Moondust
Active Member
Yes, I went to Menorca again at the end of July on a last-minute trip. I could only find 2 available rooms in the whole of the South West it was crazy. On the Sunday I was told that they had started closing the roads to all beaches in the North (Pilar) and South West coast (Turqueta / Macarella etc.) before 10am and no more cars allowed to park anywhere near the beaches after that (wtf ?). Thankfully, I knew another road to Pilar and managed to find somewhere without a patrol turning back cars to park up - and it was still a brisk 45-minute walk to Cala Pilar from there.
On the Monday sanity prevailed and I chartered a boat for myself from Ciutadella instead. But adding 420 Euros a day plus fuel to your holiday budget to get to the prettiest beaches and coves makes for a pretty expensive trip. But totally worth it if you're willing to part with it
It's never all plain sailing though. I am actually thinking of writing another review ... this time called One man and a boat - Menorcan Adventures with a dodgy anchor in late July'!
Well, did you make it out there, Moondust ?
Sadly not Kimajy,
Although not too sadly as the lure of a week in Formentera with 2 trips to Ibiza ( one being for one last tango in Space ) proved too strong. Still very much on the list to do though buddy.
There were a lot of very expensive boats and superyachts in evidence also this year. I am more worried about an influx of those than anything else tbh !!!
It's just often a lot windier in Menorca than Ibiza so for kayaks, SUP etc even though you see so many the number of days when conditions are really good can be more limited than you would imagine.
