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Hotel de Mar on its Illetas promontory — the chocolate building above two coves

Hotel de Mar, Gran Meliá

Hotel de Mar Gran Meliá sits on its own promontory in Illetas, on Mallorca's southwest coast, roughly twenty minutes from Palma. Built in 1964 to a design by Catalan architect José Antonio Coderch, its stepped brown facade earned it a local nickname, "the chocolate building," and protected status that has kept the exterior untouched for six decades. The hotel is adults-only, admitting guests aged fifteen and over, and is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. Across 137 rooms and suites, in ten categories from Deluxe Room to Master Suite, every accommodation faces the sea. Four dining venues cover the day: Arrels by chef Marga Coll for Mallorcan cooking, Bombón Pool Club by Alberta Ferretti for Mediterranean plates at the pool, entre Mar for breakfast, and Riva Lounge, the newest addition, built around the language of Riva's yachts. A Spa by Clarins & myBlend, with a water circuit, occupies the lower floors.

The Rivamare at speed off Illetas
The Rivamare at speed off Illetas
The Riva Lounge bar — mahogany and ribbed maple
The Riva Lounge bar — mahogany and ribbed maple
The hotel on its Illetas promontory
The hotel on its Illetas promontory
The pool above the bay
The pool above the bay
Bombón Pool Club toward evening
Bombón Pool Club toward evening
A sea-view suite
A sea-view suite
Dinner over the rocks
Dinner over the rocks
Arrels at dusk
Arrels at dusk
Riva Lounge opened in May 2025, joining the yacht house's own circle of Riva Destinations alongside Venice and Monte Carlo. The room is fitted in mahogany, ribbed maple and polished steel, with Aquariva lamps and Aquarama seating carried over from the boats themselves, and opens onto a terrace above the Mediterranean for all-day dining and sunset sittings. Inside it, the Riva Privée seats up to six for wine and cheese tastings, and a Rivamare motor launch is available to charter from the hotel's own mooring.
A table set above the rocks at dusk

Riva Lounge

A dining room fitted out in a shipyard's materials — mahogany, ribbed maple, polished steel — set on a terrace above the Mediterranean, where Aquarama seats and Aquariva lamps carry Riva's language ashore.

Seafront position on its own promontory in Illetas, Calvià, on Mallorca's southwest coast

137 rooms and suites across ten categories, from Deluxe Room to Master Suite, all with sea views

Four venues: Arrels by Marga Coll, Bombón Pool Club by Alberta Ferretti, entre Mar, and Riva Lounge

Spa by Clarins & myBlend with a water circuit; adults-only throughout, ages fifteen and up

Built 1964 by José Antonio Coderch; home to Mallorca's Riva Lounge, opened May 2025

The Riva Lounge — mahogany, ribbed maple and polished steel above the Mediterranean

Spain's only Riva Lounge, one of five worldwide.

Cabanas under the pines, evening

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