42 rooms inside a restored 1880s neoclassical palace facing the Sant Francesc basilica in Palma's Old Town — the largest five-star inside the city's historic core, with the only rooftop pool inside the medieval walls.
"42 rooms in a deeply-restored 19th-century Conrado-family neoclassical palace on Plaça Sant Francesc — Palma's largest Old Town five-star, with the only rooftop pool inside the historic core."
Sant Francesc Hotel Singular opened in 2015 in a deeply-restored 1880s neoclassical palace facing the Sant Francesc basilica — the gothic Franciscan church and cloister at the heart of Palma's Old Town that holds Mallorca's most-decorated 14th-century interior cloister. The original palace was built by the Conrado family in the late 1870s as the family's Palma residence; passed through several mid-20th-century commercial uses; and was acquired by the current operating family in 2010 for the five-year restoration that the Mallorca-based architectural studio Ovidio Quintana led. The result is the largest five-star property inside Palma's medieval historic core (42 rooms across four floors of the original palace structure plus a small modern wing) — substantially larger than Hotel Cort but with the same Old Town walking proposition.
The architectural restoration preserved every distinctive 19th-century palace feature: the original wrought-iron staircase, the Sant Francesc-basilica-facing piano nobile salon (now the hotel's principal lounge), the original mahogany and oak floors throughout, the carved-ceiling Comedor (now the breakfast room), and the original Conrado family chapel on the second floor (preserved as a small reading room). The room palette runs from the 30-sqm Deluxe Doubles in the modern-wing extension through the heritage Junior Suites in the original palace structure (45-55 sqm, with restored 19th-century mouldings) to the named Conrado Suite (90 sqm) on the piano nobile and the Sant Francesc Suite (110 sqm) at the top floor with private terrace overlooking the basilica.
The dining proposition is Quadrat — the in-house restaurant under chef Álvaro Salazar (one Michelin star since 2022) — operating in the restored palace kitchen-and-courtyard wing. The kitchen runs the modern-Mallorcan tasting register that the Sant Francesc cluster has standardised over the last decade; Salazar's nine-course tasting menu is the most-recommended Palma fine-dining option and runs four nights a week. The Voro restaurant sister-property at Park Hyatt Mallorca holds the second Mallorca Michelin star at the same operating standard; pair both for a two-restaurant Palma anniversary dining itinerary.
The structural distinction at Sant Francesc — and what makes it the considered larger-Palma alternative to Hotel Cort — is the rooftop. The fourth-floor terrace runs the only rooftop pool inside Palma's medieval historic core (the equivalent terraces at Cort, Glòria, and Boutique Hotel Calatrava do not hold a swimming pool), with a Sant Francesc-basilica-and-Bay-of-Palma sightline that is the most-photographed Palma rooftop view. The Bar Singular runs the rooftop cocktail-bar register from 5 PM to midnight in summer. For an anniversary or honeymoon that wants Palma's Old Town as the trip's register and needs a property with more inventory than Hotel Cort's 16-room footprint, Sant Francesc is the considered larger Palma boutique.
The Sant Francesc Suite at the top of the palace is the milestone unit — 110 sqm, Sant Francesc-basilica-facing private terrace, restored 19th-century mouldings, and a private dining setup option. Anniversary stays are typically two to three nights with a Quadrat tasting-menu evening, a private Bay-of-Palma sailing morning, and a private cocktail tasting on the rooftop bar with the head sommelier.
For a Palma honeymoon that wants the Old-Town heritage register and needs a larger-property footprint than Hotel Cort offers — but more design-quietness than the Glòria de Sant Jaume conversion provides — Sant Francesc is the right size. The Conrado Suite on the piano nobile is the named honeymoon unit; the rooftop pool-with-basilica view is the structural daily-routine asset; the four-night-minimum stay with a half-day Tramuntana mountain excursion is the standard Palma honeymoon arc.
Plaça de Sant Francesc 5
Palma de Mallorca 07001
Spain
Plaça de Sant Francesc facing the Sant Francesc basilica and 14th-century cloister
42 rooms across restored 1880s palace + modern wing
Deluxe Double: 30 sqm
Junior Suite (palace): 45-55 sqm with mouldings
Conrado Suite (piano nobile): 90 sqm
Sant Francesc Suite (top floor): 110 sqm with terrace
From EUR 480/night Deluxe Double
Check-in: 3:00 PM
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Restored 2010-2015; opened 2015
Open year-round; Palma airport 15 minutes
Largest 5-star inside Palma medieval historic core
Only rooftop pool inside Old Town walls
Quadrat 1 Michelin star (chef Álvaro Salazar)
Bar Singular rooftop cocktail bar
Restored 1880s Conrado family palace
Walking distance to La Seu, Almudaina, Plaça Mayor
Free WiFi throughout
From EUR 480/night for Deluxe Doubles; Junior Suites from EUR 720; Conrado Suite from EUR 1,400; Sant Francesc Suite with terrace from EUR 2,200. Sant Francesc books two to four months out for the May-October peak; the September-October stable-weather window is the most-considered booking window.
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