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keep the mood intimate, and there's a well-regarded restaurant. Breakfast is worth the ex-
tra, with eggs to order, smoked salmon, fresh pastries and fruit.
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Porto Cristo & Around
Es Picot
RURAL HOTEL
€€
( 637 737943;
www.espicot.com
; Camí de Sa Mola Km 3.6, Cales de Mallorca; r €92-126;
)
Out on its rural lonesome, with views across wooded hills and down to the sea, Es
Picot is a lovely
finca
with a pool and gardens almost quiet enough to hear an olive plop.
The simply decorated rooms, with rustic features like beams and stone walls, have ter-
races or balconies. Home-grown fruit and eggs land on the breakfast table. It's 5km
northwest of Cales de Mallorca off the PM401.
Son Mas
RURAL HOTEL
€€€
( 971 55 87 55;
www.sonmas.com
;
Carrer Porto Cristo-Portocolom, Camí de Son Mas; s
€225-273, d €260-320)
A fine romance of a
finca
, this 17th-century farmhouse is a step up
from Porto Cristo's anonymous package-tour hotels, yet it's just five minutes' drive from
the resort. Vaulted corridors, subtly stylish rooms with features like beams and four-
posters, a pool for summer lounging, fireplaces for winter snuggling, spa treatments -
this is intimate luxury all the way.
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Portocolom
Hostal Porto Colom
HOSTAL
€€
( 971 82 53 23;
www.hostalportocolom.com
; Carrer d'en Cristòfol Colom 5, Portocolom; s €43-65,
d €60-112; )
Right on the waterfront, Hostal Porto Colom has breezy rooms decked
out in bright yellows and blues (which might get to you after a while), with parquet
floors and big beds. They're decent but nothing flash. Its restaurant and cool cocktail bar
command sea views.
SOUTHERN MALLORCA
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