Palma · Hotel shortlist
Cheap hotels downtown in Palma
Luca Ferreira Spain and Portugal
These are my five favourites in Palma, out of the 12 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.4 down to 4.1.
Every one comes in under $130 a night, and the one I would book first is $131.
Highest rated of the five
BQ Augusta Hotel
★★★★★4.4 from 917 reviews
BQ Augusta Hotel comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.4 from 917 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is a 4 star property, found under downtown and around $131 a night on the dates we checked.
12 hotels in Palma qualified for this list and five made it. Y Hostel Mallorca - Albergue Juvenil en Palma de Mallorca is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Poolsomewhere to cool off between walks
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Restaurantdinner downstairs on the night you land
- Bara drink without going back out
- Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
All five, ranked
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BQ Augusta Hotel
★★★★★4.4 from 917 reviews
- Pool
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kid friendly
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2Y Hostel Mallorca - Albergue Juvenil en Palma de Mallorca
★★★★★4.5 from 631 reviews
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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3Hotel Joan Miró Museum
★★★★★4.2 from 1,464 reviews
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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4The Boc Hostels - City
★★★★★4.4 from 1,002 reviews
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Kitchen
- Pet friendly
- Air conditioning
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5Portofino Mallorca
★★★★★4.1 from 816 reviews
- Pool
- Spa
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
How this list was put together
12 Palma hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Luca Ferreira Spain and Portugal
Shuts the workshop two weeks every summer and rides. The Pyrenees, the Danube route and most of Portugal on frames he built himself, camping most nights.
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