Hotel Rural Son Tretze Adults Only

About Hotel Rural Son Tretze Adults Only

Hotel Rural Son Tretze Adults Only suits couples and friends travelling without children who want a quiet base in south-east Menorca. The hotel is adults only, so the pool and the grounds stay calm. It sits in Sant Lluís, a white village of windmills and farmland, with the harbour at Maó and Menorca Airport both a short drive away. The address places you close to the south-east coast, within easy reach of Es Castell and the villages around the harbour mouth.

Son Tretze is a rural hotel, listed with four stars and run on an adults-only basis. Its published guest score is 4.6 out of 5 from 46 reviews. The building sits in farmland just outside Sant Lluís rather than on the coast. Expect a small-scale rural stay: a pool, a spa, listed restaurant service and a business centre, with the lanes and dry stone walls of the south-east on the doorstep. Couples looking for a quiet base between Maó and the south coast fit best.

Location: Sant Lluís

Sant Lluís is 0.3 km away, a short walk along the lane. The village is known for its windmills and farmland, and for whitewashed houses along streets that stay open through the year. Es Castell, the old barracks town at the mouth of the harbour, is 3.9 km away, and Maó (Mahón) is 4.1 km off. The land between is flat and agricultural, so the setting feels rural even though the capital is minutes away.

Walking covers the village and little else. For sand, the Migjorn coast coves need a car, a taxi or a bus: Binibeca Vell lies to the south-east and Son Bou further west, and summer parking at the popular coves fills early. July and August are hot and busy, so mornings and late afternoons suit outdoor plans. In May the sea is typically about 18-19 °C, in September about 23-25 °C, and the lanes are quieter in both months.

Rooms and facilities

The listed facilities read as a calm, couple-oriented set: a swimming pool, a spa, restaurant service and a business centre. For two people touring the island by car, that means breakfast and dinner can be taken on site and the evening does not depend on driving into Maó. The pool and spa are the obvious reward after a day in the coves or on the Camí de Cavalls. Confirm opening hours and seasonal availability of the spa and restaurant with the hotel.

Ask which rooms are quietest and which face the farmland, since the hotel knows its own layout best. Confirm check-in and check-out times before booking, particularly for arrivals on evening flights into Menorca Airport. Adults-only status means children are not accommodated, so families need a different base. Ask whether the restaurant takes bookings in high season, whether parking is on site and whether the spa needs an appointment, and mention any dietary needs when you book.

Getting there

Menorca Airport (MAH) is 3.4 km away in a straight line, the nearest arrival point. The practical options are a taxi from the rank outside arrivals or a hire car collected at the airport; the drive is short and mostly on lanes once past the airport road. Buses run to Maó and, in summer, to the resorts, but timetables change with the season, so check the island bus operator or ask the hotel which stop serves Sant Lluís.

Maó port is 4.1 km away, where the overnight ferries from Barcelona dock and the crossings to Palma leave. A taxi is the simplest way to reach the hotel with luggage. Es Castell is 3.9 km off and Maó (Mahón) 4.1 km, both easy for an evening out. Sailings and flights thin out between November and April, so check operators and the hotel's own opening dates before fixing a date.

Beaches, sights and food nearby

A boat trip round Maó harbour starts 3.8 km away, the simplest way to see the five-kilometre inlet and the Georgian buildings of Es Castell from the water. La Mola fortress, the 19th-century Isabel II fort that guards the harbour mouth, is 5.3 km off. S'Albufera des Grau Natural Park, the core of the Biosphere Reserve with its lagoon, dunes and birds, is 10.9 km away and deserves half a day.

Beaches lie on the Migjorn coast to the south: Binibeca Vell, a whitewashed hamlet above a small cove, and the long sand at Son Bou. All need a car, a taxi or a bus, and the hotel is inland rather than on the shore. Menorcan food is plain and good: Mahón-Menorca cheese with protected designation of origin, lobster stew in the north, and gin, a habit left by 18th-century British rule.

A day from Hotel Rural Son Tretze Adults Only

Start with the 0.3 km walk into Sant Lluís for the white church and the windmills, then drive to La Mola fortress, 5.3 km away, before the day heats up. A boat trip round the harbour leaves 3.8 km from the hotel and gives the best sense of the scale of Maó. Sailing times change with the season, so check with the hotel. Back at Son Tretze, the pool is the sensible way to sit out the middle of the day.

In the afternoon, take the 10.9 km drive to S'Albufera des Grau for the lagoon, dunes and the Favàritx cape beyond. Return through Es Castell, 3.9 km away, for a walk by the harbour mouth, then back to the hotel for dinner if the restaurant is open. Maó (Mahón), 4.1 km off, has the widest choice of places to eat in the evening, and the drive back is short.

Practical tips

Much of Menorca's tourism business closes roughly from November to April, when many hotels, beach bars, boat trips and seasonal buses stop. Check Hotel Rural Son Tretze Adults Only's own opening months before booking, and expect July and August to be the busiest. The Balearic sustainable tourism tax is charged per person per night by the accommodation; the rate varies with the type of accommodation and the season, falls in low season and for longer stays, and children under 16 are exempt. Check the Govern de les Illes Balears for current rules.

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