Qué hay en Menorca (Minorca), España, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Christmas holidays en España, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: The tramuntana (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Resorts shut for winter (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: The tramuntana (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Resorts shut for winter (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Máxima afluencia — Semana Santa, Semana Santa (Easter) holidays en España

• Temporada

  Cami de Cavalls walking window

  15 Mar – 1 Jun · normalmenteTemporada de senderos

  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.

• Festivo

  Semana Santa

  29 Mar – 6 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteReserva prontoCierres

  Good Friday is a national holiday and every region adds Holy Thursday or Easter Monday. Spain travels in large numbers, so trains, flights and hotels book up at higher rates, and processions of some size close streets in almost every town. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: The tramuntana (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Resorts shut for winter (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Máxima afluencia — Semana Santa, Semana Santa (Easter) holidays en España

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Cami de Cavalls walking window (15 Mar – 1 Jun (normalmente)), Semana Santa (29 Mar – 6 Abr)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Norma

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Cami de Cavalls walking window (15 Mar – 1 Jun (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Festes de Sant Joan, Ciutadella, Summer holidays en España

• Temporada

  Sea warm enough to swim

  20 Jun – 10 Oct · normalmente

  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 JunFiesta religiosaMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Cami de Cavalls walking window (15 Mar – 1 Jun (normalmente)), Tourist tax at full rate (1 May – 31 Oct)

Concurrido — Summer holidays en España, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Tourist tax at full rate (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 10 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Spanish and Italian August, Summer holidays en España

• Temporada

  Spanish and Italian August

  1–31 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  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.

Sigue en marcha: Tourist tax at full rate (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 10 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Festes de Gracia, Mao, Summer holidays en España

• Festival

  Festes de Gracia, Mao

  7–9 SepFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Tourist tax at full rate (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 10 Oct (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Tourist tax at full rate (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough to swim (20 Jun – 10 Oct (normalmente))

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

• Temporada

  The tramuntana

  1 Nov – 31 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de vientoRiesgo

  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.

• Cierre

  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. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Christmas holidays en España, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: The tramuntana (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Resorts shut for winter (1 Nov – 31 Mar)