South Menorca

Of Mahón to Citadel by the South

The island of Menorca is most northern and Eastern of the Balearic archipelago. The prevailing wind is the Tramontana to which it must his pleasant summer temperatures, not as high as in the rest of the Balearics. The interior emphasizes by numerous archaeological deposits, many of them in good state of conservation.

Leaving Mahón course to Citadel crossing Menorca by the south we were with a very built-up zone, second residences and urbanizations of summer that fill of people and animation during the summer. Happening It is Castell we arrived at Cala de Alcalfar protected by the Island of Torn turns that it into a good anchorage for small boats. We can find natural caves in all the zone.

The coast between Alcalfar and Prime Punta is the unique zone of this nonbuilt-up district. The Beach of Prime End very concurred is in front of the Island of the Air that of its situation is very whipped by the wind and the sea, which has been cause of many shipwrecks. Rest that we can cross diving, besides admiring the beautiful bottoms of this part of the island.

We enter a zone of small urbanizations with white sand coves. It emphasizes the Urbanization of Binibeca with an original design of white small houses.

Between the Island of Binissafuller and the Cabo de Font we must have well-taken care of with the low ones. Very pretty zone to cross between small barren islands and turns. Between averages a narrow and water entrant ends extended us at Cala de Binissafuller, pierces protected of waters I am transparent but of little openwork. Also Cala Biniparratx is an incoming Straits, but unlike first, Biniparratx is not built-up reason why it maintains an enchantment wilder and we can cast anchor in her.

Following the same style of cove, it narrows, extended and it protects we have Binidalí Cove of staggered rocky walls, Cove is deep and twisted Canutells from whose beach the horizon is not seen, Limes VOC with numerous caves excavated in its cliffs, Cove in Porter where we cannot stop visiting its Xoroi Cave that serves as enclave for an original discotheque.

A coastal line of virgin cliffs takes step to the Beach of Are Seine fishing. With her we entered ourselves in a zone of long white sand beaches fine like those of Sant Tomas, Binicodrell protected by the Small barren island of Binicodrell, Binigaus with Cova DES Coloms.

Several virgin fine sand coves and crystalline waters, Escorxada, Fustam, Trebalúger, Mitjana and Mitjaneta, will serve as tranquility and rest to us before arriving at the concurred Galdana Cove. Magnificent pine and cove blue turkish that arrive until the edge of the beach.

One of the coves most well-known, Macarella Cove with its small calita alongside, Macarelleta Cove visits forced of all that one that crosses Menorca. Although concurred enough, there are lost no its enchantment. Like their neighboring Turqueta Cove, its crystalline waters of infinite green-bluish tones, their pine groves and rocky walls protect that them remember the virgin places to you of long ago.

Although not so pretty, but less concurred it is Talaier Cove. It completes small cove before crossing a zone of abiertas beaches more and extended like those of Bellavista and Banyut that form part of the Sand of Is Saura and the Beach of Is Xoriguer.

Transferring the End of Sa Guarda we arrived at the Navy of Cove in Bosch, point of shelter for the small boats and place of rest to enjoy the menorquina kitchen.

The Light of Cabo de Artrutx marks the point more the southwest of the Island of Menorca, until White Cove, the virgin coast accompanies to us. White cove and Santandría Cove are two entrants who form a narrow cove since we have already seen that he is habitual in the South zone of the island.

And finally Citadel, where we can visit its Cathedral, the old district and to taste typical plates of the zone in the restaurants of its colorful port