Cap Rocat
Cala Blava, Mallorca, Spain
Location
On the Bay of Palma
At Cala Blava on the south side of the Bay of Palma, Mallorca, on around two kilometres of protected coastline of pine forest and underwater Posidonia meadows, around fifteen to twenty minutes from Palma airport.
Transfer
A Palma transfer
Around fifteen to twenty minutes from Palma airport, out to the restored fortress at Cala Blava on the south side of the Bay of Palma.
Villas
Around 30 suites
Around thirty suites in a meticulously restored nineteenth-century military fortress — drawbridge, ramparts and former shooting buttresses — blending contemporary and classic, all with a private patio or terrace and bay, garden or mountain views; the Sentinel suites are carved into the rock with private infinity pools.
Best For
Who it suits
Adults and couples for the privacy and honeymoon, the design and heritage crowd and the seclusion seeker, with the fortress welcoming guests aged fifteen and over — around thirty suites in a restored nineteenth-century fortress fifteen minutes from Palma.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
Bed-and-breakfast, with breakfast by picnic hamper to the suite terrace, the formal Fortress Restaurant, the summer sea-level Cala de la Reina and private bay-side dining.
About the Resort
A fortress hideaway on the Bay of Palma
Cap Rocat is the fortress-hideaway on the Bay of Palma — a nineteenth-century military fortress dug from a sandstone cliff to defend Palma, meticulously restored into an adults-focused hideaway of around thirty suites, with a drawbridge, ramparts and suites set in former shooting buttresses. Its Sentinel suites are carved into the rock with private infinity pools, a salt-water infinity pool reaches over the bay, and a spectacular subterranean spa stretches in a long pool between the fortress walls. Two restaurants run from the formal Fortress Restaurant to the summer sea-level Sea Club, breakfast arrives by picnic hamper to the suite terrace, and a private beach-cove gives direct sea access on a protected coastline. The setting is the quiet south side of the Bay of Palma: the fortress sits on around two kilometres of protected coastline of pine forest and underwater Posidonia meadows at Cala Blava, the city of Palma with its great cathedral of La Seu is around fifteen minutes away, and the beaches and coves of the southeast lie beyond. It is the south-coast fortress escape — adults-focused and rarefied, distinct from the Tramuntana clifftop of Jumeirah Mallorca.
Accommodation
Suites
Around thirty suites fill a meticulously restored nineteenth-century military fortress — drawbridge, ramparts and former shooting buttresses — blending contemporary and classic, all with a private patio or terrace and bay, garden or mountain views. The Sentinel suites are carved into the rock with their own private infinity pools, among the most singular rooms in the Mediterranean, the fortress walls and the bay framing every stay.
Entry
La Fortaleza Double
Sleeps two. A king fortress room with a terrace, over the bay or garden.
Fortress roomBay outlook
Signature
Cap Rocat Suite
Sleeps two to three. A king in a former shooting buttress with a private patio, over the Bay of Palma.
Private patioBay of Palma outlook
Pool
Sentinel Suite
Sleeps two. A king carved into the rock with a private infinity pool, over the sea.
Private infinity poolSea outlook
Top
El Babo Suite
Sleeps two. The grandest suite, over the Mediterranean.
GrandestMediterranean outlook
Food & Drink
Dining
Two restaurants run from the formal Fortress Restaurant in a main pavilion to the summer sea-level Cala de la Reina, alfresco with a firewood oven, with private bay-side dining in tents on the water and breakfast by picnic hamper. It is theatrical, Mediterranean dining woven into the fortress and the cove.
Signature
The Fortress Restaurant
The Fortress Restaurant, Mediterranean, in a main pavilion.
Sea Club
Cala de la Reina
Cala de la Reina, sea-level, alfresco, with a firewood oven, in summer.
Private
Bay-side dining
Bay-side dining, in private tents on the bay.
Wellbeing
The fortress spa & pools
A subterranean spa is carved into the fortress, a long pool stretching between the walls alongside a hammam, joined by a salt-water infinity pool over the Bay of Palma and direct sea access to a private beach-cove. Wellness here is as dramatic as the setting, a candle-lit pool deep in the rock and an infinity pool reaching out over the bay.
A subterranean spa
A subterranean spa, between the fortress walls.
A salt-water infinity pool
A salt-water infinity pool, over the Bay of Palma.
A private beach-cove
A private beach-cove, direct sea access.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The fortress, the spa and the bay define a stay — explore the nineteenth-century fortress with its drawbridge and rock-carved suites, swim the subterranean pool between the walls and the salt-water infinity pool over the bay, and take breakfast by picnic hamper on the terrace. Sailing and diving run from the private cove on a protected coastline, with Palma and its cathedral fifteen minutes away.
The 19th-century fortress
The nineteenth-century fortress, drawbridge and rock-carved suites.
The subterranean spa
The subterranean spa, a pool between the walls.
The salt-water infinity pool
The salt-water infinity pool, over the Bay of Palma.
Private bay-side dining
Private bay-side dining, and picnic-hamper breakfasts.
Sailing & diving
Sailing and diving, on a protected coastline.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
To Palma
Around fifteen to twenty minutes from Palma airport.
On the bay
Cala Blava
At Cala Blava on the south side of the Bay of Palma, on a protected coastline.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
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★★★★★
“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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★★★★★
“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Cap Rocat. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Bed-and-breakfast, breakfast by picnic hamper.
Adults-focused
- Adults-focused, welcomes guests aged fifteen and over.
More year-round
- More year-round; open into the off-season, the Sea Club is summer-only.
Getting there
- Around fifteen to twenty minutes from Palma airport.
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