№ 00
Preamble
Every finca on this island is written into a register before it is allowed to keep guests. Ours has a number. The rest of this page is what the number stands for.
Ca'n Posteta sits on the Camí de Ses Planes, a lane that climbs out of Sóller between stone walls and orange trees. The valley behind it has grown citrus and pressed olives for a very long time; the grey wall of the Tramuntana closes it off from the rest of Mallorca and keeps the air still and warm.
We are not a hotel and have never wanted to be one. The house is looked after by the people who grew up in it, the gate is opened by hand, and the number of guests at any one time is small on purpose. What follows reads like a record because, in a way, that is exactly what it is.
№ 02
The House
What is on the property
Stone underfoot, thick walls that hold the cool, and shutters you close against the afternoon. The finca is let as a whole to one party at a time, so the garden, the terrace and the quiet all belong to you for the length of the stay.
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a.
The old house
Traditional finca rooms with beamed ceilings, tiled floors and beds dressed in linen. Built to stay cool through a Mallorcan summer without much help.
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b.
Garden & terrace
A walled garden of citrus and old trees, with a shaded terrace for long lunches and the kind of evening that runs late because no one is asking you to leave.
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c.
The valley view
Orange groves falling away toward the town, the mountains standing over all of it. The reason people sit outside here long after the plates are cleared.
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d.
Kept by hand
The family is close by, not on the property. You are left to your own days; when you need something, it is a short walk or a phone call away.