Deia is so pretty that it can make you gasp aloud. In fact, that’s just what I did when spying it for the first time from the back of a taxi. Wedged between the Balearic Sea and the Unesco-protected Tramuntana mountains on Mallorca’s northwest coast, this petite village is quite the sight with steep streets, spires of cypresses, buttery-brown stone villas, and – sitting atop its highest point like a cardinal’s biretta – a 16th-century church.
Deia is more than just a pretty picture though. This is a town with personality, managing at once to be fashionable and luxurious while retaining an artsy, bohemian soul.
