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How Mallorca is setting a new sustainable standard in the Balearic Islands Annie Bennett © Provided by The Independent Sitting on a deckchair, I poured myself some water from the glass bottle on an upturned crate in front of me. Faded red paint told me the crate had once held olive oil. I was at Finca S’estelrica, a smart, unfussy hotel on farmland just outside the pretty hilltop town of Arta in the east of Mallorca. The refreshingly cold water was from its own well, just filtered and bottled. As I gazed across the countryside to the mountains, I wondered how something so simple – and free – could feel so luxurious.

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