Description Menorca, Spain

Menorca - one of the Balearic Islands, located in the Mediterranean Sea. Menorca is translated from Spanish means "less" in comparison with the size of the neighboring island of Mallorca. Menorca - the second largest island of the archipelago. Menorca called the island of fire and wind. This island-museum under the open sky - a charming corner with a mysterious history, measured over time and unique archaeological monuments of the Bronze Age.

Menorca - it numerous beaches and secluded coves. Menorca, in contrast to Mallorca, looks pristine untouched, as if in this area is an intimate residents and clear waters, mysterious magic stopped the clock time to enable you to enjoy the rest.

Island Menorca lights called the Phoenicians, watched from their ships lights on the steep banks of the island. What kind of lights and where - so far not known for certain.

On Menorca over three and a half thousand years ago, there was a mysterious civilization that left behind a stone structure in the form of a truncated pyramid - the so-called "ship of the dead" that are older than even the Egyptian pyramids. As we see, Menorca - real open-air museum, especially when you consider that anywhere else in the world there is such a number of ancient monuments in a small area.

Traveling to Menorca in the eyes catch numerous stone fences, for which the island is sometimes called the "island of stone fences. Locals say that the total length of these hedges more than the Great Wall. True or not, but they are really very much. Land of the island is very rocky, and the local peasants had all the time to clear it of stones. Economy of effort, the stones are not taken away, and piled into a special clutch-fence without cement.

A peculiar appearance Menorca influenced her special status of Biosphere Reserves, assigned to it by UNESCO. Restrictions on construction and establishes requirements for facilities: the hotel is not above three floors, roofs of houses on the island should be in harmony with the color of the soil, and the walls must be painted white.

The island is located in north-eastern part of the archipelago. In contrast, Majorca, on the island of Menorca is no greater heights. The highest point - Mount Monte Toro (357 m) in the center of the island. North coast of Menorca - steep, with a pebble and reddish sandy beaches. South Coast formed ravines. It damp areas with a special microclimate and unique flora and fauna, which are different from other parts of the island. North wind enveloped the open storm rocks Cape Favarish, a succession of hills separating it from the marshes Albufeira.

On one side of the bay - green meadows with patches of bright colors, reminiscent of Scotland, on the other - parched, rocky soil, the dazzling white walls of houses and the silhouettes of fishing dhows. A mixture of images of the north and south Atlantic and the Mediterranean: in this - all of Minorca.