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MINORCA
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Minorca, covers an area of just over 700 km2 (a fifth the size of Mallorca). Each tip of the island has a small capital city: in the north, Ciutadella, noble and magnificent; in the south, Mahón, a commercial town that is distinctly British in feel. Between the two, the island is peppered with colourful villages, proud of their traditions, dozens of “lloc” or hamlets an architectural heritage that is as mysterious as it is beautiful.
Tourism was late to arrive here: the island’s main holiday spots are concentrated in half a dozen places and do not really blemish this island’s beauty. Everything is practically the same here as it was a hundred years ago. In 1993 UNESCO declared the whole island a Biosphere Reserve. In Minorca you can discover dozens of pristine beaches tucked away at the bottom of ravines melting into seas that turn a picture postcard to turquoise colour in spring. At every turn, the landscape changes and surprises sculpted by the whim of capricious wind. Take your time to travel around the island, either by car, on foot, by boat, or even (and why not?) astride a typical black Minorcan horse. |
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