Casa Vela
Menorca · 39.9496° N
A quiet place
between stone
and sea.
Nine rooms in a restored stone farmhouse on the north west coast of Menorca. Open from April to November.
Fig. 01
North facade, 09:40
We kept the thick walls, the court and the olive tree that is older than the house. Everything we added is there because a good night needs it: a low bed, a shutter that closes properly, a table that is the right height for breakfast.
Casa Vela has nine rooms and one kitchen. There is no spa menu, no lobby music and no welcome drink on a tray. There is a pool cut into the old terrace, a garden you can pick from and people who will tell you honestly which beach to go to today.
Built
c. 1790
Restored
2024
Walls
70 cm
Rooms
9
Detail. Linen at the north window.
Ground floor, north wing. Drawn from the survey of 2023.
Lime plaster, limestone, terracotta, linen. The four materials of the house.
Annotation 01
The walls are 70 centimetres thick and built from stone cut a kilometre away. In August the rooms stay at 22 degrees without a machine.
05
Dining
Breakfast slowly.
Dinner when the light changes.
Marta cooks one menu a night, built on what the boats and the garden gave that day. It is printed after lunch.
Sample menu
Tomato, oregano, olive oil from the grove
Grilled red prawn, lemon, charred bread
Lamb from Es Migjorn, wild fennel, white beans
Fig, ricotta, honey from the hill
- 01CiutadellaOld port, Saturday market12 min by car
- 02Cala MorellRocky cove, cave tombs6 min
- 03Cala MacarellaWhite sand, pine shade25 min
- 04CavalleriaRed earth, the lighthouse35 min
- 05MahonDeep harbour, the Sunday gin55 min
- 06AirportMAH, 3 km south of Mahon50 min
08
Stay
Come in October.
The sea is still warm.
The light is low, the crowds have gone and the house is nearly yours. We keep a few nights free for guests who write to us directly.