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The modern resort of Cala Blanca lies on the extreme west coast of
Menorca, approximately 5km south of the former capital of the island
Ciutadella, and some 50km, or 30 miles, west of Mahon and the
International Aeropuerto de Menorca.
Cala Blanca is one of Menorca's newest resort destinations with most of
the town only being built in the early 1990's to accommodate an
increasing demand for holiday accommodation on the island, and it has to
be said this is not my favourite resort. With the exception of a couple
of fair sized hotels, accommodation here is mainly self catering
apartments and privately owned villas, and as a generalisation is best
suited for those looking for a simple no-frills type holiday.
Although the transfer into resort is only around 50km, it has to be said
that the journey across the island is not particularly easy, and may
take a lengthy 40 - 50 minutes from the time of leaving the airport
grounds before arriving in the town. The main ME-1 road takes you most
of the way, passing the towns of Alaior, es Mercadel and Ferreries
enroute, and with the opening of the new RC-2 Ronda Sud Ciutadella
southern bypass, it now means that drivers can avoid the centre of
Ciutadella completely.
I would highly recommend Menorca as only English families go there and
the Spaniards. So no larger louts at all. The small Cala Blanca beach we
used was absolutely picture postcard material. MenorcaTech was also
great, and Mark Moss who is English has been living in Menorca running
his business for the last 10 yrs. MenorcaTech run three boats as a
shuttle trip. 0830, 1230 and 1330 each day in high season. Air, nitrox
and Helium mixes are easily arranged and pumped at the centre which is
in the middle of Ciutadella. We thought Menorca was better than Malta
for several reasons. The Sagitario Hotel was a pleasant 3* rated Hotel
and was situated in a peaceful area of Menorca. Taxi's cost 8 Euros to
Ciutedella each way or the bus every hour which was 1.5 Euros.
Nonetheless, Menorca lacks the sophisticated nightlife of its larger
sister Mallorca. Development has been mostly residential, so villas and
apartments are more readily available than package-holiday hotels. This
island, only 50km long and 15km wide, caters for those who prefer a
quieter time, and the natives are a little less brash than their richer
neighbours.
Since the early 1990's the town has continued to grow steadily from a
small number of houses around the original beach at Cala Blanca, and now
stretches through a confusing one way system, north towards Ciutadella,
until it finally merges with the neighbouring resort of Cala Santandria.
The resort has two small beaches, both of which are very clean with fine
gently shelving sands that are protected by rocky sides, but be aware
that due to the close proximity of Ciutadella, they can become very busy
in high season. Both beaches also offer a fair variety of water sports
facilities and equipment for hire.
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