MENORCA BEACHES & RESORTS

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Cala Galdana

One of the best and most popular beaches on the island with beautiful white sand surrounded by pine trees. It is a long beach with very calm and warm crystal clear waters. There are lots of sunbeds and umbrellas and can be very crowded, but you can always find a spot.

There are miradors providing great views of the beach from either side of the bay.

Cala Galdana is also one of the most popular tourist resorts built around the beautiful horseshoe-shape bay and it’s a perfect destination for families. There are also many hotels, restaurants and bars to choose from.

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Cala en Porter

Cala en Porter is located to the south of Menorca. It is a beautiful white sandy beach with shallow waters so ideal destination for families with kids.

The beach is surrounded by cliffs and provides sunbed hire. It gets very busy, but it’s a wide beach, so there’s plenty of space even at high season.

It provides kayaking opportunities and pedalo hire and you can also visit the nearby Cales Coves, a scenic rocky cove.

Cala ‘n Porter is also a long established resort built on the hill overlooking the beach with all the tourist amenities.

The famous Cova d’en Xoroi bar is located to the south of the beach overlooking the ocean, great for sunset views.

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Cala Mitjana & Mitjaneta

Cala Mitjana is an amazing cove with beautiful crystal clear water. Accessible on a 15-20min walk from Cala Galdana through pine trees. It’s a easy walk offering some great views of the beach.

It can get very crowded as it is a very small cove and the most easily accessible in comparison with the other small coves on the south of the island.

Cala Mitjaneta is also a pretty little cove with white but limited sand to the west of Cala Mitjana.

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Cala Macarella & Macarelleta

Cala Macarella, west of Cala Galdana, is undoubtedly one of the best beaches on Menorca, with crystal clear blue waters and white sand. There is a small cafe/bar that provides refreshments. It takes about 30min walk to get there from Cala Galdana. Alternatively you can drive there and then walk down to the beach (15min walk from the car park).

Cala Macarelleta is a further 5-10min walk from Macarella. It is another stunning cove with beautiful white sand and crystal clear turquoise water to swim in, but can very crowded in high season.

Cavalleria Beaches

It is a beautiful, quiet beach with wonderful orange sand and red cliffs. Accessible with a10min walk from the car park and via some wooden steps. One of the most scenic in Menorca.

On the right side there is Cala Rotja, a smaller and rocky bay with calm waters and beautiful reddish color rocks.

There are no facilities and no shade available.

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Cala Pregonda

Pregonda is a medium-sized beach on the north side of Menorca with orange sand. Probably the most beautiful beach on the north coast. It is a scenic 20-30min walk from the parking of Binimel·là. It has clear, blue water and surrounded by rocky cliffs, which are also pinkish red.

There is also a smaller equally scenic beach before you reach Pregonda on the same bay.

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Platja de Son Bou

The longest beach on Menorca with plenty of space for everyone. White sand and shallow waters make this beach great for kids. There are umbrellas and sunbeds for rent and also pedalos are available at the resort end of the beach. Brilliant for families.

Son Bou is also a popular resort in the south of Menorca with lots of hotels.

Platja Arenal d’en Castell

Lovely large horse shoe shaped beach which can be accessed by steps or twirly road.

It is a long beach with very fine white sand. Great for kids as water is very shallow.

There are lots of hotels and apartments and plenty of restaurants.

Platjes de Son Saura

Beautiful narrow white sandy beach with warm, shallow clear, turquoise waters. 8min walk from the car park.

Cala en Turqueta

Cala en Turqueta west of Cala Galdana, is a stunning beach with great soft white sand and turquoise water .

It is approx. 10min easy walk from the parking. The walk is mostly flat. Parking fills up really quickly, Alternatively there is a path from Platja of Son Saura (35min walk).

The beach is very small so it can get very crowded.

Playa des Talaier

A beautiful beach and less crowded than the rest on the south coast. A 15 minute walk from Son Saura beach.

Arenal Son Saura

Lovely large beach with crystal clear water and little current. Great for paddling, snorkeling and swimming. Brilliant for young children with fine sand and shallow waters.

Arenal son Saua is the beach that fronts the Son Parc resort. it’s not so crowded like the rest of the Island.

Santo Thomas

Santo Tomas, a popular sleepy family resort with many hotels, villas and apartments coupled with attractive restaurants and long beaches.

Playa de Santo Tomas, is a long winding strip of sand near the resorts’ hotels, and so is popular with families.

