ABOUT MINORCA ( under construction )

Minorca is an  island on the Mediterranean see. Minorca forms part of a group of islands called The Balearic Islands, and they are from Spain. The other islands of the archipelac are: Mallorca, Ibiza, Formentera and Cabrera. Minorca is the second biggest island of the Balearics after Mallorca. Minorca has 216 km. of coast and is situed on the north-east of the archipelag. Minora is 218 milles from France in the north; 236 milles from Italy in the east and 196 milles from Algeria in the south.

  Minorca has 53 Km. of lenght and 19 Km. of width between the two points more separated and 8'35 Km between the two points more united.

    

The landscape of Minorca is diferent from Mallorca or Ibiza, Minorca's orography is ondulated, without mountains, being Mount Toro the tallest mountain with 357 meters. Minorca represents the 14% of the total superficy of the Balearic Islands.

 

CLIME

Minorca has a Mediterranean clime with an annual precipitation of 664 mm. The math temperature is 16º - 18º. But it can arrive to 35º - 40º in summer and 0º in the coldest winter days. Some years we can see snow, but only once every 3 or 5 years.

 

LANGUAGE 

The official language of Minorca is spanish but  menorcan people speak catalan

 

WHAT CAN YOU DO IN MINORCA ?

If you like sports you can practice a lot of kind of sports in Minorca, especially water sports. In Menorca there are some very good schools where you can rent o take lesons of windsurf, sailboats, kayak, hobbycat, water ski...and there are also lots of diving centers. Minorca has a very cleaner waters ( like the caribean ) so you will enjoy your self practing water sports. But also you can do excursions with horses or in your own between the wanderfull landscapes of Minorca.

If you don't like sports you can enjoy your self toasting your body in the beautiful beaches you can find here. If you like the tranquility you can find pacefull places to relax your self and see beautuful landscapes.

If you like move your body by night you can find some discothecs and a lot of pubs around the island. The discothecs aren't bigger that the discotheques that you can find in Ibiza but you can enjoy your self in the foam partys, hawaiian partys and thethipial fiestas of Minorca.

 

 

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