La Casa de Robert Graves — Local services in Deià

A must see next time you are in Deia. Just as his grave in the local cemetery, Robert Graves' house was equally very humble, but it somehow manages to give a sence of grandeur and excellence to the villa and surrounding gardens. It's nestled by vinards, olive trees, and an array of colourful flowers and other Mediterranean shrubs. The view from the trreaces is breathtaking. As you wall through the door into the hall a coat hanger greets you with a series of straw hats and overalls the type the local used to wear. I wont say more, even though Im tempted. Its for you to see and enjoy as much as I am my family enjoyed being there and experiencing a multitude of sentimens which in a strange way makes you humble by the grandeur of such an outstanding man and prolific writer, poet and playwrite. I thoroughly...

Even if you know little about Robert Graves, the author of I Claudius, you will find this house and museum worth a close look. The setting is gorgeous, the introductory video informative and well produced, and the house and garden full of memorabilia from the times Robert lived there. Robert's study and print room look as if he's just popped out to to the pretty village of Deia not far from Soller. Lovely gardens and...

Bit of a pilgrimage this one. After reading The White Godess : An Encounter a few years ago, I fell in love with the place as described by the author. Happy to say its exactly what I had imagined. Beautiful house which Robert Graves actually designed himself. The house looks pretty much as he left it with his books and writing desk etc. Also lots of curated pieces from his life. Very evocative of a time which no...