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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Stephen Burgen in Deià

What price paradise? How a Mallorcan artists’ haven became ‘a ghost town’

The mountainside village of Deià in Mallorca.
The mountainside village of Deià in Mallorca. Photograph: Jorg Greuel/Getty Images

High up in Mallorca’s spectacular Tramuntana mountain range, the picturesque village of Deià is a Mediterranean idyll that has been a magnet for artists and bohemians for more than a century.

There is no beach to speak of nearby, which has served to keep the crowds at bay. Its problem now is that only millionaires and billionaires can afford to live there.

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