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Opening.The largest rooftop pool in Madrid where Ava Gardner used to bathe
From the bank that was once kept several counters, those spectacular golden boxes with a crank on one side where the money was jealously kept and above all "that
curious interior hole
installed at the top from where it was watched that no employee put his hand where it should not ". It is recounted by the German
Sven Rasch
, general manager of the hotel in question, the Cort de Palma de Mallorca, built in the
centuries
-
old facilities
of the now-defunct Banco Atlántico.
Located in the square with the same name (Plaça de Cort), right next to the 17th century building that houses the
City Hall
of the Balearic capital, this designer boutique hotel is the perfect
base of operations
for exploring the city.
It is close to everything: the cathedral, the Plaza Mayor,
the Borne
(or the golden mile) to go shopping, restaurants of all kinds and nationalities,
creative
confectioneries such
as the one in Fornet de la Soca ...
Facade and terrace of the hotel, in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
From the time of the bank, it preserves not only some
counters
(starting with the one at the current reception) and boxes, but also the sandstone balconies, the star-
shaped ironwork
, the very high wooden ceilings, the stone moldings in the windows ... They are mixed with contemporary works of art by artists such as
Toni Garau,
who creates, among other things, pieces inspired by the looms so characteristic of the
textile industry
in his town, Sóller, in the north of Mallorca.
Island-inspired interior design
Architects
Vicente Alcover and Luis Montana
were in charge of the transition from a traditional bank to a hotel
, who insisted on maintaining the building's centennial (and so elegant) atmosphere. The designer
Lázaro Rosa-Violán
accompanied them in the interior design task
, who wanted to create "a warm and relaxed atmosphere", as he himself indicates, both in the
common rooms
and in the 16 suites with their own character. "We created different
mood boards
(panel of ideas) for them in order to further enhance the differences that morphologically they already had. We wanted to create in the client's
memory
a
memory of well-being
and warmth once they have visited the hotel" continues Rosa-Violán.
The roof terrace with solarium and jacuzzi.
The protagonists of the suites are materials such as leather,
marble in the bathrooms
finished off with white and blue tiles and linen.
None are the same, although they all have a
private wine bar,
pillow menu, satellite TV, 2x2 meter bed,
Egyptian cotton
towels and bathrobes
from the Frette brand,
Molton Brown
amenities
and a Bose bluetooth speaker.
Inside of a boat
The
Plaza suite,
for example, simulates the interior of a
ship moored
in the Mediterranean with its turquoise and petrol blues, its framed maps, its wooden planks or its Scandinavian maritime history books.
The
Junior Suite Plaza,
for its part, bets on the green pine of the interior of Mallorca, since the island is the main inspiration, while the Private Terrace of the attic surprises with its
terracotta tones
and, of course, its terrace (hence the name) of 13 square meters.
Lounge of the Raw & Grill Brasserie.
Of course, the pretty girl is
La Isla,
a two-story loft with two bedrooms, a living room with a fireplace and a terrace.
Once you have chosen the suite, you have to
go up to the roof
to enjoy the panoramic views over the city, the Jacuzzi and the
sun loungers in the solarium.
You also have to reserve a table at the
Raw & Grill The Brasserie restaurant
to try chef José Rodríguez's menu "based on fresh products, whether from the
sea, the land or the farm,
" explains this red-haired Mallorcan with a German look.
"Everybody tells me," he confesses with a laugh.
Between tartares and ceviches
Look out for the red tuna and venison tartares, the
corvina
and mango
ceviche
, the salmon with mushroom polenta, the zucchini carpaccio and the aubergine, red pepper, onion and roast potato roast.
And already put, to the
15 models of
hydraulic
mosaics
as rugs with geometric motifs that generate a visual effect that extends throughout the restaurant to the bathrooms.
The restaurant specializes in fresh produce.
The carefully selected fish, meat and vegetables are cooked on
the
restaurant's
charcoal grill
.
The diner can see them displayed in the display case next to the hotel terrace, next to the
centenary olive tree
in Plaça de Cort and perfect for serving a la carte breakfast or a gin and tonic in the late afternoon.
The decoration is dotted with
wine racks, mirrors and carpentry
that connect the different spaces with each other.
Rosa-Violán has wanted to maximize the height of the premises by creating on the ceilings grid surfaces of
perimeter mirrors
and central panels with false molded wood ceilings from which huge lamps of different designs hang.
More information
.
Hotel Cort.
Plaça de Cort, 11. Palma de Mallorca.
Phone: 971 213 300. Web: www.hotelcort.com.
From 165 euros per night.
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