What's on in Menorca (Minorca), Spain through the year

Busy — Christmas holidays in Spain, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: The tramuntana (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)), Resorts shut for winter (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: The tramuntana (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)), Resorts shut for winter (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Busy — Semana Santa (Easter) holidays in Spain, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Cami de Cavalls walking window

  15 Mar – 1 Jun · usuallyTrail season

  The 185 km coast path round the island walks best before the heat and after it, roughly March to May and again from mid-September. In July there is no shade on the south stages at all.

Still on: The tramuntana (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)), Resorts shut for winter (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Busy — Semana Santa (Easter) holidays in Spain, school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Cami de Cavalls walking window (15 Mar – 1 Jun (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Rule

  Tourist tax at full rate

  1 May – 31 Oct

  The Balearic sustainable tourism tax is charged per person per night at its full rate from 1 May to 31 October, and at a quarter of it the rest of the year. Stays over eight nights are halved. Source ↗

Still on: Cami de Cavalls walking window (15 Mar – 1 Jun (usually))

Peak crowds — Festes de Sant Joan, Ciutadella, Summer holidays in Spain

• Season

  Sea warm enough to swim

  20 Jun – 10 Oct · usually

  The turquoise south-coast calas swim from late June to early October. August is the warmest water, but September is the sweet spot: still warm, and the car parks are not full by nine in the morning.

• Festival

  Festes de Sant Joan, Ciutadella

  21–25 JunMajor festivalCrowdedBook early

  On 23 and 24 June riders on black Menorcan stallions rear into a crowd packed shoulder to shoulder in Placa des Born. The whole island goes; Ciutadella rooms are gone a year ahead. Source ↗

Still on: Cami de Cavalls walking window (15 Mar – 1 Jun (usually)), Tourist tax at full rate (1 May – 31 Oct)

Busy — Summer holidays in Spain, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Tourist tax at full rate (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 10 Oct (usually))

Peak crowds — Spanish and Italian August, Summer holidays in Spain

• Season

  Spanish and Italian August

  1–31 AugSchool holidaysCrowdedBook early

  Hire cars and the Barcelona ferries sell out weeks ahead, and the access roads to the smaller calas close once their car parks fill, which on Macarella happens by mid-morning.

Still on: Tourist tax at full rate (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 10 Oct (usually))

Peak crowds — Festes de Gracia, Mao, Summer holidays in Spain

• Festival

  Festes de Gracia, Mao

  7–9 SepMajor festivalCrowded

  The last of the island's horse fiestas and the one that closes the summer, in the capital rather than Ciutadella. Quieter than Sant Joan and easier to get near the front of. Source ↗

Still on: Tourist tax at full rate (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 10 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Tourist tax at full rate (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 10 Oct (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

• Season

  The tramuntana

  1 Nov – 31 Mar · usuallyWind seasonRisk

  The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter. It is why the north coast is bare rock and why the Ciutadella and Alcudia ferries are the first sailings to be cancelled.

• Closure

  Resorts shut for winter

  1 Nov – 31 Mar

  Almost every coastal resort closes from November and the flight schedule drops to a handful of routes. Life goes back to Mao and Ciutadella, both of which stay open all year. Source ↗

Busy — Christmas holidays in Spain, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: The tramuntana (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)), Resorts shut for winter (1 Nov – 31 Mar)