowers complete a challenging, but fun, short golf course. The course was designed so to make best use of the views down towards the city of Palma and the Bay area.
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Capdepera Golf Course
This golf club is renowned as one of the most beautiful courses on Mallorca. Situated in the far northeast of the island, the course sits in the foothills of the Llevant natural Park overlooking the Mediterranean sea.
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La Reserva Rotana Golf Course
Located in Manacor
This is a private 9-hole golf course just a few meters from the Rotana Hotel. The course is reserved for hotel and restaurant guests.
Towns nearby
Towns & Villages in Mallorca
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Llucmajor
Located 2.2 km away
Llucmajor is an inland town in the south of Mallorca, located within the plains that lie below the hills of Randa. The town itself is a medium size, however, the area that surrounds it, also called Llucmajor, is the largest municipality on the island comprising of 16 villages including Cala Blava, Cala Pi and the famous tourist resort of S’Arenal.
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Porto Petro
Located 6.4 km away
Porto Petro or Portopetro can be found within the district of Santanyí. This fishing village which retains much of its traditional charm, with most of its buildings, developed in the early 20th century, being handsome, colourful houses with authentic Mallorcan shutters.
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Algaida
Located 8.9 km away
Algaida is a handsome rural town made from Mallorca’s celebrated sandstone, complete with vibrant green shutters, narrow streets and a central square dominated by a pretty 15th century church.
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Campos
Located 13.8 km away
Campos is a traditional rural town in the south-east of Mallorca. Sitting between Llucmajor and Santanyi, it’s a mere 8km away from the coast. Constructed from the famous local blonde stone, Campos is rather pretty and, while it remains a sleepy rural place, it acts as the administrative centre for this corner of the island which is most famous for its long sandy beaches and turquoise waters.
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Porreres
Located 13.8 km away
Porreres is typical of the small towns on the Mallorcan plain - nothing much to see, but an easy-going atmosphere and a good place to while away a couple of hours.
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Montuiri
Located 14.0 km away
Perched high on a ridge in Mallorca’s countryside and surrounded by old stone windmills, the sleepy village of Montuiri is probably the most impressive sight on the road between Palma and Manacor.