{"id":10516,"date":"2013-10-22T22:52:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T20:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/?page_id=10516"},"modified":"2026-03-21T22:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:06:48","slug":"lighthouses-of-menorca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/","title":{"rendered":"The lighthouses of Menorca"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30774\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30774 size-full\" title=\"Fav\u00e0ritx lighthouse. Menorca\" src=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_favaritx_lluna_oriol_conesa.jpg\" alt=\"Fav\u00e0ritx lighthouse. Lighthouses of Menorca\" width=\"750\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_favaritx_lluna_oriol_conesa.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_favaritx_lluna_oriol_conesa-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fav\u00e0ritx lighthouse \u00a9Oriol Conesa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1><strong>The lighthouses of Menorca<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2>Do you know the 7 lighthouses in Menorca? The lonely isolated locations of the majority of lighthouses, along with their singular silhouettes, have always meant that these unmistakable symbols of coastal areas are much appreciated by many people.<\/h2>\n<p>Their main\u00a0<i>raison d\u2019\u00eatre\u00a0<\/i>is to avoid accidents and tragedies and guarantee safe sailing. Over the centuries, violent storms off the shores of Menorca have caused numerous shipwrecks and led to the construction of lighthouses both at the entrances to the ports of Ma\u00f3 and Ciutadella and on the island\u2019s principal headlands. The last lighthouse to be built on Menorca was that of Fav\u00e0ritx, inaugurated in 1922. It is hard to say why, but a walk around a lighthouse is always a comforting experience!<\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-circle-info\"><\/i>\u00a0 See all the <a title=\"Discovering Menorca. Lighthouses of Menorca\" href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/category\/lighthouses\/\">lighthouses of Menorca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.es\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=211637723452826489021.0004c6b1f3aef75a452aa&amp;hl=ca&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=m&amp;ll=39.944489,4.058075&amp;spn=0.389557,0.924225&amp;z=10&amp;output=embed\" width=\"728\" height=\"370\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<small>See the map\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-align: left;\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.es\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=211637723452826489021.0004c6b1f3aef75a452aa&amp;hl=ca&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=m&amp;ll=39.944489,4.058075&amp;spn=0.389557,0.924225&amp;z=10&amp;source=embed\">Lighthouses of Menorca<\/a> in Google Maps<\/small><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\n\t<section class=\"cf block loop-grid\" data-id=\"p-1\">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-head block-head-b\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/category\/lighthouses\/\">Lighthouses of Menorca<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"block-content\">\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"posts-dynamic posts-container ts-row grid count-0 is-mixed has-grid-2 masonry\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"posts-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column col-6\">\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-10516\" class=\"grid-post post-10516 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail category-lighthouses has-excerpt grid-post-c2 grid-post-c grid-post-left\">\n\n\n\t<div class=\"post-thumb\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio bg-ratio\"style=\"--a-ratio: 1.6891891891892\"><span data-bgsrc=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/menorca_far_de_favaritx_lluc_julia.jpg\" class=\"img bg-cover wp-post-image attachment-large size-large\" role=\"img\" data-bgset=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/menorca_far_de_favaritx_lluc_julia.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/menorca_far_de_favaritx_lluc_julia-300x178.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" aria-label=\"Fav\u00e0ritx Lighthouse. Menorca\" data-ratio=\"1.6891891891892\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-title\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a post-meta-left\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title-alt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/\">The lighthouses of Menorca<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content post-excerpt cf\">\n\t\t\t<p>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\u2019\u00eatre is to avoid accidents and tragedies and guarantee safe sailing. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/\" class=\"read-more-link read-more-btn\">\n\t\t\t\tSeguir llegint\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column col-6\">\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-10518\" class=\"grid-post post-10518 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail category-lighthouses tag-ciutadella-en has-excerpt grid-post-c2 grid-post-c grid-post-left\">\n\n\n\t<div class=\"post-thumb\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/punta-nati-lighthouse\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio bg-ratio\"style=\"--a-ratio: 1.5748031496063\"><span data-bgsrc=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/menorca_far_punta_nati_2_lluc_julia.jpg\" class=\"img bg-cover wp-post-image attachment-large size-large\" role=\"img\" data-bgset=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/menorca_far_punta_nati_2_lluc_julia.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/menorca_far_punta_nati_2_lluc_julia-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/menorca_far_punta_nati_2_lluc_julia-768x488.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" aria-label=\"Far de Punta Nati. Fars de Menorca\" data-ratio=\"1.5748031496063\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-title\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a post-meta-left\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title-alt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/punta-nati-lighthouse\/\">Punta Nati, the lighthouse of sunsets<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content post-excerpt cf\">\n\t\t\t<p>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&#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/punta-nati-lighthouse\/\" class=\"read-more-link read-more-btn\">\n\t\t\t\tSeguir llegint\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column col-6\">\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-10523\" class=\"grid-post post-10523 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail category-lighthouses tag-es-mercadal-en has-excerpt grid-post-c2 grid-post-c grid-post-left\">\n\n\n\t<div class=\"post-thumb\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/cavalleria-lighthouse\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio bg-ratio\"style=\"--a-ratio: 2.1676300578035\"><span data-bgsrc=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_cavalleria_czernikowski.jpg\" class=\"img bg-cover wp-post-image attachment-large size-large\" role=\"img\" data-bgset=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_cavalleria_czernikowski.