Why guide?
To give up to a way of calm and well-being. You can float from a morning yoga class to a nap by the pool, then meander to dinner and luxuriate in dishes made with contemporary, seasonal merchandise earlier than retiring to the terrace with a great guide and a nightcap.
Set the scene
Just a 10-minute drive from the airport and quarter-hour from Palma, Son Molí Country House is the right possibility for these wanting to take in rural Mallorca whereas indulging within the capital’s cultural and gastronomic highlights. The property is hidden amongst a tangle of rural roads and surrounded by windmills, providing a refuge from the bustling native seaside of S’Arenal. Here, a way of calm washes over all who stroll by the doorways.
The backstory
Back in 2013, Mikael Hall fell in love with a Mallorcan manor home—beforehand a household dwelling and previous to that, a ladies’ faculty. By 2017, the property was reworked into a lovely boutique resort: Can Bordoy Grand House & Garden. Then six years later, Hall fell in love with a second Mallorcan property—one we now know as Son Molí Country House. Renovations began in 2024, and the resort reopened to company in May 2025.
The rooms
Son Molí Country House spans 12 acres of land, however is dwelling to a modest 22 rooms and suites, that are dotted between the principle constructing (the place the previous mill may also be discovered) and unbiased plots with their very own non-public gardens or balconies overlooking the pool. There’s no room quantity 13 on this property—a conventional nod to superstition which may put cautious vacationers relaxed—however there are seven totally different room classes: Deluxe Room, Deluxe Pool House, Premium Suite, Suite, Country Terrace Suite, Garden Suite Superior, and Son Molí Grand Suite. Interiors right here draw from a spread of cultural aesthetics, incorporating design parts from around the globe as a mirrored image of the proprietor’s diversified journey diaries.
Elsewhere within the resort, the look is rustic and Mediterranean, combining conventional parts like wood ceiling beams, elegant canopies draped over king-size beds, and carpets manufactured from pure fibers.
Food and drink
Chef Lucía Cárdenas oversees the resort’s culinary choices. She does all of it, hand in hand with Andrés Benítez, who moved from sister property Can Bordoy, the place he ran Botànic, the primary plant-focused restaurant in Mallorca. Breakfast is served buffet-style, with menu choices comparable to eggs or toast accessible upon request. Lunch is à la carte, and dinner is a tasting menu that varies each night time, relying on what the countryside, the ocean, and the orchard provide that day. I sampled seasoned zucchini slices with pesto, arugula, and burrata; tomato salmorejo with tomato, cucumber, and pickled celery; black pork suckling pig with candy potato purée, black garlic, and candied oranges; and grilled turbot with lemon potato purée.
The spa
Treatments may be booked within the wellness suite, and outside sports activities are championed over indoor gymnasium time. Join yoga lessons by the pool, head to an area golf course, or guide tennis classes on the property. The Mallorcan countryside is right here to be loved, in any case.
Eco effort
There are just a few works in progress right here, not least a photovoltaic undertaking designed to generate vitality by photo voltaic panels, in addition to one other gadget for water regeneration. There’s additionally an historic windmill on-site that the crew plans to revive and put to make use of. The kitchen providing represents a dedication to native components; the small vegetable backyard on the farm was already starting to bear fruit after I visited within the first few weeks of opening.
Accessibility
There is one Deluxe Room designed particularly to welcome company with diminished mobility.
Anything left to say?
In the long run, the property plans to welcome company from sister property Can Bordoy with a day cross, permitting them to affix morning yoga lessons, get pleasure from dips within the pool, and guide dinner on the fundamental restaurant.