Gran Hotel CaixaForum

The Gran Hotel, in Palma

The Gran Hotel is the first luxury hotel of Palma and of Spain, a magnificent modernist building become a cultural centre. The Palma audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this emblematic building of 1903, today the CaixaForum, on the Plaça Weyler.

The first great modernist hotel

On the Plaça Weyler, you admire the first luxury hotel of the town, and even of Spain, wanted by King Alfonso XIII in 1903, who did not find it correct that his country did not possess establishments worthy of the name to welcome distinguished travellers. The Gran Hotel was designed by the great architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, one of the major figures of Catalan modernism, who made of it a true manifesto of this style. Its façade, of great elegance, deploys all the richness of modernism: curved lines, ornate balconies, colourful ceramics, floral motifs and sculptures compose a refined and harmonious ensemble. The inauguration of this palace marked the beginning of luxury tourism in Majorca, which would become one of the great destinations of the Mediterranean. Today, the building has been reconverted into a cultural centre, the CaixaForum, which hosts art exhibitions of great quality. A jewel of modernism and the cradle of insular tourism, the Gran Hotel is a fine stop of the discovery of Palma.

What to see

You admire the first luxury hotel of Palma and of Spain, wanted by Alfonso XIII in 1903 and designed by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, a manifesto of Catalan modernism with an elegant façade of curved lines, ornate balconies, colourful ceramics and sculptures, which marked the beginning of luxury tourism in Majorca, today the cultural centre CaixaForum. The Gran Hotel is a jewel of the modernism of Palma. It is a stop to be discovered, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Gran Hotel, become the CaixaForum, lies on the Plaça Weyler, in the heart of Palma, reachable on foot. You admire its façade from the square; the cultural centre and its exhibitions follow their own hours and conditions, which vary. It is best to check them before coming.

What is the history of the Gran Hotel of Palma?

It was the first luxury hotel of Palma and of Spain, wanted by King Alfonso XIII in 1903 and designed by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, a manifesto of Catalan modernism; it marked the beginning of luxury tourism in Majorca and today shelters the cultural centre CaixaForum.

Where is the Gran Hotel of Palma?

On the Plaça Weyler, in the heart of Palma de Mallorca, in Spain.