Gas stations in Menorca
Map of Menorca gas stations with petrol and diesel prices updated daily.
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Ciutadella
motor.es – Pruebas de coches
Es Mercadal
motor.es – Vender coche
Ferreries
motor.es – Fórmula 1
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Looking at photographs and old prints is always a fascinating – and enlightening – way of spending a few hours. Menorca over two centuries is a project that consists of photographing the places illustrated in the engravings in Die Insel Menorca, the title of the two volumes devoted to Menorca in th...
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What to do in Menorca? All that you can not miss on your holiday in Menorca beaches, festivals, snorkeling, monuments, walks, kayak trips, lighthouses,
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Interactive map of Menorca. Megalithic and British Menorca monuments. Lighthouses. Map of beaches and coves of Menorca. The 20 stages of the Camí de Cavalls
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Menorca is an ideal place for snorkeling because its waters are relatively warm and very clear. Although any cove or rocky inlet can be good for diving or snorkeling and for investigating the seabed, the waters of the northern coast are especially recommendable since the restrictions on fishing ensu...
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In all, 25 butterfly species are known from Menorca. Most are common and easy to see over much of the island in spring, summer and the warmest days of autumn. Others, with more precise habitat requirements, only appear for a short period of time in certain habitats. Finally, there are also a number ...
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The Camí de Cavalls is divided up into 20 stages that can be walked as a single long hike or individually in sections, or can be used simply as somewhere go for a stroll. Discover Menorca here describes the official stages as 20 separate day-long walks, using the morning for the outward bound stretc...
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Paddling right around the island in a kayak is the best way to gradually get to know Menorca’s coastline. The island’s shallow coastal waters are an ideal place for kayaking since they offer a wide variety of subtly changing landscapes, with coves and shallow bays, sandy and pebbly beaches, cliffs, ...
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The lonely isolated locations of the majority of lighthouses, along with their singular silhouettes, have always meant that these unmistakeable symbols of coastal areas are much appreciated by many people. Their main raison d’être is to avoid accidents and tragedies and guarantee safe sailing.
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Traditional Menorcan cuisine is characterized by its peasant roots and its Mediterranean essence. Furthermore, it has assimilated very successfully the legacy of all the different cultures that have left their mark on the island over the centuries. Menorcan cuisine thrives on local products, derived...
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New projects have sprung up and born fruit, and in 2002 a geographical denomination Vi de la Terra Illa de Menorca was awarded to the island’s wines. The typical Menorcan wine is red, made from Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. It is brilliant cherry in colour, with bouquets of red fruit and spi...
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What to do in Menorca? 10 essential jewelry for your Menorca holidays: Cala Mitjana, naveta des Tudons, Ciutadella horse festivities and 7 more. Discover them!
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This stage of the Camí de Cavalls passes through a fine example of a windswept coastal landscape, especially between Sa Mesquida and the Macar de Binillautí.
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The British presence in Menorca lasted for almost all of the eighteenth century in three consecutive periods lasting from 1708 to 1802, the year in which the island was returned to the Spanish crown. The British legacy remains in the Anglicisms found in the local language, the characteristic bow win...
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Calendar of Menorca horse fiestas 2015. Festivities of Menorca town by town. From June to September. From Sant Joan in Ciutadella to September in Maó.
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Caló Fondo (popularly known as Ses Olles) is a rocky bathing place in Binissafúller on the southern coast of the municipality of Sant Lluís. Its half-moon shape and the fact that it is sheltered by...
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This is one of most spectacular butterflies on Menorca, easy to identify by it size, way of flying and patterns on its wings. It is common in open wasteland...
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The Talaiotic culture refer to the customs and skills of the pre-historic inhabitants of the Balearic Islands up to the Roman conquest (123 BC). Most of the archaeological remains that have been excavated –of which most are on Menorca – correspond to the so-called Talaiotic culture that can be dated...
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This lighthouse stands on the cliffs of Punta Nati in the far north-west of Menorca, 6 km from Ciutadella. It consists of two detached rectangular buildings and a 19-m high tower with...
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In Minorca you can find two types of lobster, the rock one, smaller and bright red, very tasty because of the food rich in essential elements they consume; and...
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This vineyard is located in the Binitord estate, 6 km south of the town of Ciutadella. Integrated ecological agriculture is practiced in the vineyard...
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All of this stage of the Camí de Cavalls runs through S’Albufera des Grau Natural Park. It is an excellent walk for getting to know a variety of different habitats...
