The Gran Hotel was Palma's first luxury hotel when it opened in 1903. Designed by the Catalan architect Lluis Domenech I Montaner, it was the building that began the craze for modernists (art nouveau) architecture in the city.
Fundacio La Caixa
The old Gran Hotel, this iconic Modernist building is now used as a gallery
Restored by the Fundacio la Caixa and reopened in 1993, it is now an art gallery featuring changing exhibitions and a permanent display of paintings by Hermen Anglada-Camarasa, the founder of the 'Pollenca School'.
The building is wonderfully intricate, with detailed tiling, a vast array of stone carvings, balconies and ornate iron railings. On the ground floor there is a bookshop specialising in design and a trendy cafe-bar.
When to come
It is open from 10:00 to 20:00 from Tuesday to Saturday and from 11:00 to 14:00 on Sundays and holidays. Closed on Mondays.
How to get passes
Admission is free.
