very small hotels

Consolacion, Matarrana, Spain

Consolacion is a baroque stone building surrounded by ten wooden cabins built into the landscape. Each is 100m from the main building, in the middle of fragrant herb gardens. It is located close to the Consolacion Hermitage, in the relatively undiscovered Matarraña region of Spain.

Designed by Camprubi i Santacana Arquitectes, the hotel makes great use of natural materials like wood and stone, as well as sheet metal. The kubes are 36 sqm of minimalist architecture – black slate floors, with bathtubs emerging from them, and suspended chimneys.

The main building holds a kitchen which serves as a constant meeting place, and another outhouse serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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Convent de la Missio, Palma, Spain

The Convent de la Missio in Palma de Mallorca is a 17th-century monastery with 21st-century sensibilities. A small hotel, with only 14 rooms and suites, it is housed in an ancient building once dedicated to teaching missionaries. Tucked away down narrow streets and surrounded by garden patios, the Convent is reached through some unexpectedly modern opaque glass doors.

Within its walls are a refectory art gallery, bar, restaurant, lounge (complete with bean bags and open fire), wine cellar, Zen-designed roof-top patio, solarium, whirpool and sauna. There’s also a chapel, of course, and intermittent bell-ringing from the church next door. Just to remind you where you are.

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