On a pretty country back road between Montuïri and Manacor, this stout rural mansion has been converted into a period museum. Els Calderers was built around 1750, although the estate has been occupied since 1285. The mansion may lack the grandeur and elegant decay of other such Mallorcan estates, but is nonetheless well worth the detour.
On the ground floor of the main building, around a leafy courtyard, are the main salons and guest rooms, along with the family chapel and wine cellar (every decent finca had one of each). You can sample a little house red. As a letter from 1895 (on display) notes, the Els Calderers wine was muy flojito (very average). This doesn't seem to have changed.
Els Calderers is 11km east of Montuïri. Take the Ma15 towards Manacor and turn left 300m after the turn-off to the village of Sant Joan and follow the signs.
