Menorca

Best things to do in Menorca

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   1. Mahón (Maó)

   • Half a day
   • No booking needed
   • Couples
   • No car needed
   • Rainy day

   The capital of Menorca, on the east coast. Its natural harbour is 5 km long and up to 900 m wide, one of the longest in the world. Mayonnaise is widely said to have originated here, and the city had about 29,000 residents in 2021.

   4,377 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Mahón

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   2. Ciutadella

   • Half a day
   • No booking needed
   • Couples
   • No car needed
   • Rainy day

   A town at the western end of Menorca and one of the island's two main cities, along with Mahón. Its history stretches from Carthaginian foundation to Muslim and Aragonese rule. Every 9 July the town marks a Turkish raid of 1558 with a commemoration.

   1,250 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Ciutadella de Menorca

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   3. Camí de Cavalls

   • A few hours per stage
   • No booking needed
   • Active
   • Couples

   An old path of 186 km that circles the whole island and is also the GR 223 long-distance walking route. It is split into 20 stages of 5 to 14 km, each reachable by road, so you can walk just one stretch. It was restored and fully opened to the public by 2011.

   Pick a single stage rather than the whole route. Wikipedia notes every stage start and finish can be reached by road.

   699 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Camí de Cavalls
   • Spain.info, Camí de Cavalls hiking

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   4. Binibeca Vell

   • 1 to 2 hours
   • No booking needed
   • Couples
   • Families

   A small whitewashed village on the south coast, in Sant Lluís municipality, about 8 km from Mahón. It was built around the 1960s to imitate a Mediterranean fishing village. That has made it popular, though some call it inauthentic.

   465 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Binibeca Vell

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   5. Es Castell and St Philip's Castle

   • 2 to 3 hours
   • Check entry rules before you go
   • Couples
   • Families

   Es Castell was founded in 1771 by the British as Georgetown, and takes its name from the big fort nearby. St Philip's Castle, rebuilt by British forces in the 1760s around a Spanish fort of about 1554, guarded the entrance to Mahón harbour and was partly demolished after the 1781 invasion.

   We have not confirmed whether the castle site can be visited or what access it has; check locally.

   445 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Es Castell
   • Wikipedia, St. Philip's Castle

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   6. Cala Galdana

   • Half a day
   • No booking needed
   • Families
   • Couples

   A coastal resort on the south coast, 9 km south of Ferreries. The cove was largely undeveloped until the 1960s.

   439 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Cala Galdana

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   7. El Toro (Monte Toro)

   • 1 to 2 hours
   • No booking needed
   • Families
   • Couples

   The tallest hill on Menorca, at 358 m, with the Sanctuary of the Verge del Toro on top. You can drive or walk up. On a clear day you can see almost the whole island and even the mountains of Mallorca.

   389 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, El Toro (Menorca)

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   8. Naveta d'Es Tudons

   • About an hour
   • Check entry rules before you go
   • Families
   • Couples

   The most remarkable megalithic chamber tomb on Menorca, about 3 miles from Ciutadella on the road to Mahón. It is the largest and best-preserved funerary naveta on the island. Visitors can walk around it, but the interior is closed to protect it.

   Hours are seasonal and we could not confirm current ones; see Menorca Talaiòtica or the island council before you go.

   377 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Naveta d'Es Tudons
   • Menorca Talaiòtica, Naveta des Tudons

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   9. Cala Mitjana

   • Half a day
   • No booking needed
   • Busiest in summer
   • Families
   • Couples

   A pine-fringed bay and beach on the south coast. It takes about 20 minutes on foot from a car park near the OM-714 country road, and is busy in summer.

   375 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Cala Mitjana

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    10. La Mola Fortress

    • 2 to 3 hours
    • Check entry rules before you go
    • Couples
    • Active

    A Spanish military complex on the Mola peninsula at the entrance to Mahón harbour, opposite St Philip's Castle. It was built in the mid-19th century on the orders of Queen Isabella II. Next to it is the easternmost point of Spain.

    We have not confirmed current visiting arrangements; check locally.

    190 readers a month

    Sources

    • Wikipedia, Mola Fortress

Just missed the list: Son Bou (11th by readers; a beach resort on Menorca's south coast); Torre d'en Galmés (12th by readers; a prehistoric talayotic settlement)