The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist (Església parochial de Sant Joan Baptista)
The parish church of St. John the Baptist, at the top of the village of Deià, has a tower defense tower that serves since the sixteenth century.
The Parish Museum (Museu Parochial)
The parish Museum of Deià houses an impressive collection of religious objects, icons and gold coins.
The Cemetery
Behind the church is the cemetery, there was a magnificent view of the village, the mountains and the sea right to left.
The Archaeological Museum
The research center of the archaeological museum displays objects found in the area of Valldemossa.
The Cove of Deià (Cala Deia)
Three kilometers below the village at the end of a winding road through olive orchards, lies the small cove of Cala Deià. Cala Deià has a beach of pebbles, boathouses built in caves, restaurants and bars.
The villa S’Estaca in Moorish architecture, was the country home of Archduke Luis Salvador of Habsburg-Lorraine who housed a young Majorcan officially steward of his estates. In the adjoining properties Archduke produced Malvasia wines that made him win numerous awards at international fairs.
The large villa S’Estaca currently belongs to the American actor Michael Douglas (the son of "The Ragman’s Son"), an admirer of the Archduke and married to British actress Catherine Zeta-Jones.
The December 31, 1229 Jaume I, King of Aragon entered Medina Mayurqa (the name given by the Moors in the city of Palma de Mallorca) and ending the Muslim domination of Mallorca. The Deià area was attributed to Count of Roussillon and Cerdanya (Comte del Rosselló i la Cerdanya), Nuno Sanç. Moreover, Gilabert de Cruilles, lord of the Empordà, took possession of the area Llucalcari.
The name of Deià is mentioned for the first time in 1583 in the archives of Valldemossa, Deià date gained independence from Valldemossa.
In the late nineteenth century Archduke Luis Salvador of Austria, a member of the Royal Family of Austria-Hungary acquired a large number of properties in Deià, such as Sa Pedrissa, Son Gallard, Son Marroig, Sa Marina, Can Malrich, Es Rafal and so on, creating a large land and exerting a strong influence on social and political life of the region.
One of the holy Catholic Mallorca, Santa Catalina Thomas, spent part of his youth in the area of Son Gallard.
Deià has always attracted many artists: painters, writers, musicians and film actors, which gave him its bohemian atmosphere and allowed the town to be called "artists’ village of Majorca."