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_cavalleria_czernikowski-300x138.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" aria-label=\"Panor\u00e0mica des del far de Cavalleria. Menorca\" data-ratio=\"2.1676300578035\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-title\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a post-meta-left\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title-alt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/cavalleria-lighthouse\/\">The Cavalleria lighthouse, the northernmost point of Menorca<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content post-excerpt cf\">\n\t\t\t<p>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&#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/cavalleria-lighthouse\/\" class=\"read-more-link read-more-btn\">\n\t\t\t\tSeguir llegint\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column col-6\">\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-10531\" class=\"grid-post post-10531 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail category-lighthouses tag-mao-en has-excerpt grid-post-c2 grid-post-c grid-post-left\">\n\n\n\t<div class=\"post-thumb\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/favaritx-lighthouse\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio bg-ratio\"style=\"--a-ratio: 1.6891891891892\"><span data-bgsrc=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_favaritx_lluna_lluc_julia.jpg\" class=\"img bg-cover wp-post-image attachment-large size-large\" role=\"img\" data-bgset=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_favaritx_lluna_lluc_julia.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_favaritx_lluna_lluc_julia-300x178.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" aria-label=\"Fav\u00e0ritx Lighthouse with fullmoon\" data-ratio=\"1.6891891891892\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-title\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a post-meta-left\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title-alt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/favaritx-lighthouse\/\">Fav\u00e0ritx lighthouse<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content post-excerpt cf\">\n\t\t\t<p>Fav\u00e0ritx lighthouse stands at the extreme north-east of the island, a little over 17 km from Ma\u00f3. Its tower is 28-m high, white with a black spiral band, which gives it a very intimate appearance.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/favaritx-lighthouse\/\" class=\"read-more-link read-more-btn\">\n\t\t\t\tSeguir llegint\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column col-6\">\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-10548\" class=\"grid-post post-10548 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail category-lighthouses tag-sant-lluis-en has-excerpt grid-post-c2 grid-post-c grid-post-left\">\n\n\n\t<div class=\"post-thumb\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/illa-de-laire-lighthouse\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio bg-ratio\"style=\"--a-ratio: 2.1676300578035\"><span data-bgsrc=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_illa_aire_apb.jpg\" class=\"img bg-cover wp-post-image attachment-large size-large\" role=\"img\" data-bgset=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_illa_aire_apb.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_illa_aire_apb-300x138.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" aria-label=\"Foto a\u00e8ria del far de l&#039;illa de l&#039;Aire. Menorca\" data-ratio=\"2.1676300578035\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-title\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a post-meta-left\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title-alt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/illa-de-laire-lighthouse\/\">Illa de l\u2019Aire lighthouse<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content post-excerpt cf\">\n\t\t\t<p>This imposing lighthouse is situated on the highest point of L\u2019Illa de l\u2019Aire, a small uninhabited island (34 ha) lying just over a nautical mile offshore from Punta Prima in&#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/illa-de-laire-lighthouse\/\" class=\"read-more-link read-more-btn\">\n\t\t\t\tSeguir llegint\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column col-6\">\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-10592\" class=\"grid-post post-10592 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail category-kayak-en category-lighthouses tag-es-mercadal-en tag-fornells-en has-excerpt grid-post-c2 grid-post-c grid-post-left\">\n\n\n\t<div class=\"post-thumb\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/menorca-by-kayak\/fornells-bay-by-kayak\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio bg-ratio\"style=\"--a-ratio: 1.6891891891892\"><span data-bgsrc=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_en_kayak_fornells_lluc_julia.jpg\" class=\"img bg-cover wp-post-image attachment-large size-large\" role=\"img\" data-bgset=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_en_kayak_fornells_lluc_julia.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_en_kayak_fornells_lluc_julia-300x178.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" aria-label=\"Fornells. Menorca\" data-ratio=\"1.6891891891892\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-title\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a post-meta-left\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title-alt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/menorca-by-kayak\/fornells-bay-by-kayak\/\">Fornells bay by kayak<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content post-excerpt cf\">\n\t\t\t<p>Fornells Bay is very sheltered and well protected from bad weather. Nevertheless, strong winds \u2013 above all, from the north \u2013 can make the sea rough.  