it starts slowly again. Traveling was and is certainly still conditioned by Corona
a little limited. How to travel and where to go? How do I prepare myself and what do I have to pay attention to, so that my vacation remains a dream time?
It is the same for us travel designers.
But what does it help, we want to continue to discover the world or not?? But we would like to travel more consciously and sustainably
and be in harmony with the environment.
So it takes a good preparation and selection of transport and accommodation. So why not book with someone who knows about it? 😉
Mallorca – a great love
Yes it is really like that. Mallorca, the German's favorite island, is also our destination for a short flying visit.
My name is Tanja Wostemeyer and I have been working for the Droste travel agency for some time now and have been able to discover many beautiful places for our customers.
I love this island and have certainly been to Mallorca 50 times and have tested many different accommodation options for our clients, be it beautiful boutique or family hotels, city palaces, fincas or beach resorts.
This time we would like to get a picture of how a stay in Mallorca has changed. Is it really still so beautiful?
Is it not too complicated and at all, how can one be still carefree with all the Corona measures then at all on the way.
My friend Jutta and I are in any case full of beans and are happy to present you our favorite island.
Today we start and choose a relaxed flight in the afternoon with Condor.
We have a really reliable tool in the travel agency Droste that provides our customers with a link at the time of booking that gives perfect information about entry, stay and also everything for the return trip
and re-entry to Mallorca is important.
For each destination, we provide up-to-date information with every click and before booking, of course, we also advise in detail, so that each of our customers is perfectly positioned for their vacation.
Feel virtually taken by the hand and accompanied. My friend Jutta, may also make this experience on this trip and is happy that she does not have to worry about anything.
So whether tested, vaccinated or recovered and with a from 48 h before filled out Spanish electronic health form, the trip can then start.
For Spain, it also makes sense to reserve a seat directly, as this will be requested for the health form.
At the airport Dusseldorf, one should at least. be 2h before departure and in vacation times maybe even half an hour earlier.
Due to Corona, you can't drink your coffee at the airport or have your meal in a cafe, but that might change soon.
Therefore we recommend to arrive already before strengthened at the airport. There is still catering on board but masks are compulsory. Therefore, we think it makes sense that not all guests eat and drink on board and therefore less guests wear your mask.
Of course, aircraft filtration systems are up to date and reduce aerosols on board but the more passengers wear your mask the greater the protection.
By the way, we also advise you exactly how check – in and security control take place and how you arrive on site and what has to be considered.
We would like to tell you about our wonderful local hotels and locations.
Arrived on Mallorca is everything almost as always only a big advantage there Corona conditionally, because all guests are checked in by seat rows and may also get off the plane again. We should definitely continue this process, because it equalizes everything and creates a relaxed atmosphere. Rarely so relaxed when getting off the plane.
We have booked a rental car with full coverage and all insurances. The rental at Hiper Rent a Car takes place in Can Pastilla and the shuttle to there is not far away. Big advantage, prices by shuttle are a lot cheaper than renting directly at the airport.
Advantage, we can board the shuttle bus directly from the airport without any stress. Also there is mask duty and only every 2. Seat is forgiven, so that one also feels comfortable here.
At the check – in of Hiper Rent a Car almost nothing is going on and we can start with our car immediately.
Fully fueled and with the first Spanish music a la Buena Vista Social Club it now goes off in the direction of Palma. We are coming, until you are also ready for us? 🙂
Palma Cityflair and what a former soap factory has to do with it.
Our first destination is the beautiful Concepcio by Nobis Hotel in the northwest corner of Palma. We have found a parking garage nearby that is very cheap and was recommended to us by the hotel.
Of course, as good planners, we have obtained this information in advance, just as we do for our dear clients.
We are received nicely, the staff at the reception is purist dressed in white in linen outfits, in the restaurant they wear a dark green and soft brown. Very tasteful, we love such small details.
After a really charming check – in with first tips we move into our beautiful double room decorated in green colors, air-conditioned and with a nice greeting in the room and the first snack and a bottle of water, which we gratefully accept.
