Deià: what opens when, before you drive up

Deià appears in every guide to Mallorca, and in almost none of them the fact that actually ruins the visit: what is shut on the day you go.

The village is small, hangs off the slope of the Teix and can be walked in a morning. What changes the visit is getting the opening times right. These are the ones the council itself publishes.

Robert Graves’ house

The English poet and novelist lived in Deià, at Ca n’Alluny, the house he built himself, from 1929 until his death in 1985. It is a museum today.

April to October: Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm, Saturdays 10am to 3pm.
In winter the hours change.
Closed Sundays and public holidays.

It is the most repeated mistake: driving up to Deià on a Sunday expecting to see the Graves house.

He is buried in the municipal cemetery, next to the parish church, at the end of a stone path lined with cypresses. Entry is free.

A stone house on a steep street in Deià, with a classic yellow car parked outside

A street in Deià on 23 November 2025.

The archaeological museum: three afternoons, half the year

This one catches out anyone who turns up in the morning. Founded in 1962, it opens Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday from 5pm to 7pm, and only from April to October.

It holds finds from excavations in the area, among them the first remains of Myotragus found alongside human remains — the small antelope-goat that lived in Mallorca and died out after humans arrived. For a half-hour visit, that is not bad at all.

Son Marroig and Sa Foradada

On the edge of the village, on the road towards Valldemossa, is Son Marroig, the house of Archduke Ludwig Salvator, with its white marble rotunda looking out to sea. Entry: €3. Open Monday to Saturday. Since 1978 it has hosted the International Chamber Music Festival every year.

From there you can see Sa Foradada, the pierced rock that juts into the sea. It has its story: in 1582, 150 North African corsairs were defeated there by just 50 men under Captain Mateu Sanglada.

The church and mass times

The parish church is documented as an oratory as early as 1497. It has a single nave and is attached to a defence tower that serves as its bell tower. It burned in 1752 and was rebuilt over the following decade.

If it happens to fit your visit, mass is at 7pm from October to March and 8pm from April to September, Saturdays and Sundays.

Cala Deià

The village’s cove, between the headlands of Deià and Son Beltran. Eight moorings and two restaurants at the water’s edge. It is where people from Deià swim, with everything that implies in August.

You get down by a narrow road from the village. In high season, parking is the usual problem.

What we cannot tell you yet

Parking in Deià is the weak point of any visit, and we have not found rates or rules published by an official source. We would rather give you no figure than the wrong one. If you know it with a source, write to us and we will add it.

When to drive up

Deià sits on the Ma-10, the Serra de Tramuntana road, so getting there is part of the plan. In November the village is quiet, the mountain right above it and almost nobody on the street — but with the museums running at half speed.

If you are coming for Graves and the archaeological museum: between April and October, and neither Sunday nor Monday. If you are coming for the village and the landscape, the further from August the better.

Carrying on north along the Ma-10? Banyalbufar is the other direction, half an hour south, and its viewpoint is the one on all the posters.

More photos

Sa Foradada, from Son Marroig · 31 Dec 2022
Deià · 31 Dec 2022