If you can’t score an invitation to stay with them, opt instead for a suite at the honey-colored Belmond hotel La Residencia (rooms from $1,682 a night more booking options at, Expedia and ). Michael Douglas bought an estate in nearby Valldemossa in the 1980s: The 250-acre S’Estaca was rumored to be on the market until he bought out his ex-wife Diandra Luker’s share so he and current wife Catherine Zeta-Jones could continue visiting. Ava Gardner was a regular visitor, Andrew Lloyd Webber summers there, and Triangle of Sadness director Ruben Östlund and Fantastic Beasts star Mads Mikkelsen reportedly have second homes there. It’s long been a favorite with bold-faced stars and creatives. Skip the capital, Palma, which can be overrun with cruise visitors, and instead burrow north toward Deià on the west coast.

It’s also a huge one - about 1,400 square miles - so choosing the right base is vital. “There’s no real nightlife - this is a day island.”Ĭineworld Now Expects to Emerge From Bankruptcy in July Everyone’s in jeans and a T-shirt,” she says. “It’s not flashy here and you don’t ever see anyone in high heels. Mallorca is upscale, chic and understated. “Our business is catering to all those people.” Just don’t go there for a showy getaway, cautions London-based fashion exec Daisy Hoppen, who has long had a family home in the countryside. “It’s a real mixture of new and old money,” Krauze explains. seven years ago, he’s watched it transform from a fly-and-flop spot for package-holidaying Brits and Germans to the Mediterranean’s discreet, elite island, equal parts Sardinia and Capri. So says Elliot Krauze, who runs the high-end local concierge firm Milagro. The skies over Mallorca last summer were so busy that only the banking hub of Geneva bested them for private jets.

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