How we work

We show hotels that call themselves adults-only in their own name – in Mallorca, the Canary Islands, Crete, Rhodes and Ibiza. This page explains how we find them, how up to date the information is and what we don’t know.

Where the hotels come from

Regularly – roughly every one to two weeks – our server asks Google’s hotel search about each destination in two ways: “adults only hotels in Mallorca” and “Hotels Adults Only Mallorca” (the same for the other destinations). We read the first two pages of each query, up to 72 places in total. We keep Google’s order.

How we recognise “adults-only”

Google has no filter for this, and Google’s list also includes places that take children. That’s why only the hotel’s name counts for us:

A hotel stays if it says so explicitly: “Adults Only”, “Adult Only”, “Only Adults”, “Solo Adultos”, “Só Adultos”, “nur für Erwachsene”, “Erwachsenenhotel” or a minimum age of 16 or over (“16+”, “+18”).
A hotel drops out if it only has an area for adults (“Adults Only Area”, “Adults Wing”), only recommends itself to adults (“Adults Recommended”, “Adult Friendly”), names families or children in its name – or takes guests under 16: “Adults Only (+12)” doesn’t count.
Hotels only: we don’t show individual rooms or villas that Google lists as holiday rentals.

So hotels that only take adults but don’t say so in their name are missing. We accept that: better one hotel too few than a family hotel on the list.

In the search too: only adults-only hotels

The hotel search on this site (the search box at the very top) shows the same selection for any destination and your travel dates: it asks Google’s hotel search for “adults only hotels in” your destination and only keeps hotels that pass the check above – by name, without holiday rentals, without a minimum age under 16. It doesn’t ask about children. If Google finds no such hotel for a destination, the search tells you so instead of showing you other places. As on the destination pages, the list only includes hotels that one of our partners offers for your dates.

Only hotels our partners offer

For each hotel with a matching name, we check in Google’s hotel search whether one of our partners offers it – for a sample trip: two nights, two adults, arriving nine days after the query. Only then is it listed here. If you book through our link, we receive a commission; your price stays the same.

Why nine days and not four weeks: for trips four weeks ahead, Google often doesn’t name any provider yet for many of these hotels. On 11 October 2026, our partners in Mallorca offered 4 of 12 such hotels for arrival on 7 November, and 9 of 12 for 19 October. For other travel dates a hotel may be fully booked or closed.

How up to date the information is

We query each destination again roughly every one to two weeks; every page gives the date of the query (“as of”). A page exists once there are 6 hotels – only those that say so in their name count here, and on 11 October 2026 we found twelve at most per destination. If a new query falls below that, the page shows the last one that was enough, with its date, for up to six weeks; after that it disappears until there are enough again. We show the Canary Islands on one page: none of the islands had enough such hotels on its own. As long as no destination has enough hotels for a page, the home page shows the destination with the most checked hotels – from 3, with the date of the query, but without a page of its own.

Prices for your dates

We don’t store prices – they change daily, and an old price would tell you nothing. If you tap “Prices for your dates” on a hotel, our hotel search opens with that hotel, first for arrival in 14 days, three nights and two adults – you can change dates and guests there. For exactly that trip, our server asks Google’s hotel search for the hotel’s offers and only shows those of our partners: the total price including taxes and fees, as Google gives it. The provider’s price applies when you book. We don’t show other providers, including the hotel’s own website. The link to Booking.com leads to a search around the hotel’s location; the hotel is usually right at the top – compare the name.

What we don’t know

From what age a hotel accepts guests and how strictly it applies this – the hotel states that. Check before you book.
How quiet a place is: “adults-only” says nothing about whether it’s more peaceful or more lively.
Whether Google’s ratings are accurate: we use them but don’t verify them.
Photos, hotel class, location and amenities come from Google; they may be out of date.

Which destinations – measured on 11 October 2026

Before there were any pages, we checked for 18 popular holiday destinations how many hotels with “adults-only” in their name (and with a photo) appear in Google’s lists. With both queries: Mallorca 12, Crete 11, Rhodes 10, Ibiza 7 and the Canary Islands 23 (Fuerteventura 7, Gran Canaria 6, Tenerife 5, Lanzarote 5). Cyprus 1 and Antalya none. With the first query: Side 2, Alanya 2, Hurghada, the Algarve and the Costa del Sol 1 each, Malta, Santorini and the Maldives none – so there are no pages for them.