Can Raime

A Classic Mallorcan Villa

It is your holiday and you want to live like a local. Clearly, that is a well-connected local with impeccable taste. Can Raime is a stunning family villa is in a quiet location and yet a pebble’s throw from the town of Marratxi, rich with bars, restaurants and real shops that aren’t all about tourists. Marratxi is where many discerning residents of Mallorca choose to live; it breathes affluence and it’s close to Palma.  

Can Raime is the sort of substantial villa that a family living the Balearic dream would choose, with shady porticoes and an expansive upstairs terrace finished off with typical balustrades. Concurrently modern and classical. Inside it is all about clean lines and easy living with large windows that fill every room with light. Two of the four double bedrooms have their own en-suites and two share a bathroom. They are all spacious and have access to terraces and gardens. The living space is open plan, inviting that celebration of family and friends that holidays should be about. Too many of us don’t get enough of it outside of holiday time.

But you won’t be spending many hours inside, however relaxing its soft colours and sense of calm. This is outside living under a blue sky and night-time barbecues under the stars. The pool sparkles, succulent lawns give way to olive groves and a view towards an old windmill The pool is large enough to swim and to play games that you can watch from a lounger at the water’s edge. And if the antics become boisterous and the splashing gets too much, you can move to the luscious sofa in the chill-out area. Enjoy the generous shade of palm trees and the distinctive rustle of their curving fronds as they quiver in the gently moving air. A reminder that you are far from northern climes.

The villa is very close to Marratxi and it’s a strong community whose residents love their town, famed for its artisan workshops and its market. You can feel part of it as you frequent the local businesses and wander across the church square. It is home to Paintball Aventura for excitement and children-tiring fun. Marratxi also serves well as a base to explore the rest of the island – a hire car is recommended and there is parking at your villa. As you head north, you are quickly in a Mallorca of old towns and vineyards, such as Binissalem. South, and you are in Palma in fifteen minutes.

Can Raime is a place to fill with laughter, that precious laughter shared among your close family and friends. At the end of a sun-drenched day on the beaches, among the hills or the quaint old towns, you have somewhere to go that will feel like home. Like a true resident of this magnificent island.