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Terraces of Cova d'en Xoroi above the cliffCaves of Cales CovesThe Lithica quarriesLa Mola fortress
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Caves, quarries and cliffs of Menorca

Menorca's stone is hollow: prehistoric caves above the sea, a pirate cave turned into a bar, quarries that built the whole island, galleries dug under a fortress and 90-metre cliffs. Three days to see it from the inside, from the kayak to a drink in a cave with habaneras.

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Overview

Length
3 days
Spend in Menorca
€€€ · €65–120 per person per dayTickets, activities and meals at the places we suggest, without accommodation or transport. It is separate from the price of the itinerary.
Getting around
By car
Effort
ModerateA 3-hour kayak route, steps and short walks
Pace
Balanced
Best time
May to October: Cova d'en Xoroi opens from April to October and the kayak routes from May to October. Out of season, swap the kayak for the walk to Cales Coves.

What you’ll get

  • Online itinerary

    Every day on your phone, stop by stop: times, how to get there and where to eat. Tick off what you’ve seen.

  • Interactive map

    Every place numbered in the order you visit it, with its card and how to get there.

  • Downloadable PDF

    The whole trip to carry offline: each day’s plan, place cards, transport and a rainy-day plan.

  • excursiaDiscover, enjoy, come back
    A 3-day itinerary around Menorca

    Caves, quarries and cliffs of Menorca

    Kayak through the caves of Cales Coves, Cova d'en Xoroi, the Lithica quarries, the galleries of La Mola and the northern cliffs.

    3 daysModerate

  • Your trip at a glance

    Kayak through the caves of Cales Coves, Cova d'en Xoroi, the Lithica quarries, the galleries of La Mola and the northern cliffs.

    The days

    1. Day1The southern caves, from the seaCales Coves · Cala en Porter · Cova d’en Xoroi
    2. Day2
    3. Day3

    excursiaCaves, quarries and cliffs of Menorca · 2

  • Your trip on the map

    Each number is a place, in the order you visit it: you’ll find the same number on the day’s page and on its card.

    CiutadellaFerreriesEs MercadalAlaiorMaó1. Cales Coves12. Cala en Porter23. Cova d’en Xoroi3
    1. 1Cales Coves
    2. 2Cala en Porter
    3. 3Cova d’en Xoroi
    4. Day 2
    5. Day 2
    6. Day 2
    7. Day 2
    8. Day 2
    9. Day 3
    10. Day 3
    11. Day 3
    12. Day 3

    excursiaCaves, quarries and cliffs of Menorca · 3

  • Day 1

    The southern caves, from the sea

    South: Alaior and Sant Climent · About 40 km and 50 min by car

    Kayak through the sea caves to the necropolis of Cales Coves, the beach and sunset at Cova d'en Xoroi.

    09:30–13:00Morning

    1Cales Coves

    A guided kayak route from Cala en Porter through the cliff caves (the Cova de la Llum, the Cova de Sant Josep) to Cales Coves, with over a hundred burial caves carved 3,000 years ago.

    13:15–17:00Midday

    2Cala en Porter

    Lunch and a swim on the beach tucked between cliffs.

    19:00–21:30Sunset

    3Cova d’en Xoroi

    The cave where, legend has it, the pirate Xoroi hid, now a bar with terraces hanging over the sea. Sunset with a cocktail.

    excursiaCaves, quarries and cliffs of Menorca · 4

  • History and culture · Alaior

    1Cales Coves

    Menorca’s largest prehistoric necropolis: about 90 burial caves carved into the cliffs of two joined coves, reached on foot.

    Location
    Between Sant Climent and Cala en Porter
    Best time
    Morning or afternoon
    Admission
    Time needed

    excursiaCaves, quarries and cliffs of Menorca · 5

  • And in the full itinerary

    • 2 more days with their full plan
    • 12 place cards, with opening times and parking
    • How to reach every stop by car, bus or on foot
    • Where to eat and a plan for every rainy day
    • Useful phone numbers and the trip’s common questions

    Opening hours and access change every season: confirm them the day before.

Real pages of this itinerary. What you see in grey arrives in full when you buy.

Itinerary

A preview with 25% of the stops. How to get there, where to eat, the tips and the rest of the trip come when you buy.

Day 1The southern caves, from the sea

  1. Morning

    09:30–13:00

    Alaior

  2. Midday

    13:15–17:00

    Alaior

  3. Sunset

    19:00–21:30

    Alaior

2 more days included when you buy

With the plan for every stop, how to get there, where to eat, the rainy-day plan and a card for each place.

  • Day 2West: Ciutadella5 stops
  • Day 3North and east: Es Mercadal, Maó and Es Castell4 stops

The places on the map

In green, the places of the preview. The grey ones, with a padlock, unlock when you buy: for now we only show you the area.

CiutadellaFerreriesEs MercadalAlaiorMaó1. Cales Coves12. Cala en Porter23. Cova d’en Xoroi3

Places you’ll visit

The places of the preview open their card; the rest unlock when you buy.

  • History and culture

    Menorca’s largest prehistoric necropolis: about 90 burial caves carved into the cliffs of two joined coves, reached on foot.

  • Beaches and coves

    A sandy beach between two high cliffs, with facilities, on Alaior’s south coast. The Cova d’en Xoroi is in one of the cliffs.

  • Nightlife and leisure

    A natural cave halfway down the Cala en Porter cliff turned into a bar with terraces over the sea to watch the sunset, and a club at night.

