The sailing yacht‘s interior is no less impressive. A plush, open-plan social space with a bar, piano, and living area leads through to an Asian-influenced dining room (complete with hidden wine storage) while a sweeping spiral staircase reveals the master suite, VIP suite with its own private terrace, and four double cabins.
There’s also a fitness studio; a wellness room where guests can book in for a selection of Jumeirah’s signature spa treatments (such as a restorative facial massage, reflexology, and bodywork rooted in Japanese techniques); and watersports toys including kayaks, e-foils, Seabobs, and wakeboards for afternoons splashing around in turquoise bays.
Chefs onboard will be trained by Jumeirah; on request, a chef from one of the group’s hotels, Jumeirah Mallorca or Jumeirah Capri Palace, can also take over the kitchen. During my sailing, lunch was an Italian feast—a seafood salad, tomato-based paccheri pasta, chocolate lingot – served outside on a long table laid with Mediterranean-style painted tiles, a macrame runner, and colorful glassware. Later, it was too windy for the planned outdoor movie screening (films are projected onto the lower sail). But as I sipped on a raspberry sour while watching the sunset over the craggy cliffs of Sa Dragonera National Park, I couldn’t complain.
Of course, it makes sense that guests may want to bookend their time onboard with a hotel stay and try some of the other experiences on offer. At Jumeirah Mallorca, these include a one-off celestial masterclass with the director of the island’s Astronomy Institute that coincides with this August’s solar eclipse; a private wine tasting at Finca Macià Batle; a helicopter tour; and—my highlight—a visit to Son Moragues in the Tramuntana Mountains. The latter is a regenerated 500-year-old agricultural estate comprising four farms, which produces organic olive oil from ancient groves using traditional land management practices. Trundling around on an old Land Rover, we pass gnarly 1,000-year-old trees, a vegetable plot full of heirloom tomatoes, and a workshop with restored looms that are now used to make the softest wool blankets I’ve ever felt—some of which are on The Maltese Falcon (the estate also makes jams and botanical gin). Whether on land or at sea, the experiences offered a fresh perspective on life in the Med.
A week’s charter on the Maltese Falcon is from $7,000 for seven days; a deluxe mountain view room at Jumeirah Mallorca starts from $705. To book visit jumeirah.com.
