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This Cicerone guide to walking on the Mediterranean island of Menorca by Paddy Dillon includes a wide variety of walking. The guidebook features 16 day-routes through towns, nature trails, cliff-top walks and inland hills, woodlands and archaeological sites. Two longer walks are also covered in the guide, the 4-day long Coast to Coast from Mao to Ciutadella, and the excellent 10-day Cami de Cavalls; a circuit tour of the entire island. Most of the island's walking routes, restored in 2011, can also be covered using bicycles or on horse-back.
The guide provides practical information on transport, accommodation, refreshment and ways to explore even in the low season, as well as factual information on the castles, fortifications, windmills, towns and prehistoric stone 'taulas'. Menorca has long been known for its Balearic beaches, this guide looks beyond the summer sun to the wide reach of potential the island offers for walkers.
Introduction
Location
Geology
History
Landscape
Trees and flowers
Birds
Animals
Protected Areas
When to go
Accommodation
Health and safety
Language
Money
Communications
Getting to Menorca
Getting around Menorca
What to take
Waymarking and access
Maps
Food and drink
Tourist information offices
Emergencies
Using this guide
Day walks
Walk 1 Maó and Es Castell
Walk 2 Cala de Sant Esteve and s’Algar
Walk 3 Maó and Trebalúger
Walk 4 Sant Lluís and Biniancolla
Walk 5 Llucmaçanes and Binissafúllet
Walk 6 Airport to Sant Lluís
Walk 7 Maó to Cala en Porter
Walk 8 Es Migjorn Gran and Cova de Coloms
Walk 9 Cala Galdana and Sant Tomàs
Walk 10 Ferreries and Cova des Moro
Walk 11 Cala Macarella and Cala Turqueta
Walk 12 Sant Joan, Son Saura and Son Catlar
Walk 13 Santa Àgueda and Cala del Pilar
Walk 14 Fornells and Cala Tirant
Walk 15 Es Grau and Sa Torreta
Walk 16 s’Albufera des Grau
Coast to Coast: Maó to Ciutadella
Stage 1 Maó to Alcaidús and Alaior
Stage 2 Alaior to Monte Toro and Es Mercadal
Stage 3 Es Mercadal to Ferreries
Stage 4 Ferreries to Ciutadella
GR223: Camí de Cavalls
Stage 1 Maó to Binissafúller
Stage 2 Binissafúller to Son Bou
Stage 3 Son Bou to Cala Galdana
Stage 4 Cala Galdana to Cala en Bosc
Stage 5 Cala en Bosc to Ciutadella
Stage 6 Ciutadella to Cala Morell
Stage 7 Cala Morell to els Alocs
Stage 8 els Alocs to Ses Salines
Stage 9 Ses Salines to Cap de Favàritx
Stage 10 Cap de Favàritx to Maó
Appendix A Route Summary Table
Appendix B Language Notes
Appendix C Topographical Glossary
Appendix D Useful Contacts
Paddy Dillon is a prolific walker and guidebook writer, with over 50 books to his name and contributions to 25 other books. He was walked all of Britain's National Trails and several major European trails. He has also walked in Nepal, Tibet and in the Rocky Mountains of Canada and the US. Paddy is a member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild.
