A sixteenth-century Mallorcan mansion in the heart of Palma's old town, converted into a 24-room hotel after years of careful restoration, gives Can Bordoy Grand House & Garden its uncommon sense of layered time. The original noble house — a classic Mallorcan palau with arched stone doorways, a shaded inner courtyard anchored by a mature magnolia, and plastered facades that have absorbed centuries of Mediterranean light — was transformed by local architect Joan Miquel Segui and interior designer Blanca Urquijo into something that feels less like a hotel conversion than a particularly well-lived-in private residence. The courtyard terrace, with its dark-painted French doors, climbing vines, and bistro chairs in blue rattan around white marble-topped tables, carries the atmosphere of a Parisian café transplanted to the Balearics. Inside, Urquijo's interiors layer periods without forcing resolution between them. Bedroom ceilings retain their original plaster cornicing and medallions, from which hang tiered crystal chandeliers in brass; the floors are stained almost black, offsetting headboards upholstered in deep sapphire velvet. The restaurant deploys a tufted green banquette against walls hung with framed botanical specimens, wire birdcage pendants suspended from original timber coffered ceilings, and bookshelves filled with antiquarian volumes. On the rooftop, a teak-decked pool terrace frames views across terracotta rooflines to Palma's marina — the yachts just visible beyond the cathedral's stone silhouette.

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