The room is kept in green colors just like the rest of the hotel. The Concepcio by Nobis is a former converted soap factory. Here every room is different because of this. 31 rooms and suites are individually designed with and without balconies but always large windows. Everywhere in the hotel one finds the beautiful green and white self-poured tiles, which set your accents particularly in the baths of the hotel rooms.
We feel comfortable and discover the gem of the house quite quickly, the pool completely surrounded by the hotel creates perfect privacy and is not visible from the outside. Beautifully designed with sandstone and lush
decorated with plants and various pillows create a bohem style. Of course you can also find towels for the guests here.
It is also served at the pool on request, small snacks and or drinks. Here we enjoyed very much a drink or two and let the sun of Palma shine on us.
Also in the evening here is a peaceful atmosphere accompanied by a small watercourse, which gently underlines the evening atmosphere.
Wonderful, you don't want to leave here at all. But the hunger announces itself and it smells wonderfully of Spanish Tapas, which we want to try in any case.
On the first evening we enjoy however equal out a few Tapas not far from the hotel, one is directly urban in the middle of Spain. Everywhere Spanish voices and also locals who are here directly near the hotel
like to spend your time yourself.
Our first night we slept very well and the hotel beds are so comfortable that you have to force yourself to get up.
But our first breakfast was waiting for us and my favorite meal. As an absolute Frahling lover, I am always happy to find new locations for the perfect coffee.
In Concepcio you get in any case one of the best coffees on the island.
Breakfast is set up stylishly on a large wooden table and is lovingly designed. Here one does not splurge with overloaded buffets, but convinces by a loving composition of very good ingredients. Whether it is the perfect Pa amb Oli, which is eaten by the Mallorcans also gladly already for breakfast or the perfect combination of fruits, freshly baked bread, Ensaimada or also other wonderful ingredients, which we appreciate so much at the breakfast.
Well strengthened we discover Palma with its wonderful stores and wonderful studios and hotels.
Leon Lowentraut (Unstoppable), for example, is currently exhibiting in Palma and my friend Jutta just outed herself as a big fan of his exhibitions. Of course, we now have to look at the various galleries, which exhibit all his but also other
works of art. Interspersed with fine little boutiques and beautiful restaurants, Palma has done it again and again we fall in love with this beautiful city again.
The wonderful Concepcio by Nobis serves us as a perfect location for this tour. Since not only rooms, suites and pool convince, but also beside the breakfast the restaurant of the hotel is an absolute highlight.
Moderate prices are estimated in the restaurant for such a high quality cuisine. Here you should also as an out-of-town guest in any case plan a visit to the restaurant.
Center of the island Cap Vermell Grand
Further it goes in the direction of the island center, past Inca and Manacor it goes in the direction of Canyamel in the east of Majorca situated.
Here we set up our camp in the former Park Hyatt. The beautiful resort is now called Cap Vermell Grand, a name to remember, not only because it is part of the prestigious Leading Hotel of the World chain.
The drive up to the hotel past the golf course of the same name is a highlight in itself. A dream of flowers welcomes us here and accompanies us to the top of the hotel.
The Cap Vermell Grand is not directly on the coast, but not far from it. But it is far enough to be able to spend your vacation here privately and undisturbed.
Directly before the entrance we are already taken in reception and our car valet parked. Here you realize already, ok, here we are allowed to be simple and everything else is taken from you.
The check – in works smoothly and we may spend, the really very short time, which we wait outside on the beautiful terrace with view with a first cool non-alcoholic beverage.
Our suite the Valley View has thus with view of the valley is very styleful arranged in bright colors. We have a lot of space here a large square covered terrace, which provides enough shade for hot days.
The bathroom is simply wonderful, here I immediately want to take a bath in the large bathtub, which is also a rain shower and has a floor-to-ceiling window, which is of course shielded from view.
Here 2 persons find much place in addition, children could be accommodated here still.
The Cap Vermell Grand is by no means just a hotel for golfers, even if the course next door is certainly one of the most beautiful on the island.
