MENORCA EXPERIMENTAL, MENORCA.
DESIGN: DOROTHÉE MEILICHZON
STYLE: CONTEMPORARY MEDITERRANEAN
COUNTRY: SPAIN
SOMEWHERE IN THE MENORCAN COUNTRYSIDE, AN OLD FARMHOUSE HAS DEVELOPED A RATHER ARTISTIC SIDE. SET ACROSS 30 HECTARES OF WILD MEDITERRANEAN LANDSCAPE, MENORCA EXPERIMENTAL IS A 19TH-CENTURY FINCA REIMAGINED BY FRENCH DESIGNER DOROTHÉE MEILICHZON. THE IDEA WAS TO CREATE THE SORT OF HOLIDAY HOME AN ARTIST MIGHT HAVE OWNED. PREFERABLY ONE WITH EXCELLENT TASTE.
INSIDE, THINGS ARE A LITTLE MORE PLAYFUL THAN YOUR AVERAGE FARMHOUSE. CURVED WALLS, TERRACOTTA TILES AND HANDCRAFTED FURNITURE MEET SOFT BLUES, WARM YELLOWS AND THE OCCASIONAL UNEXPECTED DETAIL. LOCAL STONE AND RECLAIMED WOOD KEEP THE BUILDING’S RURAL ROOTS INTACT, WHILE 43 ROOMS AND SUITES OFFER PLENTY OF SPACE TO SETTLE IN. NINE EVEN COME WITH THEIR OWN POOLS, SHOULD SHARING NOT BE YOUR STRONGEST QUALITY.
OUTSIDE, PINE TREES, WILDFLOWERS AND A GENEROUS SWIMMING POOL SET THE PACE. THE RESTAURANT MAKES GOOD USE OF THE ESTATE’S VEGETABLE GARDEN, WHILE THE NEARBY COAST IS THERE FOR ANYONE FEELING PARTICULARLY ENERGETIC. OTHERWISE, THERE ARE TERRACES, COCKTAILS AND VERY FEW REASONS TO CHECK THE TIME.
A LITTLE ARTISTIC INSPIRATION, A LOT OF MEDITERRANEAN SUN, AND ABSOLUTELY NO PRESSURE TO PRODUCE A MASTERPIECE.
