By Lambe Lamis 
Menorca seashores after knowledgeable, seldom overlooked. Menorca is blessed with so several attractive beaches that you happen to be never much more than 5 miles absent from the next one. Menorca (Minorca) is a seaside paradise, not on the other side of the environment but just 2-3 several hours flight time away. Photo postcard seashores can be discovered all close to this petite sparsely populated island (35 km very long by 15 km broad) – that is why you happen to be hardly ever far absent from a new beach practical experience everyday. Even in the tourist resorts when your floating in warm waters seeking again to shore you will not likely be seeking at a beach horizon total of unpleasant substantial rise hotels. And because there are far more shorelines (100+) than on Majorca and Ibizia merged even in large summer season you is not going to be battling for your 2m2!
If you determine not to hire a car or truck a bus provider back links the most popular resorts and their regional beaches. Owing to their geological origins several of Menorcas beach locations (incredibly prevalent on the south coastline) have gently sloping beach locations slipping into the sea, building the waters warm, with shallow sandy bottoms stretching out for numerous, quite a few metres. Perfect for babies, smaller young children and fringed with rocks excellent for snorkelling way too.
For those people who want doorstep vacation resort beach locations Menorca provides some of the ideal with lifeguards, every day cleansing and a variety of drinking water athletics and beach facet bars, dining establishments. Topless sun bathing is standard on most beaches.
The genuine jewells however are the quite a few shorelines enclosed in spectacular and protective organic bays on the north and south coasts. The so termed virgin beaches “calas virgenes” are among some of the most lovely shorelines you will locate any place within a 3 hour flight from house. These beach locations, generally distant, and deliberately not very well signal posted, offer a contact of paradise near to dwelling. By having a person of the fifty percent or total working day boat visits, you can check out some of these much more distant bays and beaches that are only reachable from the sea. An unforgettable working experience.
Even if you have little kids do not overlook the opportunity to shell out at minimum half a day at a single of Menorca’s stunning virgin shorelines. Extra and a lot more have been made ecologically available by auto and a shorter stroll, with out disturbing their purely natural pristine point out. You will never regret it!
These virgin beach locations listed down below can be arrived at by vehicle and a quick stroll even with smaller children. Give oneself a seashore expertise to don’t forget – just go! Choose a picnic and pay a visit to these sites soon after 17:00. Often any parking or entry prices will not be gathered as the attendant has long gone dwelling, the beach will be emptying even more and you will be equipped to love a superb sunset – and I promise you if you have any small children, afterwards they will like you also!
Cala Macarella
Cala Mitjana
Cala Mesquida
Cala’n Turqueta
Cala Algaiarens
What beach front sort are you?
If you are a strolling barefoot in the surf kind, then you can expect to adore lengthy sandy beaches. Menorcas’ longest sandy beach is the 3 km very long Playa de Son Bou in the middle of the south coast. Other stroller beaches consist of Santo Tomas, Cavaleria and the other northern coastline virgin seashores.
If you take pleasure in dreamy bays, fringed with pine clad cliffs then head for Menorca’s southern coastline. Carved by historical rivers flowing by lush limestone gorges they spill into the sea generating spectacular safeguarded sandy bays. You can come across typical examples of these at Cala en Porter, Sant Cala Galdana and quite a few numerous of the south’s virgin beach locations.
For the romantically and adventurously inclined there are quite a few distant shorelines only available on foot, exactly where normally you will uncover them fully deserted or with just a handful of like minded individuals. Cala Pilar is a secluded purple sandy beach normal of the northern coast absolutely organic and set in lovely and remarkable landscapes. There is a little auto park from exactly where you consider a 35 minute wander more than a wooded hillside with attractive views. You may possibly uncover men and women smearing them selves with a crimson mud there as a all-natural pores and skin refresher. Try it, for the reason that you might be “really worth it”.
There are no official nudist shorelines on the island nevertheless the subsequent locations are well known decisions. Most frequented is magnificent Binigaus beach – to the west of Santo Tomas. Quickly reachable and there is a car or truck park at Santo Tomas beach. Walk west together the Santo Tomas beach. In addition Cala Mesquida, Cala Macarelleta, Cala Trebaluger or Cala Es Bots are frequented in specified parts by nudists.