There is also a country club where sports and children's hearts beat faster. Whether tennis fans or swimming enthusiasts draw your lanes, here everything is possible. There is also a children's club and many opportunities to enjoy activities. In the hotel itself, you will find a SPA, which not only impresses with its architectural beauty, but also allows the visitor to shine and various exquisite beauty treatments possible.
Afterwards you can of course enjoy the culinary variety in one of the restaurants. Whether in the Ballearic, the main restaurant, which also at breakfast makes me as a breakfast lover really happy so also z.B. in Vorro, the fine dining restaurant that is awarded with a Michelin star, so also the ROKA- Japanese Asian fusion cuisine and delicious Sushi. Here you generally have to book very early to get a table.
Here we have of course best contacts, which we use to make you dear customers perfectly happy.
So whether as a family with younger or older children or as a couple or even alone to enjoy a perfect time out the Cap Vermell Grand is an absolute insider tip. By the way, also for company events or with small or larger groups or perhaps a wedding, one is also in perfect hands at the Cap Vermell Grand. We have looked at everything on our siteinspektion and are fully convinced.
Let's talk about why the Cap Vermell Grand is also a must location during your visit to Mallorca.
The combination of Palma city hotel a la Concepcio by Nobis and the Cap Vermell Grand convinced us perfectly.
Finca adventure and east coast
Unfortunately we have to leave already. Only the fact that our vacation is not yet over sweetens the stay for us.
On the way towards Alcudia and we discover the beautiful old town and the nice boutiques and restaurants. Most vacationers hardly make it out of their hotel. A visit to the beautiful old town of Alcudia should be on the program.
Likewise one can eat here wonderfully and favorably for small money and also the port of Alcudia, is in the evening a beautiful walk worth past innumerable boats and jewelry conditions.
Our last location is a family hotel on the east coast, which belongs to the Iberostarhotel chain. There is also an area for adults and the hotel is located directly on the sea on one of the most beautiful sandy beaches on Mallorca. Perfectly in sea quite flat sloping and suitable for families with small children as well as for beach runners. Here we enjoy a few wonderful days relaxing by the sea and in the sun and also make a few trips into the surrounding area.
On the day of departure we get up early and on the way back we visit the beautiful Finca Serena.
This beautiful hotel is also mentioned in any case and also belongs to an exquisite hotel chain, the Small Luxury Hotels of the World.
Very exclusive and far away from the tourist crowds, you can get to know a very different Mallorca here. Alone the Cafe con leche on the terrace with view lets already look on a dreamlike stay. The rooms and suites are very tastefully decorated in muted colors and stand out in a modern way from the rest of the finca, which was built traditionally from the outside out of sandstone.
A dream of flowers show the way to the SPA. Small but nice and with a relaxation room and a view into the nature let you guess the relaxation.
Juan the hotel director of this fine little retreat reads his guests every wish from their lips. Thank you that we were allowed to be there and experience this little jewel through your eyes.
Beachclub and departure
Further it goes then again direction airport. We still have some time and since our rental car company is located in Can Pastilla, we can look at a beach club nearby. Also this belongs to Mallorca.
We visit the PURO Beachclub, which also has a hotel of the same name in downtown Palma. Also by the way a very nice location, which I was allowed to look at on one of my other stays on Mallorca.
Here it is chillig everything in white and black held. There is a central rectangular pool and you can rent daybeds or sunbeds. If you come for dinner at the weekend, you should definitely make a reservation. Today on a Monday but it was relaxed and we could enjoy in peace but at summery 35 degrees our meal.
What a nice ending.
The car drop off on the way back was perfect and we could just leave the car there and thanks to comprehensive insurance no worries and directly without the stress of parking in the shuttle to the airport to climb.
Return flight and departure proceeded here also quite simply. For the customers who have no vaccination still a quick test and off home it goes.
By the way, this went perfectly at the Iberostar Hotel.
But at the moment it is yes every day different and well the one who has a good travel agency and is perfectly advised that must be done at the moment at entry and departure so.
We hope we could make a little appetite for Mallorca. We definitely took home one of the world's best ensaimadas (Mallorcan pastries). But they don't last forever and so we are already planning our next tour. What about you?