gala presilia beach
short walk from the headland at cap de favaritx brings you to several quiet coves, beginning with cala presili. you start the walk by passing through wooden gates between a pair of white pillars 1 km from the lighthouse. cala presili leads on to cala tortuga and then to cala morella nou. all have high grassy dunes, clear white sand and good swimming and none of them ever gets crowded. behind the beach at cala tortuga is a marshy lake, part of the s'albufera nature reserve....
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cala santa galdana cove
one of menorca's most beautiful (and ecologically important) coves is also one of the most developed as such it has become a focus for debate about the extent of urbanizacion on the island. thirty years ago there was not even a road here; now there are three enormous hotels and dozens of restaurants and bars....
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gala santandria beach
this long, narrow creek, just 3km south of ciutadella, would be pretty if it did not get so crowded. along with its satellite cove sa caleta, it is the beach which ciutadellans head for at weekends. there are several bars and restaurants, and all the usual facilities, including hire of pedal boats, umbrellas and loungers....
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gala trebaluger cove
this classic south coast cove, fed by a freshwater stream from a limestone gorge, is one of the hardest to reach. a popular mooring for yachts and pleasure boats in summer, it can only be reached on foot by a walk of about 2 hours from cala santa galdana followed by a scramble down to the beach....
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cales coves
it takes an effort to get there a rough four wheel drive track or a brisk 30 minute walk through the olive. trees from son vitamina but when you arrive at cales coves you are greeted by one of the most memorable sights on menorca. the cliffs looking down on to this sheltered bay are home to more than 100 bronze age caves, carved out of the rock and used as both burial chambers and dwellings, with the living and the dead housed side by side....
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cova des coloms
an easy excursion can be made from es migjorn gran to this remarkable cave in the binigaus gorge. follow the signs from the sant tomas end of the town. from the car park, walk past the cemetery and along a wide track to the farm of binigaus veil, then look for a track on your left (marked cuevas) clamber over the wall to your left at another cuevas sign and follow the white arrows on the ground, crossing the valley floor to reach the cave. it is dank, dark, the size of a cathedral and buzzing with birds and bats. the cave can also be reached on foot from the beach at sant adeodato....
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