21 Aug 2023
We booked a private island tour for the day with Alvin, with some really good suggestions on what to see. We'd already jumped on the bus to Mahon earlier in the week. Nice and early start at 9am for us and the girls. We were based in Arenal de Castell. Started at the beautiful Mirador Cim del Toro, in the very centre of the island and the Sanctuary of the Virgen Del Toro. Such a wonderful story behind the Sanctuary and Alvin brings so much detail on this as we travelled. He's a gifted story teller. Then to Ciutadella for a nice walk around the old city and the harbour. This was memorable. A stop at Poblat de Torrellafuda, a Neolithic village to see the village, ancient tower and burial chamber from the very early times. Next was a photo stop at Cala Galdana, and then some time at the Far de Cavalleria and the picturesque lighthouse and coast line. So we covered West, South, North and back to the East of the island. We enjoyed our time with Alvin, as he is very knowledgeable about Menorca and it's very rich history..money very well spent. Even our two teenage girls enjoyed the day (who did NOT want to go at all!).