Hotel Salino Port Soller

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Hotel Salino Port Soller

THE VIBE

Salino Port — a fully renovated adults-only boutique hotel converted from a one-star property to four stars — 42 rooms, all with sea views over the bay of Port de Sóller.

THE BACKSTORY

The Mallorcan family company Treguer Collection — founded in 2016 by Rafael Balaguer Mestre and Jaume Alomar Garau — took the former one-star Hotel Citric and renovated it from the ground up with the support of an EU grant of 756,626 euros for energy efficiency improvements. The result opened in October 2024 as Salino Port: 42 rooms, a spa, and a restaurant concept combining Asian and Mediterranean-inspired cuisine. The fifth property in a portfolio of boutique hotels spread across Mallorca.

WHY NOW

Opened October 2024 following a complete overhaul of the former Hotel Citric. The season runs March–November — autumn delivers the same quality of light and calm without the summer pressure in the harbour.

THE ROOM

The Priviledge Sea View rooms on the top floor are duplexes with two terraces facing the port — the only room category with a private solarium terrace and open sky.

WELLNESS

Spa & Bienestar accommodates a sauna, steam room, Turkish bath, and jacuzzi. Massage and beauty treatments are on the menu. The facility can be reserved for private use — a departure from the pool lobbies offered by other hotels in the harbour.

THE TABLE

Asian-Mediterranean fusion à la carte — Hotel restaurant (unnamed, pool terrace). The hotel operation includes a restaurant concept combining Asian and Mediterranean cuisine with a terrace overlooking the bay — the only dining venue on the property with direct sea views.

THE SERVICE

The spa facility includes a sauna, steam room, Turkish bath, and jacuzzi — private booking of the entire space is available.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Camí del Far 15 — Platja d'en Repic immediately adjacent, Platja de Port de Sóller six minutes on foot. Port de Sóller harbour reachable on foot. Sóller town 4 km via the historic tram line.

HONEST CAVEAT

The hotel has fewer than 50 reviews on TripAdvisor (rating 4.4) — a newly opened property still accumulating guest feedback; service consistency is cited as an uncertainty.

THE VERDICT

Treguer Collection's latest Mallorca venture delivers a coherent product — 42 rooms with sea views, a spa, and an Asian-Mediterranean restaurant concept in a hotel with fewer than two seasons behind it. The limited review base is the real uncertainty; the hotel is worth watching.

THE FULL PICTURE

You arrive on the quiet side of Port de Sóller, the side where the beach and the lighthouse road, not the day-trippers, dictate the rhythm. The taxi turns off the main promenade, and the decibels drop. This is the first transaction: you trade the throng for tranquility, a decision that will define your entire stay. The hotel, on the Camí del Far by the small beach of Repic, is a clean-lined, contemporary rebuttal to the grander, fussier properties that line the bay. It’s a place built on the premise that the greatest indulgence is the absence of noise. The check-in is less a process and more a quiet welcome into a sanctuary of cool stone floors and unadorned plaster walls, a space that seems to exhale on your behalf. There are no bellhops performing choreographed luggage routines, just an immediate sense of calm.

Your room is a study in restraint. The theatre is outside, framed by the glass doors that open onto your balcony. At 7 a.m., this is the only alarm you need. You step out not into a generic sea view, but onto a specific stage overlooking the gentle curve of the harbor, where the first light catches the water and the Tramuntana mountains are still deep in shadow. This is where the day’s most complex decision is made: to descend to the beach, just steps away, or to remain here with a book and a pot of coffee, watching the port slowly wake. The tribe here is self-selecting. They are couples who communicate in the shorthand of shared exhaustion and solo travellers who understand that being alone is not the same as being lonely. They are here because the hotel’s adults-only policy (16 and over) is not a marketing gimmick but a genuine contract, ensuring the soundscape is one of lapping water and turning pages, not poolside shrieks.

This is not a place that shouts. It doesn't need to. Its confidence is in its quiet conviction, its contemporary feel a palpable asset. While other hotels on the bay are burdened by their own histories, this one feels refreshingly unwritten. The spa, with its sauna, steam room and massages, is a quiet retreat of its own, and the rooftop pool, looking out over the port and the mountains, feels less like an amenity than a logical extension of the landscape. There are 42 rooms in all.

Let’s be clear: this monastic quiet comes with a caveat. The hotel’s position on the calmer, southern side of the bay means the main promenade, with its continuous ribbon of restaurants and shops, is a solid ten-minute walk away. In the cool of the evening, it’s a soul-soothing stroll. Under the white heat of a July midday sun, it can feel like a pilgrimage. Those who need to be in the center of the action will feel the distance. But the guests who choose this hotel understand the trade. They came here precisely to be removed from that action, to dip into it on their own terms and then retreat back to their silent terrace.

Evenings present a delightful paradox of choice. You could stay local and walk along the bay to one of the port’s seafood restaurants for a fideuà negra, the squid-ink noodles arriving jet-black and fragrant, with a dollop of alioli standing by. Or you could treat the hotel as a base camp for an assault on Mallorca’s culinary peaks. The names are spoken in hushed, reverent tones by the couple at the next table: Béns d’Avall, the Michelin-starred restaurant on the cliffs north of Sóller; Andreu Genestra’s starred kitchen near Llucmajor; Zaranda in Palma. This is the real luxury of Port de Sóller: proximity to internationally recognised cooking without having to sleep in the thick of it.

On your last afternoon, you make the long, steep climb to the Mirador de ses Barques, or drive up the mountain road. The view is famous for a reason, a sweeping panorama of the port that lays its geography bare. From up here, you can see the two sides of the bay, the bustling and the calm, and feel an acute sense of satisfaction with your choice. You watch the sun dip behind the headland, the light turning the water to hammered pewter. When you return to the hotel, the transition back to silence feels like coming home. The departure is not a frantic affair but a slow tapering off. You leave feeling scoured clean by the salt, your internal metronome reset to a slower, more deliberate beat. You carry the quiet with you, a souvenir more lasting than any ceramic you could have bought on the promenade.

FACTS

FAQ

When is the best time to visit?

Opened October 2024 following a complete overhaul of the former Hotel Citric. The season runs March–November — autumn delivers the same quality of light and calm without the summer pressure in the harbour.

Anything I should know before booking?

The hotel has fewer than 50 reviews on TripAdvisor (rating 4.4) — a newly opened property still accumulating guest feedback; service consistency is cited as an uncertainty.

What is the neighbourhood like around Hotel Salino Port Soller?

Camí del Far 15 — Platja d'en Repic immediately adjacent, Platja de Port de Sóller six minutes on foot. Port de Sóller harbour reachable on foot. Sóller town 4 km via the historic tram line.

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