http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34570 It all leaves you with a certain image – different from the standard - of a Mallorca where you walk, the route is very beautiful and scenic, and at the end of the day, tired, you come to these beautifully located refuges that are not only refuges but a place that lets you ‘experience’ food, meet other walkers and drink great cheap coffee.
To give some background, the GR 221 Dry Stone Route is a 132 km eight stage hiking route of medium difficulty which can be walked in parts or combined with other sightseeing. The five refuges - Can Boi, Muleta, Tossals Verds, Son Amer and Pont Roma – are all located in the northern rocky part of Mallorca which both needs tourists economically and landscape-wise remains unspoilt by the brand of tourism Mallorca has long been associated with.
Price wise, the dorms are all uniformly priced at € 11 a night with optional dinner at € 8.50 which is brilliant value for three courses including a carafe of wine. The refuges can all be booked online at: www.conselldemallorca.net/mediambient/pedra

Final point, the doors close at 10pm with the lights going out at 11pm. So if hard walking and early sleeping is your idea of a good holiday, do check out the link I have put below.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34570 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34569 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34569 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34567 With simple, functional accommodation and a range of local rustic fayre from no less than three restaurants, a cafe and a bakery it has something to suit all budgets (the cafe is best value). But beware - it will not suit party animals - you are expected to be silent after 11:00 pm!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34567 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34564 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34564 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34561 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34561 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34557 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34557 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34540 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34540 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34539 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34539 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34537 Specific highlights were the swimming pool where my sons and me spent an idyllic summer afternoon, our evening meal on the terrace patio - the suckling pig was wonderful. We also enjoyed the freshest sangria I have ever tasted. My youngest son's highlight was the fresh orange juice at breakfast straight from the orchard.
The website is lovely but the reality is even better, every part of the hotel inside and out is pristine.
Son Palou has my highest recommendation and we will be back.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34537 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34536 There is a buffet menu for all meals with local cuisine and fresh produce. Sporting activity programe and nightly entertainment if you want it. An adult only haven. No coincidence most of my fellow guests were teachers!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34536 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34472 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34472 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34034 It has two beach bars, completely different in style and ambience but both special in their own way. They serve excellent meals, cold beers and good wine.
One is very modern with moulded chairs and tables, lobster evenings, and food and (sometimes live) music 'till late.
The other is more traditional in style, serving lunches, snacks, cervezas, coffees, pollo and fritas.
Both overloook a tranquil secluded bay beneath the Caves of Arta and Cap Vermell and have the feel of old Mallorca about them.
You can sit late into a warm summer's evening listening to the waves on the shore and watching the lights go out on the villas high up on the cliffs which shelter the bay, while eating lobster or locally caught fish.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34034 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32452 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32452 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32286 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32286 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30330 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30330 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30249 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30249 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/29288 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/29288 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26213 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26213 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26212 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26212 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/23537
The place to stay is the friendly, family-run Hostal Dragonera. It has double rooms from 57 euros in high season which come with ample buffet breakfast served in a dining room overlooking the gorgeous, sheltered bay. There is a sun terrace with free sunbeds from where steps lead down to what is essentially a private sandy beach seperated by rocks from the village's main strand.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/23537