A finca since MCCXXXII
A small hotel inside an old Mallorcan finca near Llucmajor — fifteen rooms gathered around the clastre, the Moorish courtyard the house was built around in the thirteenth century, and still turns to today.
IThe house
After the conquest of Mallorca, Jaume I handed this finca to one of his sons. Much of what stands today was raised around 1232, on an older Moorish clastre — the walled courtyard the whole house still faces. Even the name is from that time: Bennoc is Arabic, “son of Noah”.
It reopened in May 2014 after a long restoration that put the history first. Fifteen rooms were fitted into the old walls, each with its own character — modern comfort set against bare stone and beams that were taken down, cleaned and put back. New wings were kept low and quiet so they read as part of the same building, not an addition to it.
It is small on purpose, in one of the calmer corners of the island: a courtyard with a fountain, a garden restaurant, a spa in the former hayloft, and a pool set in the campo. Guests have rated the people who keep it the way they have for a reason.
IIThe clastre
The clastre is the old heart of a Mallorcan finca — a walled courtyard the rooms open onto, shaded in the heat and lit at night. At Bennoc most rooms still give onto it, and dinner is laid out under the sky beside the historic fountain.
Watch the stars from the courtyard on a clear night — out here they come out brighter than almost anywhere else on the island.
IIIRooms
Doubles, junior suites and suites, from thirty up to nearly sixty square metres. History and the present are set side by side in every one — a wall of bare stone left where it stands, a ceiling of cleaned old beams, a rain shower behind it. All look outward, onto the courtyard or the open country.
Three of them, all outward-facing and a generous thirty square metres, each with a sitting area off the bedroom and a full bathroom. Modern and historic details are mixed close together, and the open view of the Mallorcan country settles you fast. The rain shower is in all of them.
Two rooms of about fifty square metres, the size of a small apartment, fitted for couples down to the last detail. The view runs out to the country, and on a clear day you can pick out the peaks of the Serra de Tramuntana on the skyline.
Nine suites round out the house, the largest near sixty square metres. Old timber beams were restored to keep them warm overhead, and in some a length of the original natural-stone wall has been left bare. All face outward, with a wide bathroom and a rain shower.
Rooms are kept for adults and children over twelve. Tell the house your dates and how many of you there are, and they will confirm what is free. Check dates
IVSpa & table
The wellness rooms sit in a former hayloft, restored to the last detail: a whirlpool with two jets, a Finnish sauna, a Turkish steam bath and a cold bucket-shower to follow. Massages are booked through the house.
Breakfast is à la carte, much of the fruit and vegetables grown in the hotel’s own garden and the eggs from free hens. In summer dinner moves out to the courtyard beside the fountain, sometimes with live music under the stars.
VThe grounds
VIThe land
Bennoc sits on the Camí de s’Aguila outside Llucmajor, in the quiet farmland of southern Mallorca. It is a good base in both directions: the Serra de Tramuntana to the north, the Parc Natural de Llevant to the east, and seven marked walking routes starting in the municipality itself.
The south coast is a short drive — the sailing club at S’Estanyol, coves and beaches, and one of the island’s largest golf academies five kilometres away at Son Antem.
VIIStay
The house books direct, with its best rate guaranteed on its own site — no agency between you and the people who keep the place. Choose your dates, or write or call and they will help you find the right room.