  • History and culture

    Place included when you buy

    Day 2 · West: Ciutadella

  • History and culture

    Place included when you buy

    Day 2 · West: Ciutadella

  • History and culture

    Place included when you buy

    Day 2 · West: Ciutadella

  • Charming places

    Place included when you buy

    Day 2 · West: Ciutadella

  • Nightlife and leisure

    Place included when you buy

    Day 2 · West: Ciutadella

  • Charming places

    Place included when you buy

    Day 3 · North and east: Es Mercadal, Maó and Es Castell

  • Charming places

    Place included when you buy

    Day 3 · North and east: Es Mercadal, Maó and Es Castell

  • History and culture

    Place included when you buy

    Day 3 · North and east: Es Mercadal, Maó and Es Castell

  • Charming places

    Place included when you buy

    Day 3 · North and east: Es Mercadal, Maó and Es Castell

What’s included

  • A plan for every day with approximate times, from morning to night
  • Online itinerary to mark each place as visited during your trip
  • Interactive map with every place numbered in the order of the route
  • Downloadable PDF with every detail, to use offline too
  • How to get from one stop to the next: time, distance, parking and bus
  • Several places to eat in each area, in case one is full
  • An indoor alternative for rainy days
  • Summer and winter opening hours and access restrictions
  • A card for each place with the day and time of your visit, car parks and bus lines
  • How to book the kayak route to Cales Coves and the sunset ticket for Cova d'en Xoroi

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  2. Once the payment is confirmed you see it on screen and get it by email: the link to your online itinerary, with the map, and the PDF.
  3. During the trip, open it on your phone and mark each place as visited. The PDF works offline.
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Cliffs with carved caves and boats at anchor in Cales Coves

History and culture · Alaior

Cales Coves

Menorca’s largest prehistoric necropolis: about 90 burial caves carved into the cliffs of two joined coves, reached on foot.

Bronze Age caves

The caves were carved into the rock as collective tombs from the end of the Bronze Age and were used for centuries. You can’t go inside them.

The two coves have no facilities: bring water, closed shoes and a charged phone.

Practical information

Municipality
Alaior
Location
Between Sant Climent and Cala en Porter
Best time
Morning or afternoon
Time needed
1–3 hours, longer if you swim.
Admission
Free.
Facilities
None: no bar, no toilets, no lifeguard.
Accessibility
A 15-minute walk from the car park along a stony track: not for pushchairs or wheelchairs.
What to bring
Water, food, water shoes and a snorkel mask. The caves are a protected necropolis: do not go into the closed ones.
By car
From Maó, 20 min (15 km) via Sant Climent to the Son Vitamina roundabout. Free parking and a 15-minute walk.
Parking
Free car park about 750 m away (turn off at the Son Vitamina roundabout); 15 minutes on foot along a stony path
By bus
No direct bus. The nearest is the Maó–Sant Climent–Cala en Porter line; take a taxi from there. Bus timetables: Beach buses

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Cala en Porter beach seen from the top of the cliff

Beaches and coves · Alaior

Cala en Porter

A sandy beach between two high cliffs, with facilities, on Alaior’s south coast. The Cova d’en Xoroi is in one of the cliffs.

What it’s like

A wide beach with facilities at the end of a gorge. Above, the resort has restaurants and shops.

The prehistoric caves of Cales Coves are 2 km away.

Practical information

Municipality
Alaior
Location
South coast of Alaior, 15 km from Maó
Best time
All day
Time needed
Half a day.
Admission
Free.
Facilities
Beach bar, restaurants, sunbeds, toilets and lifeguard in season.
Accessibility
It has an accessible point with a boardwalk; from the resort you go down by steps or a sloping street.
What to bring
A parasol, and energy for the steps back up.
By car
From Maó, 20 min (15 km) via Sant Climent. Parking in the resort and steps down to the beach.
Parking
Parking in the resort; steps down to the beach
By bus
Lines Maó–Sant Climent–Cala en Porter and Cala en Porter–Alaior. Bus timetables: Beach buses

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Cala en Porter cliff with the terraces of the Cova d’en Xoroi

Nightlife and leisure · Alaior

Cova d’en Xoroi

A natural cave halfway down the Cala en Porter cliff turned into a bar with terraces over the sea to watch the sunset, and a club at night.

The cave

The terraces hang over the sea dozens of metres up. Legend says a pirate, Xoroi, lived in the cave after kidnapping a young woman from Alaior.

Sunset tickets sell out in summer: buy them on its website in advance.

Practical information

Municipality
Alaior
Location
Cala en Porter (Alaior)
Best time
Sunset
Time needed
1–2 hours.
Admission
By day, from €15 (children €8) with one drink; at sunset and at night it costs more. Buy your ticket online.
Opening hours
2026 season: April and May, daily from 15:00 until sunset; June to August, 11:30 until sunset; September, the same until the 27th; October, 15:00 until sunset until the 25th. Closed from late October to March. Night sessions from 23:00 (over-18s). Paid entry.
Facilities
Bar with terraces in the rock, and toilets.
Accessibility
Lots of stone steps: not accessible for wheelchairs or pushchairs.
What to bring
A ticket bought online: the queue is much shorter.
By car
From Maó, 20 min (15 km) via Sant Climent. Park in the Cala en Porter resort and walk down.
Parking
Parking in the Cala en Porter resort
By bus
Line Maó–Sant Climent–Cala en Porter. To get back at night, book a taxi. Bus timetables: Beach buses

See the details

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