An aerial view over the terracotta rooftops of Pollença old town, the stone church and bell tower in the middle distance, the Serra de Tramuntana rising behind under a wide blue sky

A luxury retreat · Pollença, Mallorca

Above the rooftops.

A small stone house set over the old town of Pollença, where every room, terrace and table looks out across the terracotta roofs to the Tramuntana.

Look down

01The outlook

A house that was built to look out.

Can Aulí stands on the high edge of Pollença, where the streets give way to the Calvari steps and the town falls away in roofs below. From up here the whole place reads at once — the bell tower, the cypresses, the mountains closing the valley to the north.

It is a small house, kept small on purpose. A handful of rooms in old marès stone, a kitchen that cooks what the island grows, and terraces arranged for one thing above all: the view back over the town and up to the Serra de Tramuntana.

The people who run it have looked after it carefully enough to be rated the way they are. What you get is the quiet of a private house, a few minutes' walk above one of the most beautiful towns on Mallorca.

↑ over the townThe roofs of Pollença
Terracotta tiles and the stone bell tower, laid out below the terraces.
N · skylineThe Serra de Tramuntana
The mountain range that closes the valley, on the horizon from every room.
365 stepsThe Calvari
The cypress-lined stair to the chapel begins a short walk from the door.
4.7Held by its guests
Across 167 reviews.

02Rooms

Each room keeps its own window on the town.

No two are the same — the house is old and was restored, not flattened. What they share: bare stone walls, white linen, the warm colours of the island, and an outlook placed exactly where the town and the mountains are worth looking at.

A made bed in warm low light against a bare marès stone wall, white linen with terracotta velvet cushions, an indigo woven throw folded across the foot, and a palm basket hung on the stone

The room over the roofs

The room people ask for again: bare stone left where it looks best, white linen, an old palm basket on the wall, and a window that opens straight onto the tiled roofs of the town and the mountains beyond.

  • Marès stone walls
  • Roof & mountain outlook
  • Linen & island colours
A calm superior room with a low bed, oak headboard and warm-toned linen, a doorway opening onto a private terrace washed in afternoon light

The terrace rooms

A little larger, with a private terrace of their own — a couple of chairs, a low table, and the whole valley to look at while the light goes down over the Tramuntana.

  • Own terrace
  • Valley view
  • Sunset side
A bathroom in the same stone-and-linen language, a stone basin and warm-toned tile lit by a soft band of daylight

The detail

The care carries through to the bathrooms and the corners — stone, warm tile, good light and the kind of finish that makes a small house feel considered rather than simply done.

  • Stone basins
  • Warm tile
  • Daylight by design

Rooms and dates are handled directly by the house — tell them when you would like to come and how many of you there are, and they will confirm what is free. Enquire about a room

The From the Land dining room: a linen drape pulled back beside a brick wall hung with black-and-white photographs of Mallorcan pottery, wishbone chairs and laid tables under hanging lamps

03From the land

A kitchen that starts with the island.

The house has its own table, and it cooks close to the ground — Mallorcan produce, fish off the same coast, vegetables grown the way the island has always grown them. The walls carry photographs of local pottery; the food keeps the same plain, generous hand.

Breakfast is laid out in the morning light and worth getting up for. Dinner is quiet, seasonal, and the kind of meal you stay at the table for long after the plates are cleared.

Breakfast
Laid out each morning, in the light
The kitchen
Mallorcan produce, fish from the coast
The room
Linen, brick, and island pottery

04The days

What there is to do, from up here.

The town below and the mountains above give the days their shape: a slow morning, a walk or a ride into the Serra, an afternoon by the water, and the spa and the terraces for when you would rather not move at all.

A view down through cypress trees and bougainvillea over the stone roofs of Pollença to the church bell tower and the mountains

The town & the Calvari

The old town, the Sunday market, the cypress stair up to the Calvari chapel — all a short walk below the house.

A road cyclist on a quiet mountain road in the Serra de Tramuntana above Pollença, dry-stone walls and pine slopes either side

The Tramuntana

Some of the best riding and walking on the island starts at the door — the Formentor road, the high passes, the cols the racers train on.

A pine-topped limestone headland dropping into clear turquoise sea at a quiet Mallorcan cove near Pollença

The coves

The bays of the north coast and the clear water below the cliffs are a short drive — the quiet ones the locals keep for themselves.

The wellness room at Can Aulí, warm stone and soft light arranged for treatments and quiet

The spa & the terraces

For the days you stay put: the wellness room, the warm stone, and a terrace with nothing to do but watch the light move over the roofs.

Warm interior of Can Aulí, stone, linen drapes and lamplight, looking through toward the dining room

06Where it is

High in Pollença, with the island in reach.

Pollença sits at the foot of the Tramuntana in the north of Mallorca — a stone town of narrow streets, a Sunday market and a Roman bridge, far enough from the resorts to have kept itself. Can Aulí is at the top of it, on the quiet edge by the Calvari.

From here the rest of the island is an easy drive: the port and the beaches below, the Formentor lighthouse out on its cape, Palma and the airport under an hour away across the plain.

Pollença old town
A few minutes on foot
Port de Pollença & beaches
About 15 min
Formentor
A half-hour drive out
Palma & the airport
Under an hour

07Stay

Come and stay above the town.

The house takes its own bookings — no agent and no commission between you and the people who keep the place. Send your dates and how many of you there are, and they will tell you which room is free and what it costs.

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