Cala Trebalúger

Gorgeous, unspoilt cove with clear turquoise water surrounded by rocky cliffs and pine forest. It is much less crowded than Mitjana or Macarella. It takes about 40 minutes walking along the cliffs and among pine trees to reach it from Cala Galdana but worth the hike.

Platja de Binigaus

Binigaus is located to the west of Santo Tomas, within a 10min walk from the car park of Es Bruc. It is a nudist beach with some beautiful sand and waters but no facilities

Cala Escorxada

A beautiful small beach with white sand and turquoise waters on the south coast. It takes, about 50min to 1h to get there from the parking in Santo Tomas along Camí de Cavalls. The way to get there is gorgeous but quite rough, lots of rocks and stones. Would recommend to wear trainers. Alternativelly there are boat trips organised from some resorts and boat taxi from Cala Galdana in high season.

Punta Prima

Punta Prima is located southeast of Mao and is a good family resort with many apartments and villas. It has one of the closest beaches from the capital to the east with nice white sand and clear waters. Connected to Maó and Sant Lluís by local bus. There are around eight buses a day to Punta Prima.

There is a water park nearby, the Splash provides some exciting slides. Probably the best water park on the island.

Playas de Fornells

Nice beach on the north coast with golden sand and not that crowded. The biggest one to the west is the most beautiful one that can be accessed through wooden steps.

Fornells is one of the top Menorca beaches for windsurfing, sailing and kite surfing. Dive centres around the bay offer PADI courses and trips exploring the reefs and underwater caves of the marine reserve.

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Cala del Pillar

Located on the north coast, unspoilt and beautiful sandy beach surrounded by red rocky cliffs. 30min walk from the car park.

Platja Sa Mesquida

Very nice beach with golden sand close to Mahon, fairly quiet and with nice scenery. It is nudist friendly and It can get quite windy.

There is a free car park with a steep hill down to the beach (approx 3min).

An ice cream van ( white van) visits each day selling wonderful home made ice cream.

Platja Es Grau

Es Grau is a great, long beach north of Maó with very shallow water ideal for small children. It is very close to the nature reserve that has some great walks.

Its a great place to go kayaking and enjoy the shoreline and caves

Cala Algaiarens

It is a beautiful beach on the north of the island, with yellow and pink sand, surrounded by scenic cliffs. Parking is just 200m from the beach (8min walk from the car park)

Cala Binibeca

Lovely white sandy beach with clear and shallow water and a beach bar. Binibeca resort is located to the north of the beach.

Binimel-La

A nice sandy beach and the start of the hike for Cala Pregonda.

Cala en Bosc & Platja de Son Xoriguer

A big resort south of Ciutadella with lots amenities to keep families occupied, including a surf school and water park. There are also adult-only hotels and spas

The western end of the resort in particular is popular with all-inclusive hotels.

There is also a nice sandy beach (Platja de Son Xoriguer) that can get very crowded.

Cala Presili

Wonderful rocky beach in a stunning location with few people. You can get there there by a long walk from Favàritx car park (20min).

Cala en Blaines

It is a resort just north of Ciutadella with a vibrant mix of family-friendly hotels, bars and restaurants, and private villas.

Cala Morell

Small bay surrounded by cliffs and exclusive looking villas. Its a nice little resort.

Tourist Map

I have created a map that shows all the best beast beaches on the island and other useful information.

Further Reading

You can check the following posts:

• Menorca
• Town & Villages of Menorca
• Best things to see and do in Menorca

Travel Resources

• Flights: I always use Skyscanner as my first choice as it’s so easy to use and you can search best deals by month. Momondo is another very good search engine as well as Google Flights.
• Accommodation: I always use Booking.com as my first choice, as it offers great choice of accommodation in affordable prices and it’s so easy to use. TripAdvisor and Trivago are the best search engines to check deals from different websites; however not as good for checking the actual properties & rooms. Airbnb is a great alternative to find out homes and apartments to rent by real homeowners.
• Ferries: Ferryhopper is one of the best websites to check ferry schedules and buy the cheapest ferry tickets.
• Car Rental: I always check Skyscanner for the cheapest car rental options.
• Public Transport: There are 3 different companies with their own website for checking public transport in Menorca: TMSA, Autos Fornells & Torres.
• Day Trips & Tours: Viator provides the most comprehensive list of day trips and you can book directly with them. TripAdvisor is also a great place to search for tours & activities to do.
• Travel Insurance: SafetyWing is a great choice for long-term travellers and digital nomads. Alternatively, you can use one of the price comparison websites for cheaper quotes.

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