Located in a privileged setting on the north coast of Maiorca and facing the idyllic Formentor Beach, the classic and select boutique hotel Barceló Formentor has become firmly established as one of the preferred places to relax. A retreat for novelists, poets and musicians in search of inspiration for their works of art, this hotel has become closely linked with culture over the years by being the setting for famous concerts. From its beginning to the present day, hotel’s guest list is extensive, prestigious and replete with celebrities. The highlights of guest list include illustrious painters, muses, musicians and of course, film stars like Grace Kelly, Charles Chaplin, Audrey Hepburn, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant e John
Wayne and also international leaders, illustrious royalty as Winston Churchill and Queen Sophia of Spain who showed it to her newly married daughter-in-law, Princess Letizia. Some Arab sheiks, such as the Emir of Abu Dhabi, have occupied the iconic Suite 113. His bodyguards kept watch night and day in the entryways and by the gate. It caused a sensation that these men, without abandoning their posts, changed their clothes according to the hour of the day, and that their only foodstuffs were shrimp and Coca-Cola. The Emir’s entourage occupied one floor of the Hotel, and the Sheik, captivated by the place, intended to purchase the peninsula of Formentor and have a bridge constructed to join it to the little islet.
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