Es Ratxo Hotel & Spa - Mallorca

Surrounded by spectacular natural countryside, the Es Ratxo Hotel & Spa nestles in the foothills of the Puig de Galatzó Mountain on the Island of Mallorca. Experience a unique stay in this incomparable ambience where nature and peace reign supreme - and immerse you in the most absolute tranquillity. The Es Ratxo Hotel, an original 16th century classical Majorcan manor house, has been recently refurbished maintaining all its original character and offering double rooms and suites of different categories, all of them with spacious terraces. The history of the hotel begins in the Islamic era, when the Moors constructed a farmstead, which served as the foundations for later construction. A significant aspect of that time was the use of the valley to supply water, with a supply planned and developed prior to the 13th century and which can be glimpsed in the water channels that are still preserved today. These channels characterised the estate, with its extensive resources, leading to the first recorded name: Arratxa (an old Arabic word that we think means stream or spring). Later, when the estate passed into Christian hands, the name Arratxa became "Es Ratxo". During the 15th and 16th centuries, thanks to the huge pine forest and vast expanses of brush vegetation that surrounded it, became an important centre of farming activity, particularly sheep rearing, but also cattle. At that time in the houses there would also have been an oil press (tafona) for the production of oil and to this end, part of the estate was used for the cultivation of almonds, olives, cereals and pulses. After the restoration of the existing buildings and the construction of new facilities, the Es Ratxo Hotel & Spa has become the reference point for high-class hotels in natural surroundings on the island of Majorca. All of our 25 rooms offer a high level of comfort due both to their welcoming decoration and full facilities, and to their generous terraces and gardens. They offer a place where guests can feel at home while at the same time ...