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Accommodation with character
Down on
up to 10 and costs from £375 per person for
14 nights including flights (or £369 for seven
nights), based on 10 sharing.
The Reis de Majorca group of character
hotels – featured by operators including
Classic Collection – has a range including
small rural properties, such as the
the farm
17th-century Es Moli in Valldemossa.
CORSICA.
The French-owned island has always been a
specialist destination and has accommodation
to match, with Holiday Options being the
main operator selling through the trade (see
Character accommodation such as farmhouses and Myth-busting, p49).
quirky villas are a great way to soak up the charm of
New for 2009 are “village rooms” –
the Mediterranean. We round up some of the options
described as “a sort of chambres d’hotel”
concept. This is run by the tourist board
and matches travellers with en-suite rooms
MAJORCA. larger parties travelling together to save in private houses run as small bed and
It might be a top mass-market destination money. breakfasts, ideal for those who want to
with lots of high-rise and low-rise hotels, but Finca Es Rafalet de Na Piscola is a four- experience life with the locals.
it also has plenty of quality accommodation bedroom, three-bathroom farmhouse near But Rupert Diggins, Holiday Options sales
including converted farmhouses, villas and the Tramuntana mountains where prices and marketing director, says the idea was
character hotels. in June start from £2,953 per week or £370 slow to take off.
Specialist operator Mallorca Farmhouses per person, not including flights. “You cannot book a specific family/house
does what it says on the can with its Cosmos has noted a similar trend for its that you can see in a brochure or on a
Exclusive, Superior and Essential collections. luxury villas with pools, and it aims to boost website,” he explains.
Most of the properties are privately owned, sales with free child places and free car hire. “Travellers are ‘matched’ with locals a
and the operator has noticed a trend for Villa Torrent d’Es Jai in Cala d’Or can sleep week or two before travel and that is giving
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