Mallorca
Mountains, Michelin stars and the Mediterranean, all within an hour of each other.
Mallorca has a reputation it no longer deserves and a reality it has quietly earned. Away from the resort strips is an island of stone villages, mountain roads and serious kitchens: the terraced cliffs of the Serra de Tramuntana, Palma's cathedral-crowned old town, the honey-coloured south around Santanyí and the pine-fringed drama of Formentor. Add one well-connected airport, short transfers and a boutique-hotel scene that keeps raising its game, and it's an easy sell to any board.
For planners, the island works in two modes. Larger groups gravitate to Formentor or the Bay of Palma, where ballrooms and beaches sit side by side; smaller leadership teams do better in Deià, Santanyí or a castle estate inland, where exclusive use is a realistic conversation. Fill the days with the vintage train to Sóller, a boat to Cabrera or a private tour of Miró's studio, then let the Michelin-starred tables handle the evenings.
- Incentive trips
- Leadership retreats
- Client dinners and gastronomy
- Exclusive-use celebrations
- Boat and outdoor days
April to June and September to October bring warm weather without the peak-season crowds; July and August are hot and busy. Many hotels and restaurants run seasonally, roughly March to October, so check dates carefully for winter programmes.
Where to stay
Two MICHELIN Keys (2026)Can Ferrereta
Seventeenth-century bones, Miró and Plensa in the house, market day outside.
Two MICHELIN Keys (2026)Cap Rocat
A sea fortress that never saw battle, now winning every argument for staying in.
One MICHELIN Key (2026)Castell Son Claret
A castle, 132 private hectares and a Michelin star. Discretion included.
Two MICHELIN Keys (2026)Four Seasons Resort Mallorca at Formentor
A pine-fringed peninsula, a kilometre of beach and a ballroom for 400.
Two MICHELIN Keys (2026)La Residencia, A Belmond Hotel
Where Deià's artists once lingered, and your leadership team will too.
One MICHELIN Key (2026)Sant Francesc Hotel Singular
An 1860 mansion with a rooftop pool and Palma at your feet.
Where to eat
One MICHELIN Star (2026 guide)Andreu Genestra
Mediterranean tasting menus, picked that morning from the chef's own garden.
De Tokio a Lima Valldemossa
Ceviche, pisco and a front-row seat on the Cartuja.
One MICHELIN Star (2026 guide)Es Fum
A sea-view terrace, a forty-country tasting menu and cheese they make themselves.
One MICHELIN Star (2026 guide)Maca de Castro
No background music, no fashions, just the north of Mallorca on a plate.
One MICHELIN Star (2026 guide)Marc Fosh
A 17th-century convent, Michelin-starred tasting menus and a patio built for long lunches.
Two MICHELIN Stars (2026 guide)Voro
Mallorca's only two-star table, and well worth the drive east.
One MICHELIN Star (2026 guide)Zaranda
Eighteen courses, three rooms and one very persuasive Madrileño in Palma.
What to do
Cabrera National Park by boat
Spain's largest national park, a hilltop castle and very few other people.
Ferrocarril de Sóller
Wooden carriages, a mountain tunnel and Sóller's orange groves since 1912.
Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca
Miró's own studio, his tools still in place. Bring the board.
Macià Batle
Wine with Gilbert & George on the label, a short hop from Palma.