I am going to preface this entire blog post by saying that the reason we took this trip in the first place was to go to celebrate the wedding of one of my very best friends. And not only that, but the bride & groom planned basically of the details you’ll see in this post (with the exception of the last day, when we were on our own!) so I can’t take any credit for it! That being said, we had a great time and they took care of everything so I’m happy to share in case you visit and use some of these ideas!
I’ll also share outfit links at the bottom of the post.
We flew into Palma Mallorca Airport and got in on Friday morning. We ended up renting a car after going back and forth and I think that was the right decision. We were told by someone who visits often that taxis are hit or miss so we got a car and it was nice to have!
The bride & groom rented out the entire Son Julia Country House for the long weekend and it was so beautiful. The rooms are stunning, it’s a very quiet hotel, the food was delicious, and the staff was all so super friendly. I haven’t a single bad thing I could say about it!
So on Friday we just hung around the hotel and had a little pool day, trying to beat the jet lag til we could go to sleep!! There are 3 pools on the property so it’s easy to find a spot to relax. There was a welcome dinner at the hotel that night.
Every morning the hotel had an awesome breakfast buffet and I took the opportunity to eat nutella croissants every day. We did this when we went to Italy so I had to try to recreate it haha. I love it with a cappucino, yum.
Saturday morning we all headed to the marina because the bride & groom rented a huge catamaran to take everyone out on a boat ride to lunch! We anchored for a bit before lunch and some of us took the opportunity to go for a swim in the Balearic Sea. The boat also had a bar…Aperol Spritz yes please!
Lunch was at PuroBeach and it was the best food of the trip and like, also maybe of life?? It was so good. We got basically everything on the menu and every single bite was amazing. Then after lunch we got back on the boat and headed back to the hotel! We had the rehearsal dinner to get ready for that evening!
The rehearsal dinner was at Ribas winery, yet another stunning location! They only do food for private parties of 10 or more, so just fyi on that. But regardless, I highly recommend going for a wine tasting. They absolutely had the best rose I’ve ever had…SO good. We wanted to buy a case to ship home but sadly they don’t do that. You can buy individual bottles but we didn’t have a way to get it back because we didn’t check a bag.
Sunday was wedding day! Mostly just hung out with the bride in her suite, ate & drank, got ready…then it was showtime!
The wedding was beyond gorgeous, like straight out of a magazine.
Monday we checked out of the Son Julia and headed to Playa de Palma for our last night. We figured we’d change up the scenery a little bit and see the beach before we headed home! After we checked in we tried to go into Palma to see Old Town and the Cathedral, but it was SO SLAMMED packed we couldn’t even find a spot to park. If you want to see this, I recommend getting there early. There are parking garages but they fill up pretty fast.
We drove around trying to find street parking, but while we were (unsuccessfully) trying, it started pouring down rain. So then we pivoted our plans and decided to take a drive up the coast. We headed to Coll de Sa Gramola, which was a gorgeous drive up the mountains but with coastal views towards the top.
We also came across Restaurant Es Grau at the top and ended up having lunch there. The drive through the little towns and back down into Palma was a couple hours but it was so beautiful!
Back in Playa de Palma we took a walk down the boardwalk on the beach before winding down for bed. We ordered room service for dinner because we were so tired from the wedding the night before, & we had a 4am wake up call to get to the airport and head back to NC!
If you have any questions about the trip let me know in the comments!
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xo,
Bess
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