Travels

Half day trips: Cavalleria and Cala Morell

<p>At the end of the July I had a visit by my friend Den&ccaron;í and on my day off we went for a trip to Cavalleria&period; The day after I went to Cala Morell that I actually visited last year as well&period; Today I would like to share with you more about these places&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1>Trip to the Cap de Cavalleria<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>So like I said&comma; on my day off we went to Cavalleria&period; Our trip started at 3 in the afternoon because we didn&&num;8217&semi;t have the car available earlier&period; From Cala&&num;8217&semi;n Bosch we were heading to the direction to Es Mercadal and then Cavalleria&period; Everything is well marked so you can hardly get lost&period; When you get out from Es Mercadal&comma; the road is getting more narrow so I recommend to drive slowly because you never know when a car from the opposite direction will appear&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Cavalleria beach<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Anyway&comma; the first part of the Cap de Cavalleria where you can stop is the Cavalleria beach&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s one of the most beautiful beaches on the island&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a virgin beach around 500 meters long&period; There is a big free parking&period; During the high season the beach gets very busy but you can always park relatively close&period; If you get bored on the beach and you like hiking&comma; you can follow the Camí de Cavalls and walk to the next beach Cala Mica&period; You&&num;8217&semi;ll get there within 10 minutes&period; My friend and I didn&&num;8217&semi;t stop on the beach&comma; we just went straight to the lighthouse&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Cavalleria lighthouse<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The lighthouse is situated at the top of the headland of Cavalleria and it&&num;8217&semi;s the most northernly point of Menorca&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a good place to watch the summer sunsets&period; The white tower of the lighthouse is 15 meters high and it was built on the island&&num;8217&semi;s tallest and most impressive cliffs&period; It stands 94 meters above the sea level&period; Just few meters from the lighthouse there is a free parking where you can leave your car&period; Then you can just walk around and enjoy the spectacular views&period; Near the lighthouse there is a small cave where you can enter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>History<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Before the Cavalleria lighthouse began to operate in 1857&comma; over 700 shipwrecks had occurred on this part of the north coast of Menorca since the 14th century&period; Even after the opening of this lighthouse&comma; this coast was still dangerous and that&&num;8217&semi;s why two more lighthouses were built at the beginning of the 20th century &&num;8211&semi; Favaritx and Punta Nati&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2162" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;08&sol;DSC09261-e1534176993983&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"450" height&equals;"338" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I really recommend to visit Cavalleria&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s not just about getting to the lighthouse but about walking around&comma; enjoying the stunning views&period; There are many view points around from where you can see a small island called Isla de Sanitja or Isla de los Porros as well as many different beaches&comma; for example well-known beach Pregonda&period; Anyway&comma; we went back to Cala&&num;8217&semi;n Bosch around 6 o&&num;8217&semi;clock because at 8 we had a reservation in the restaurant On Egin &lpar;the same one I went with my parents&rpar;&period; After a great dinner we had a drink in Flamingo&period; The following day I went to visit Cala Morell&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2163" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;08&sol;IMG&lowbar;20180729&lowbar;204620-e1534177040231&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"338" height&equals;"450" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1>Cala Morell<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>If you remember&comma; last year I visited Cala Morell&period;  I didn&&num;8217&semi;t tell you much about it last time though so let me tell you now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cala Morell is situated around 10 km from Ciutadella and it&&num;8217&semi;s a really beautiful place&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a starting point of the stage 9 of <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;cami-de-cavalls-185km-around-the-coast-of-menorca&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Camí de Cavalls<&sol;a> that leads to the lighthouse Punta Nati&period; You can also start there the stage 8 that leads you to Algaiarens unspoilt beaches&period; In Cala Morell you can visit necropolis&comma; stay on the beach or get to see stunning views from the rocks around&period; <img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-982" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;10&sol;1507499285482&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"400" height&equals;"400" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Necropolis<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Last year I went to the old necropolis of Cala Morell&period; There are 14 burial chambers hewn from the bare rock&period; This cemetery was active from the pre-Talaiotic period up to the second century AD&period; These caves are architecturally fascinating&comma; having interior columns&comma; windows&comma; aspses&comma; floors of different levels and front yards&period; Between the caves you can also visit &&num;8220&semi;capades de moro&&num;8221&semi;&comma; oval-shaped cavities cut in the rock which may have been used for rituals and may have contained offerings&comma; funeral urns or torches&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There is a free access to the necropolis and it&&num;8217&semi;s worth visiting&period; You can also go to the top of necropolis and you&&num;8217&semi;ll get a nice view of Cala Morell&period; When you get out from the necropolis and you just follow the road&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll get down to the beach and you&&num;8217&semi;ll see the &&num;8220&semi;Elephant Rock&&num;8221&semi; that offers breathtaking views&period; I love that place for taking photos&excl; I could spend there hours&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2165" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;08&sol;DSC09273-e1534177355992&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"450" height&equals;"338" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Beach<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Anyway&comma; after taking some photos at the Elephant Rock&comma; I spent some time on the beach&period; The beach Cala Morell is quite small and probably that&&num;8217&semi;s why there were built some rocky platforms with direct access to the sea&period; Cala Morell is a sandy beach with some pebbles&period; When I went to the sea&comma; there were quite many stones so I had to mind my steps&period; I would recommend to take some shoes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cala Morell is a great place for diving thanks to its shallow transparent waters that are peaceful and quiet&period; Its special shape of a backwards &&num;8220&semi;L&&num;8221&semi; guarantees that it&&num;8217&semi;s protected from southerly and easterly winds&period; While diving you can see a great variety of species&period; The most attractive fish there are ornate and Mediterranean rainbow wrasses and painted comber&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-2164 aligncenter" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;08&sol;IMG&lowbar;20180730&lowbar;111012-e1534177267663&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"450" height&equals;"338" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1>Half day trips<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Anyway&comma; each place &&num;8211&semi; Cavalleria and Cala Morell &&num;8211&semi; you can visit by car just in half a day &lpar;if you don&&num;8217&semi;t plan to stay half of the day on the beach though&rpar;&period; Both places are beautiful and definitely worth visiting&period; From these places you&&num;8217&semi;ll get a breathtaking views that will stay in your mind&period; You&&num;8217&semi;ll always remember the shining sun&comma; crystaline water&comma; surrounding nature&comma; little breeze in your hair and all the emotions that came to you when you saw all of this&period; If you&&num;8217&semi;re in Menorca&comma; don&&num;8217&semi;t miss it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

Lucie

My name is Lucie. I come from Czech republic. I was studying Mediterranean studies and Comparative literature. Since 2013 I have been working as a hotel entertainer during the summer seasons. I have worked in Greece and Spain. I love that job and I want to share with you my excitement for it, my personal experience and also my travels.

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