FINCA CANCOLL Mallorca is blessed with many rural fincas – farm estates converted into delightful escapist accommodations, typically offering organic country-style breakfasts. From Palma, a one-hour ride on a 1912 narrow-gauge train deposits you in the village of Soller and nearby Finca CanColl. A restored, butter-yellow manor house, the finca has nine, individually decorated rooms. Spoil yourself with a suite; the Oliva suite has a huge outdoor terrace overlooking the mountains and terracotta tile roofs of Soller. Max, the owners’ retriever, is a permanent fixture at Finca CanColl – he likes to sleep on the cobbled outdoor front porch. Delicious breakfasts of homemade blackberry yogurt, egg dishes and date-and-nut bread are taken in the shady garden, where there’s also a pool for enjoying sunny lazy afternoons. A talented new chef whips up gourmet dinners, served outside by six-foot high candelabras or inside the bodega (wine room). To burn off all that great food, hike along an ancient trail through bucolic countryside to Fornalutx, dubbed “Spain’s prettiest town.” 20 CRUISE HOLIDAYS