Anchoring in Port de Soller

Most visitors will want to hub around the island’s cities, mountains, historic touch points, beaches and medieval town centers where it is as easy to sink back into the 1960s – considered the start of the island’s transformation as a tourism hot spot – as it is to the 1560s.

For some real R&R a top suggestion would to stay and hub at Jumeirah Port Soller Hotel & Spa. The luxury property, part of the Jumeirah Group based in Dubai, offers 121 rooms and suites with stunning views of the Mediterranean and Tramuntana Mountain range that was recently declared a UNESCO Heritage site.

A short hike from the hotel to highest point on the island brings the reward of finding the ruins of Picada Tower, completed in 1622 as a vantage to protect the island from pirate attacks. The location of the hotel above a town near the northwest corner of Mallorca, is within easy reach of the international airport and the island capital, but far enough away from the fray to get the peace of a vacation experience.

While dining at the Jumeirah brings some of the best views to be found on the island, wandering the idyllic town of Port de Soller brings its own special pleasures. The town was one of The Night Manager’s featured locales, but even without Jonathan Pine, visitors will be treated to a quintessential Mediterranean harbor backdrop with shops, wine bars and outdoor bistros overlooking a seascape of mega-yachts.

But this is just the port. Take the Soller Train, a narrow gage local, from the Port to the town of Soller with an € 8 ($10) and 15-minute