The estate

A Mallorcan farmhouse with over a century of history

Century-old houses, a great olive tree and gardens just outside Porto Cristo. The story of an estate and a family.

History

Sa Gruta Nova is an old Mallorcan farmhouse estate with houses more than a hundred years old. Like many estates on the island, it had a shepherds’ house and a stable for the livestock.

In the early sixties, the family turned the old stable into a restaurant. That was the beginning of Sestadors, renovated in the nineties and redecorated by the F. Polar studio. The shepherds’ house is now Ca’s Pastor, the à la carte restaurant.

More than 60 years on, we are still a family business, with the same philosophy: treat every guest the way we like to be treated.

Over 100 yearsThe farmhouse buildings
The sixtiesThe stable becomes a restaurant
The ninetiesSestadors is renovated
TodayCa’s Pastor and Sestadors

The Ca’s Pastor courtyard under a large tree

Ca’s Pastor, the shepherds’ house

The house where the estate’s shepherds lived is now an à la carte restaurant, with a beamed dining room and a tree-shaded courtyard.

Inside the old stable, now the Sestadors hall

Sestadors, the old stable

Arches and wooden ceilings in a hall that keeps the rustic character of the original building, now a venue for weddings and events.

The estate’s great olive tree, garden and pool

Surroundings

The estate lies on the road from Porto Cristo to Son Servera, at km 2.6, in the municipality of Manacor, in eastern Mallorca (the Llevant).

Porto Cristo’s harbour and beaches and the Caves of Drach and Hams – among the most visited on the island – are just a few minutes away. In summer, the sea breeze reaches the gardens.