Palacio Ca Sa Galesa *****
Palma, Mallorca

A premier international playground, Mallorca is the largest of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean, east of mainland Spain. Edged with nearly unending beaches, it rises from a tawny central plain to craggy green mountains almost 4,800 feet high. While most visitors are enthralled with such activities as water sports, golf and making the most of mild year-round temperatures, there is also history and culture to engage the curious.

The capital's flamboyant Gothic cathedral was erected on the site of an earlier mosque, an unusual circular castle overlooks the city, and the dramatic west coast is dotted with fishing ports, royal residences, gardens and monasteries.

Mallorca has no shortage of lodgings, from budget to deluxe, but few can match the desirability of the Palacio Ca Sa Galesa. Starting with its downtown location behind the cathedral and near the harbor, its appeal multiplies when guests enter the exquisitely rehabilitated mansion, built in 1571.

Dreams of old Spain are fulfilled when the sun slants through the windows of the elegant rooms – only 12 of them – furnished with originals and replicas of the 17th and 18th Centuries. Antiques and contemporary art are harmoniously blended throughout. A small indoor pool is one extra, a solarium overlooking the Bay of Palma, another. Seekers of calm and convenience need look no further.

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