Castillo Hotel Son Vida5

Son Vida's conditions during this period — firm fairways, receptive greens, and a bay view that sharpens to its most vivid blue — make this one of the finest windows in the calendar to experience one of Mallorca's most historically significant golf courses.

The hotel's outdoor facilities reach their full splendour at this time: the landscaped pool terraces, shaded pergola dining areas, and croquet lawn are at their peak, with staff providing the kind of attentive, unhurried service that only the period before the high-season rush allows.

From the hotel's elevated terraces, guests look out over a Mallorcan landscape at its most verdant and flower-rich — the Sierra de Tramuntana carrying its finest greenery, the coastal plain below scattered with almond and fig orchards in full, fragrant leaf.