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Minorca
Information
Country	Spain
Area	692 km²
Population	91 601 hab. (2016)
Density	132,37 inhab./km²
Location
39 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ N 4 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ E
Official site
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Minorca (Menorca) is the second largest of Balearic Islands, located northeast of Mallorca and is the least reached by mass tourism and the quieter of the Balearic Islands. Despite its small size, compared to other islands spanish, the number of beaches on Menorca is equal to the number of beaches in Mallorca andIbiza combined.

Understand

Cities

• 39.8894444.2641671 Maó (Maó-Mahon)  – capital of Menorca (last updated Oct 2018)
• 40.0013893.8363892 Ciutadella (Ciudadela)  (last updated Oct 2018)
• 39.9341674.143 Alaior  (last updated Oct 2018)
• 39.8802784.2908334 Es Castell  (last updated Nov 2019)
• 40.0561114.1316675 Fornells  (last updated Oct 2018)
• 39.9872224.0933336 Es Mercadal  – in the center of the island (last updated Oct 2018)
• 39.8494444.2580567 Sant Lluís  (last updated Nov 2019)
• 39.9452784.0488898 Es Migjorn Gran  (last updated Nov 2019)
• 39.9833334.0108339 Ironworks  (last updated Nov 2019)

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Green Menorca:

• S'Albufera des Grau
• Favàritx
• Saltworks of Mongofre i Fornells
• Barranc of Binigaus
• Sanitja
• Barranc d'Algendar
• Aire island
• Marine Reserve
• Sa Bassa Verda
• Pont d'en Gil

To speak

The local variety of Catalan, the menorquí, is little different from Catalan standard, with some differences in pronunciation. As with most of the Balearic dialects, a remarkable peculiarity is the form of the definite article, called article salat: the menorquí uses es in the masculine and sa in the feminine instead of the el and la forms of standard Catalan; the article salat has been used historically in the present-day province of Girona, where many people have come from who repopulated the islands. We also hear some English words dating from the British presence: grevi, xumaquer, boinder or xoc derived from gravy, shoemaker, bow window and chalk.

To go

Circulate

To see

• Castel of Sant Nicolau  – watch over the port of Ciutadella de Menorca since the 17th century. Climbing the spiral staircase of this monument, you reach a watchtower from which the gaze embraces the whole city. (last update Feb. 2018)
• Torre llafuda  – is one of the most complete prehistoric Menorcan villages: circular dwellings, wall, caves, monoliths. (last update Feb. 2018)
• Santa Agueda castle  – perched at 264 meters altitude, offers an incomparable view of the North coast. The ruins visible today date from the tenth century but we also detect on the site prehistoric, Roman and Amazigh (Berber) traces. (last update Feb. 2018)
• Es Rafal Rubi's funeral shuttles  – collective tombs dating back to the second millennium BC exist only in Menorca and are very well preserved. (last update Feb. 2018)
• Mahon history museum  – tells Minorca from prehistoric times to the present day. Alternately Franciscan convent, marine school or high school, the building houses rooms of different styles: Roman, Byzantine, Amazigh (Berber). (last update Feb. 2018)
• The fortress of Isabel II on the Mola  – located at the mouth of the port of Mahon, is an example of military architecture from the end of the 19th century. Built between the years 1850 and 1875, it was a strategic point in the defense of the port. The visit to the fortress of 2 km long takes three hours and the site regularly hosts various events such as stargazing and photography competitions. (last update Feb. 2018)

Do

To buy

Eat

The sobrossada, a delicious spicy sausage that can be eaten raw or cooked

Have a drink / Go out

Security

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