“Not everything needs to be available all the time,” says Toni Durán, co-owner of Ca’n Beneït. “There’s value in seasonality.” At this quietly radiant finca, luxury takes a gentler form. It is shaped by the seasons, sincere hospitality, and the belief that simple pleasures, offered with care, can feel extraordinary.
A heritage of simplicity and purpose
The name Ca’n Beneït, meaning “the blessed house”, traces back to the 13th century, when this fertile land stretched across the forested foothills of Binibona. “It was always agricultural,” says Toni. “Olive oil, wood, citrus… the same trees are still here, some over 500 years old.” Their olive oil mill, a 250-year-old steam-powered machine, still puffs gently to life each winter.
Today, guests are welcomed not just to stay but to belong. They can walk the groves at dawn, taste oranges from trees brought long ago from Sóller, and eat cakes laced with their own fruit. The eggs come from a young farmer nearby. “He’s only 25. And he chose agriculture — a path of hard work, not convenience. That means something.”
The luxury of letting go
Here, luxury doesn’t call for spectacle. It lingers in the details: soft linen, warm light, and the quiet anticipation of needs. By the second morning, your coffee—perhaps with almond milk, and your companion’s Earl Grey—appears without a word. Bikes wait by the gate for those who want to explore the valley without starting the car.
When oranges aren’t in season, something else is. Maybe it’s grapes, maybe figs. “We explain the why,” says Toni. “And guests appreciate it.” Slow living, here, means taking the scenic route, both literally and metaphorically. Down the narrow road to Binibona, there’s no shortcut, and no need for one.
CASES DE SON SERRA – WHERE STILLNESS FINDS FORM
“We chose materials with soul and memory,” reflect the team behind Cases de Son Serra — a collaboration between construction firm Consfutur and architects Bernat Oliver and Javi Márquez of BO-ARQ. Here, restoration becomes quiet dialogue. Each room opens to the mountains beyond, and nothing speaks louder than the silence.
A conversation between past and present
Tucked into the slopes above Bunyola, Cases de Son Serra is a place of pause. The original 18th-century possessió had presence: bold, sober, unadorned. That character remains. “From the start, we knew we had to preserve its rural essence,” explain the team from Consfutur and BO-ARQ. “Nothing could distort its bond with the land.”
The renovation honours that restraint. Binissalem stone, warm with centuries of Mallorcan history, was chosen for its strength and sense of belonging. Reclaimed wood breathes across ceilings and doorframes. Through clean-lined openings, the Tramuntana unfolds like a painting in motion. “The landscape was a silent guide throughout,” they add. “The home had to merge with it, not compete.”
A slower way to inhabit space
This house has been carefully pared back to let in more: more air, more light, more silence. It is a space made for listening. You hear the creak of old timber, the echo of footsteps on stone, the hush that settles at sunset.
Unexpected discoveries during the renovation — from original arches to long-concealed structural walls — became gifts rather than obstacles. “They deepened the project’s authenticity,” says the team. Every adaptation was made with care and clarity of purpose.
“We hope the experience is almost sensory. That people perceive the serenity of the surroundings, the honesty of the materials, and the harmony of the spaces. That it inspires a reconnection with a more conscious, slower, and more authentic way of living. A deeper Mallorca, far from artifice, to be lived rather than just observed.”
