HEAVEN FOR ROSEMARY FERGUSON IS A SLICE OF DEIA

Eat, swim, walk, repeat... this magical Mallorcan idyll tucked between the mountains and the sea is reset nirvana for the model turned nutritionist

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What’s your favourite destination and why? Deià in Mallorca, a little slice of the Serra de Tramuntana wedged between cliff and sea — it’s small and perfect for a care-free break. The food is local, seasonal and unfussy — grills, salads and amazing oils — which keeps the functional-medicine part of my head happy. Plus, Palma Airport is a two-hour hop from London door to door, so we can leave on a Friday and be at our favourite tapas place by sundown. Most beach towns tip toward either hedonism or hermit-calm; Deià lets you slide between both without booking a taxi. I love the olive terraces, the church bells echoing off limestone, that salty-sweet smell when pine trees meet sea spray — it all presses the big red reset and rest button for me.

When were you last there? August last year for a long weekend with my husband Jake [Chapman, the artist] and the girls. We arrived just before sunset, dropped our bags, went for a swim at Cala Deià and watched “that” sunset with a glass of rosé. My family and I have been there for over 15 summers. In the many years we’ve been visiting my small children have become adults, and it has been great for all stages. It is the same and yet it never feels stale.

Where do you like to stay? An Airbnb — we’ve rented the same one for years. It’s a three-bed and the view is amazing. If we are feeling flush then we go to La Residencia, a Belmond hotel, which has beautiful wooden beds, two pools and a good spa. I took Jake for his birthday one year in November. It rained the whole time, and it was still heaven!