Contents
Introduction
Location
Geology
History
Landscape
Trees and flowers
Birds
Animals
Protected Areas
When to go
Accommodation
Health and safety
Language
Money
Communications
Getting to Menorca
Getting around Menorca
What to take
Waymarking and access
Maps
Food and drink
Tourist information offices
Emergencies
Using this guide
Day walks
Walk 1 Maó and Es Castell
Walk 2 Cala de Sant Esteve and s’Algar
Walk 3 Maó and Trebalúger
Walk 4 Sant Lluís and Biniancolla
Walk 5 Llucmaçanes and Binissafúllet
Walk 6 Airport to Sant Lluís
Walk 7 Maó to Cala en Porter
Walk 8 Es Migjorn Gran and Cova de Coloms
Walk 9 Cala Galdana and Sant Tomàs
Walk 10 Ferreries and Cova des Moro
Walk 11 Cala Macarella and Cala Turqueta
Walk 12 Sant Joan, Son Saura and Son Catlar
Walk 13 Santa Àgueda and Cala del Pilar
Walk 14 Fornells and Cala Tirant
Walk 15 Es Grau and Sa Torreta
Walk 16 s’Albufera des Grau
Coast to Coast: Maó to Ciutadella
Stage 1 Maó to Alcaidús and Alaior
Stage 2 Alaior to Monte Toro and Es Mercadal
Stage 3 Es Mercadal to Ferreries
Stage 4 Ferreries to Ciutadella
GR223: Camí de Cavalls
Stage 1 Maó to Binissafúller
Stage 2 Binissafúller to Son Bou
Stage 3 Son Bou to Cala Galdana
Stage 4 Cala Galdana to Cala en Bosc
Stage 5 Cala en Bosc to Ciutadella
Stage 6 Ciutadella to Cala Morell
Stage 7 Cala Morell to els Alocs
Stage 8 els Alocs to Ses Salines
Stage 9 Ses Salines to Cap de Favàritx
Stage 10 Cap de Favàritx to Maó
Appendix A Route Summary Table
Appendix B Language Notes
Appendix C Topographical Glossary
Appendix D Useful Contacts
The best map for exploring Menorca on foot is the Editorial Alpina Menorca sheet, at a scale of 1:50,000 (www.editorialalpina.com). This highlights the long-distance Camí de Cavalls (in green) and many other walking routes, as well as showing the intricate network of roads and farm tracks around the island. Its detail is equal to what walkers would expect of the Ordnance Survey Landranger series of maps in Britain.
Extracts from the Editorial Alpina map have been reproduced in this guidebook by kind permission of the publishers. These are fine for each of the walking routes, but if you want to see how all the routes relate to each other, then either obtain the complete map in advance of a visit, or look out for it on Menorca, where it is widely available and widely used by walkers. UK stockists include Stanfords (12-14 Long Acre, London, WC2E 9BR, tel 020 7836 1321, www.stanfords.co.uk) and The Map Shop (15 High Street, Upton-upon-Severn, WR8 0HJ, tel 01684 593146, www.themapshop.co.uk).