Beaches

One of the island's treasures are definitely its beaches and coves. The coast line is formed by an almost endless series of these as, except a few occasions, it doesn't display any long beaches. This fact awards it with a great diversity of landscapes, sceneries and a its own personality to each beach.

There are beaches for all tastes, from beaches with tourist services to hidden virgin coves; although all of them have one thing in common: their crystal waters.

The natural and geographical characteristics of the island establish a great difference between the northern beaches to those along the south coast.

The southern coast is formed by white sand lines surrounded by abundant pine tree woods their calm waters are, in the major part, of a turquoise tone which will leave us astonished. The north is sharper due to the erosion caused by the tramontana wind against the coast. The sand id thicker and darker in colour, the vegetation is also shorter than the one at the south. The Minorcan north coast sceneries seem to appear, as a caprice of Nature, into an idyllic landscape usually stained by the ochre and red of the rocks. The presence of the posidonia, an endemic Mediterranean sea weed, along the Minorcan coast is the best sign to indicate the best health of the island's beaches.

The enormous natural diversity held within the Minorcan coves and beaches makes it possible for us to discover endemic species to the island amongst its fascinating underwater world as the nature that surrounds it.