Coast · private · 5 hours
Deià & Valldemossa: the Artists’ Coast
The two villages that drew Chopin, Robert Graves and half the painters of Europe — a quieter, slower version of the west coast with time to sit, look and eat well.
Highlights
- Valldemossa and Chopin’s cell in the Carthusian monastery
- Deià, the village of Robert Graves, and his house
- The cove of Cala Deià and its fishermen’s restaurant
- Son Marroig, the Archduke’s estate on the cliffs
Between Valldemossa and Sóller the coast road hangs above the sea, and two villages on it have been attracting writers and painters for two centuries. Valldemossa has the monastery and the piano; Deià, a cone of golden stone houses above a cove, has the grave of Robert Graves and a bohemian streak it has never lost.
This is the west coast without the rush: a proper visit to the monastery, Graves’s house as he left it, lunch at the fishermen’s shack in Cala Deià or a terrace in the village, and a stop at Son Marroig, where the Archduke Ludwig Salvator built a marble temple for the view.
Route and stops · 5 h
- Cruise terminal
- Valldemossa
- Son Marroig
- Deià
- Cala Deià
- Cruise terminal
What’s included
- Private vehicle with driver-guide
- Entrance to the Carthusian monastery and Robert Graves’s house
- Lunch reservation at a place that suits you
Meeting point: terminal exit, Port of Palma. Your guide holds a sign with our compass and your name.
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