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# Ibiza: Can Lluc boutique hotel
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## Hidden in a beautiful Ibizan valley, Can Lluc is boutique hotel with
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traditional roots.
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![Can Lluc is one of several luxury boutique hotels that have sprung up on
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Ibiza in recent years. ][1]
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Can Lluc is one of several luxury boutique hotels that have sprung up on Ibiza
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in recent years.
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5:19PM BST 23 Aug 2010
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There's nothing I enjoy more, or that raises my expectations more quickly,
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than when I see a sign to a luxury hotel that points down a rough and bumpy
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farm track that's never seen sight or smell of tarmac. Can Lluc, slap-bang in
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the rural centre of the island near the town of Sant Rafel, is one such
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example.
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Don't get me wrong. I've nothing against the more obvious comforts of the
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world's most modern five-star hotels and have been lucky enough to stay in a
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good few of them over the years. But, ultimately, from the starched uniform of
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the concierge to the cool marble under foot, there is always a personal home-
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from-home touch missing from the well-known international chains.
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Can Lluc, hidden away in a beautiful valley carpeted with pine trees, olive
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groves and almond trees, couldn't be more different. The property is one of
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the most recent examples of the growing movement of rural hotels, which have
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returned to the roots of Ibizan culture.
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In part a response to the heady growth of the island's resorts, the past
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decade has seen the opening of about 30 luxurious boutique hotels that have
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been converted from run-down fincas (farmhouses) built in the traditional
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Ibicencan style.
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Most are located in remote rural areas and surrounded by land that has been
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put to good use to grow organic food, which is later served up to guests from
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top-class kitchens.
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## Related Articles
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* [Agroturismo: Can Lluc][2]
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05 May 2011
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The personal touch is very much in the forefront of Can Lluc's style. The
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hotel's owner, Lucas Prats, likes to greet new arrivals personally and make
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sure their needs are met. The pride he takes in the hotel and everything it
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offers, from the design of the rooms to the superb food served up by the
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kitchen, is evident from the moment you meet him.
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"The property has been in my family for generations," he told me at breakfast
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one morning on the sun-drenched terrace overlooking the swimming pool and the
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valley beyond.
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"I remember this farmhouse so well as a child. At the time I lived with my
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parents in what is now Can Jaume, another property we have restored and rent
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out, but this is where my grandparents lived. I never actually stayed the
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night - there were too many animals to accommodate! - but I loved this house
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and still do. My grandfather lived here until he died a few years ago at the
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grand old age of 99."
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The original finca was built in the 19th century but had fallen into
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disrepair. "There was no electricity and no bathrooms," Lucas told me. "In the
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winter the sheep from neighbouring farms would break down all the fences and
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eat all the vegetation."
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Lucas wanted to restore the property and decided that the only way he could
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afford both the initial renovation cost and the ongoing upkeep was to turn it
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into a stylish boutique hotel.
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It opened in May 2003 with just two rooms but the total has now grown to 12,
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ranging from standard doubles with stone walls to superior doubles with
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Jacuzzis and a terrace. Not forgetting, of course, the gnarled and beautiful
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old sabina pine beams that are so typical of Ibiza's traditional old farm
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buildings.
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A modern spa has also just opened with[ ][3][**a personal yoga teacher**][4]
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on hand who comes highly recommended. There are many impressive walks to be
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enjoyed in the surrounding forest, which in the winter months is covered with
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the spectacular white blossom of the almond trees.
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Lucas has also created a small vineyard on the finca's 25 acres and grows the
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muscatel grape, which is usually used for dessert wines but which he keeps
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unsweetened and serves to his guests as a delicious alternative to the
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imported wines in his cellar. The overall result is a hotel with a unique
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atmosphere that blends in with the rural surroundings but at the same time
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provides all the facilities expected of a top-class hotel.
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"When my grandfather was alive, this valley was very arid," said Lucas,
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showing me the cage in which his grandfather kept a songbird to remind him of
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the sound. "Now we have an oasis in the middle of the island with trees and
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the sound of birdsong around us every day of our lives."
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[![Can Lluc is one of several luxury boutique hotels that have sprung up on
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Hidden in a beautiful Ibizan valley, Can Lluc is boutique hotel with
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traditional roots.
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