During 2006 Puerto de Andratx's most ambitious apartment development was completed. Located on the south side of a hill directly above the beautiful turquoise waters of Cala Llamp and some 800 metres from the close-by Port of Andratx, this deluxe development offers its residents a range of facilities unrivaled on the whole of Mallorca. The Gran Folies, a development of Espacio of Spain and built over the original location of Petite Folies, a French owned holiday complex, bears the unmistakable mark of the Mallorcan architect Guillermo Reynés Corbella. The harmonious Mediterranean architecture, in the style of a Mallorcan village, has in total 19 buildings of generally 5 units in each with either 1, 2 or 3 bedroom apartments. The interiors of the apartments are of the very highest quality and enjoy natural marble floors, laid out in an ancient Roman style, the kitchens are top quality and elegant, the bathrooms exceptional and the bedrooms and living rooms are light and stylish. Each of the apartments have live-out covered terraces and the penthouses have generous roof terraces.There are garden apartments, first floor apartments and penthouses. The majority of the units enjoy views over the open sea, the Bay of Cala Llamp and the dramatic mountains, changing colour and mood as the sun drops in the sea.
The facilities of The Gran Folies are unsurpassed: a clubhouse, in natural stone finca style, with a social bar, restaurant and business centre, an exotic indoor heated swimming pool, a whirlpool, Turkish steam baths, fitness and massage rooms. There are also 2 outdoor swimming pools, one which cascades into its lower level and below the development, at the sea's edge, is the Gran Folies Beach Club with a salt water swimming pool, restaurant, a boat slipway and sea access for swimmers from the rocky foreshore. The delightful and natural harbour area of Puerto de Andratx is just a 2 minute drive away. This genuine harbour environment of waterside cafés, restaurants, boutiques, shops and fishing nets, share the harbourside with trawler men, weekend sailors, local business people and visitors. No where in Mallorca does nature provide such a backdrop of beauty where the sea meets the mountains.
Puerto de Andratx is 20 minutes west of Palma, 35 minutes from the International Airport and less than 10 minutes from the Andratx / Camp de Mar Golf Course and beach.