Sa Creu Nova Petit Palais Art & Spa

When it comes to Mediterranean escapes the Balearic island of Mallorca isn’t exactly obscure. But there are places on this island where you can still get away from it all. The town of Campos, in the island’s southeast, is one of these places. It’s less than a half-hour’s drive from the spectacular Es Trenc beach; and, more to the point, it’s the home of Sa Creu Nova Art Hotel & Spa.

Though crafted from a historical structure, Sa Creu Nova is an entirely modern boutique-hotel experience. Rustic on the outside, it’s as plush as can be on the inside. The occasional rough-hewn stone wall only adds atmosphere to the clean-lined bedrooms, and the simplicity of spaces draws the eye to the artworks — there’s an impressive contemporary collection distrubuted throughout the hotel’s rooms and common spaces.

Of course it wouldn’t be an upscale Spanish boutique hotel without a special emphasis on fine dining. Tess de Mar expands on traditional Mallorcan cuisine, while Kairiku adopts the Japanese omakase concept and adapts it to the ingredients of the Mediterranean. All in all it’s an incredibly refined, utterly relaxing adults-only getaway — not the most revolutionary idea in the world, perhaps, but always a welcome one.