Hotel Mariposa is a hotel fronting the Bay of Pollensa (or Pollença) on the northern coast of the Spanish island of Majorca (or Mallorca). The hotel is featured in the short story Problem at Pollensa Bay. Parker Pyne was staying at the nearby Hotel Pino d'Oro. Some other characters in the story stayed at the Mariposa, notably Nina Wycherley and Ramona Dolores.
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The hotel is probably modeled after the actual Hotel Mar i Cel. In 1932, Agatha Christie stayed at the Hotel Illa d’Or (the model for Hotel Pino d'Oro) and sometimes walked to the Hotel Mar i Cel for tea.