Prinsotel Mal Pas - Adults Only

Adults only, with a minimum check-in age of 18, this is a hotel for couples and grown-up travellers who prefer their evenings without the soundtrack of a children's club. The setting is Es Mal Pas, surrounded by pine trees, with a garden, an outdoor pool and a sun terrace to take the edge off a full day outdoors.

The atmosphere is built around simple, practical comforts rather than a complicated resort programme. You have a restaurant, a bar, room service, free WiFi throughout and a 24-hour reception. The hotel's website is available in English, Spanish, German and French, so English-speaking and French-speaking guests are clearly part of the audience the hotel is set up to welcome.

You stay in Alcudia, in the Es Mal Pas area, with the coast close enough to make a post-dive walk entirely realistic. Sant Pere Beach is about 350 metres away on foot, while Sant Joan Beach is roughly 600 metres away. Es Morer Vermell Beach lies about 1.1 miles away on foot, and Platja Es Clot about 1.4 miles.

Bonaire Marina is a short walk from the hotel, and restaurants are close by: 5 Oceanos is about 300 metres away on foot, while Bodega del Sol is roughly 200 metres away. For a change of scenery, the Roman Forum and Oratori de Santa Ana are around 2 miles away, and S'Albufera de Mallorca Natural Park is about 5 miles away by road.

Palma de Mallorca Airport is around 35 miles away by road, with a drive of about 51 minutes. The sa Pobla railway station is approximately 11 miles away by road, so the hotel is better suited to travellers arriving by car, taxi or arranged transfer than to anyone planning a railway-based island tour.

The standard Double Room is the straightforward choice for two, with a king-size bed, air conditioning and a balcony. After time in the sun and salt, the balcony gives you somewhere to sit without having to turn the room into a drying cupboard, while the air conditioning helps make the return to bed less sticky than the return from the sea.

If you want the room itself to do a little more of the relaxing, the Double Room with Hot Tub adds a private hot tub and a super-king-size bed. The Suite with Hot Tub is the more generous option for a longer stay, with two bathrooms and enough separation to make mornings less of a negotiated operation. Room service and breakfast in the room are available when a formal start to the day feels wildly over-ambitious.

All rooms have a private bathroom with a shower, towels, toiletries and a hairdryer, along with satellite television, a flat-screen TV, a desk, a minibar and a safety deposit box. Daily housekeeping is included, and free WiFi covers the hotel. Non-smoking rooms and air conditioning keep the basics in order; the rest depends on choosing the room that matches how much space and hot-tub time you actually intend to use.

The hotel has its own restaurant and bar, with a snack bar and an on-site coffee house for less formal stops. That gives you somewhere to eat and somewhere to sit with a drink without turning every post-dive decision into a search for a table in town. Room service is also available, as is breakfast in the room.

Breakfast covers continental, full English and Irish, vegetarian, gluten-free and American choices, served buffet-style. Special diet menus are available on request. The useful detail here is breadth rather than theatre: whether you want a familiar plate before heading out or a vegetarian or gluten-free option, the morning is not restricted to one narrow format.

Wine and champagne are available, and the hotel also offers themed dinner nights and live music or performances. There is no need to dress the evening up as an expedition. Eat, have a drink, and let somebody else deal with the washing-up.

The outdoor swimming pool, sun terrace, garden and loungers give you the essential post-dive decision: move to a chair or remain horizontal. Sun umbrellas are available, and the outdoor furniture includes a picnic area and terrace. It is a good arrangement for a day when the most demanding activity is finding the least sunny part of the pool deck.

For a little more movement, there is a tennis court with tennis equipment and a table-tennis table. Bicycle rental, bike tours, walking tours and local culture tours are available, while cycling and hiking can be done away from the property. Horse riding, windsurfing and snorkelling are also available off-site.

The evening can be kept gentle with live music or a themed dinner, or you can book a massage ranging from head, neck, back, hand and foot treatments to a full-body massage. The hotel also provides a shared lounge and TV area, useful when you want company without committing to another excursion.

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out runs until 12:00, giving you a reasonable final morning before leaving. The reception is open around the clock, with concierge service, luggage storage, currency exchange and a tour desk. Car hire and bicycle rental are available, and an airport shuttle service can be arranged through the hotel.

Private parking is available at the hotel, with accessible parking spaces. You can also use the hotel's laundry, dry-cleaning and ironing services, while packed lunches are available for days spent away from the property. WiFi is free throughout the hotel, and rooms include a minibar, air conditioning and a safety deposit box.

Children are not allowed, cots and extra beds are not available, and pets are not allowed. The hotel accepts cash, and the cardholder's name must match the guest's name or be covered by authorisation. If you are arriving for diving, the nearby SCUBANEO centre is about 0.2 miles away; its team speaks Spanish, English and German, and the centre's website also serves those languages.