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The island, also known as The Bloody Island, is in the middle of the Maó harbour, between Maó and Es Castell villages, where we find the old military hospital built by the British during their domination.
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S’Escala is an attractive place for diving since its waters are calm and transparent. Furthermore, its waters are shallow and cover a variety of seabed habitats...
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This is the infamous ‘cabbage white’ butterfly that can be seen almost anywhere from February-March to the end of October. Its larger size separates it from the small white.
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This route is very much the ‘route of the caves’. Throughout, you follow the limestone cliffs that are so typical of Menorca’s southern coasts, which reach up to 40 m in height.
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All these routes are within S’Albufera des Grau Natural Park, Menorca’s only natural park. The coast here is formed of low-lying siliceous rocks with sand dunes and small beaches.
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This lighthouse is situated at the tip of the headland of Cavalleria, the most northerly point of Menorca and 13.2 km from the town of Es Mercadal. Its white tower is 15-m high and was built...
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Ray is very much appreciated on the island. We normally eat the fins, but the liver is also delicious. When you buy it, ask the fishmonger to cut and peel it...
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Although the name of the recipe mentions rice, the main ingredient of the dish is the cracked wheat in a stone mortar. An Arab heritage, typical of Menorca and is traditionally made day of pig slaughter.
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The Binifadet bodega produces more wine than any other in Menorca, its production totalling around 55,000 bottles annually. Its wines are mainly sold locally, although a small part is exported.
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Bodegas Menorquinas was the first winery began producing wine under the geographical denomination Vi de la terra Illa de Menorca. Under the name of Muntpalau Ferrer, the 6 Bodegas Menorquinas wines are made...
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Some people prefer cutting the aubergines in halves, boiling them quickly, emptying them and filling them with the mixture of meat and chopped aubergine pulp.
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Fortress carved out of the bare rock by the English between 1710 and 1726 to defend the castle of Sant Felip, stands on the southern side of the entrance to Maó harbour, in the cove Cala de Sant Esteve.
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Much of this stage of the Camí de Cavalls runs through the S’Albufera des Grau Natural Park and many of its very diverse landscapes.
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Museums of Menorca. Address, phone, times and prices of museums in Menorca (Balearic Islands). Come to the history and art of Menorca.
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The seabed at Binimel·là and, above all, the three coves to the east have fascinating underwater habitats and, due to the restrictions on fishing in this zone imposed by the North Menorcan Marine Reserve.
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An uncommon species on Menorca, where it is most typically found in areas in or near wetlands. It is one of the year’s first butterflies as it first flies in February and can be seen until October.
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The Naveta des Tudons is a pre-Talaiotic funeral building in use from 1200 to 750 BC. It consists of a collective tomb that was found to contain the remains of at least 100 graves...
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The coastline on this excursion consists of the typical limestone cliffs of the southern coast of Menorca that are only interrupted by the white-sand beaches of Cala Mitjana and Trebalúger.
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Favàritx lighthouse stands at the extreme north-east of the island, a little over 17 km from Maó. Its tower is 28-m high, white with a black spiral band, which gives it a very intimate appearance.
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This recipe was made with “crancs peluts”, which nowadays is a protected species of crab. Some people prepare it with “cranca”, spider crab, crushing its guts as it gives a lot of taste to the dish
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The cuttlefish liver is the brown bag you find inside the cuttlefish and even though it is not always used, it is the liver which really gives the flavour to this dish.
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This stage of the Camí de Cavalls begins at the far western end of the built-up area of Arenal d’en Castell. Walk for 10 minutes along the cliff-top path as far as Son Parc...
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Sant Felip Castle stands on the southern side of the entrance to Maó harbour. Over the course of successive British occupations the castle was extended until the Spanish siege in 1782.
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The most interesting places for the diver are where the tall cliffs plunge into the sea – above all at the eastern end of the beach – and the small caves and cavities that are found there.
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Despite being very similar to the green-veined white, the small white is easily identified in spring by its yellowish underwings without green-marked veins.
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This spectacular necropolis with 14 burial chambers hewn from the bare rock is to be found in a small gully just before Cala Morell to the north of Ciutadella.
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Torre d’en Galmés is one of the largest Talaiotic sites in the Balearic Islands and is well worth a longish, unhurried visit to ensure that you appreciate all its finer points.
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This route runs along the northern coast of S’Albufera des Grau Natural Park, Menorca’s only natural park. The coast here has been severely modified by the strong northerly wind.
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