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/menorca-by-kayak\/fornells-bay-by-kayak\/\" class=\"read-more-link read-more-btn\">\n\t\t\t\tSeguir llegint\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column col-6\">\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-10582\" class=\"grid-post post-10582 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail category-kayak-en category-lighthouses tag-ferreries-en has-excerpt grid-post-c2 grid-post-c grid-post-left\">\n\n\n\t<div class=\"post-thumb\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/menorca-by-kayak\/cala-galdana-cala-mitjana-by-kayak\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio bg-ratio\"style=\"--a-ratio: 1.6891891891892\"><span data-bgsrc=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/menorca_en_kayak_pont_ali.jpg\" class=\"img bg-cover wp-post-image attachment-large size-large\" role=\"img\" data-bgset=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/menorca_en_kayak_pont_ali.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/menorca_en_kayak_pont_ali-300x178.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" aria-label=\"Kayaks en el Pont de n&#039;Ali durante la puesta de sol. Menorca\" data-ratio=\"1.6891891891892\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-title\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a post-meta-left\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title-alt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/menorca-by-kayak\/cala-galdana-cala-mitjana-by-kayak\/\">Cala Galdana &#8211; Cala Mitjana by kayak<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content post-excerpt cf\">\n\t\t\t<p>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 Trebal\u00fager.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/menorca-by-kayak\/cala-galdana-cala-mitjana-by-kayak\/\" class=\"read-more-link read-more-btn\">\n\t\t\t\tSeguir llegint\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column col-6\">\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-10555\" class=\"grid-post post-10555 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail category-lighthouses tag-ciutadella-en has-excerpt grid-post-c2 grid-post-c grid-post-left\">\n\n\n\t<div class=\"post-thumb\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/artrutx-lighthouse\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio bg-ratio\"style=\"--a-ratio: 1.6891891891892\"><span data-bgsrc=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_artrutx_lluc_julia.jpg\" class=\"img bg-cover wp-post-image attachment-large size-large\" role=\"img\" data-bgset=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_artrutx_lluc_julia.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_artrutx_lluc_julia-300x178.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" aria-label=\"Far d&#039;Artrutx. Ciutadella de Menorca\" data-ratio=\"1.6891891891892\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-title\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a post-meta-left\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title-alt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/artrutx-lighthouse\/\">Artrutx lighthouse<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content post-excerpt cf\">\n\t\t\t<p>The Artutrx lighthouse stands on the eponymous headland in the far south-west of Menorca, 7 km from Ciutadella. This lighthouse and that of Capdepera in Mallorca watch over&#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/artrutx-lighthouse\/\" class=\"read-more-link read-more-btn\">\n\t\t\t\tSeguir llegint\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column col-6\">\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-10559\" class=\"grid-post post-10559 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail category-lighthouses tag-ciutadella-en has-excerpt grid-post-c2 grid-post-c grid-post-left\">\n\n\n\t<div class=\"post-thumb\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/sa-farola-lighthouse\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio bg-ratio\"style=\"--a-ratio: 2.1676300578035\"><span data-bgsrc=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_sa_farola_apb.jpg\" class=\"img bg-cover wp-post-image attachment-large size-large\" role=\"img\" data-bgset=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_sa_farola_apb.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_sa_farola_apb-300x138.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" aria-label=\"Foto a\u00e8ria del far de Sa Farola. Ciutadella de Menorca\" data-ratio=\"2.1676300578035\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-title\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a post-meta-left\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title-alt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/sa-farola-lighthouse\/\">Sa Farola lighthouse<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content post-excerpt cf\">\n\t\t\t<p>Also known as the Lighthouse of Ciutadella, Sa Farola stands on the northern side of the mouth of this town\u2019s port. Its tower is 13-m high and has vertical black-and-white stripes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/sa-farola-lighthouse\/\" class=\"read-more-link read-more-btn\">\n\t\t\t\tSeguir llegint\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column col-6\">\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-10542\" class=\"grid-post post-10542 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail category-lighthouses tag-es-castell-en has-excerpt grid-post-c2 grid-post-c grid-post-left\">\n\n\n\t<div class=\"post-thumb\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/sant-carles-lighthouse\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio bg-ratio\"style=\"--a-ratio: 1.6891891891892\"><span data-bgsrc=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_de_sant_carles_lluc_julia.jpg\" class=\"img bg-cover wp-post-image attachment-large size-large\" role=\"img\" data-bgset=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_de_sant_carles_lluc_julia.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menorca_far_de_sant_carles_lluc_julia-300x178.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" aria-label=\"Far de Sant Carles amb la Mola de ma\u00f3 al fons. Menorca\" data-ratio=\"1.6891891891892\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-title\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a post-meta-left\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title-alt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/sant-carles-lighthouse\/\">Sant Carles lighthouse<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content post-excerpt cf\">\n\t\t\t<p>The original lighthouse of Sant Carles was opened in 1852 but was demolished because it obstructed the firing practice of the nearby military gun emplacement.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.descobreixmenorca.com\/en\/lighthouses-of-menorca\/sant-carles-lighthouse\/\" class=\"read-more-link read-more-btn\">\n\t\t\t\tSeguir llegint\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/section>\n\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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