Menorca is the calm sister of the Balearics, and Pregonda its strangest beauty — rust-red sand and offshore rocks that look borrowed from Mars, reached by a twenty-minute walk along the Camí de Cavalls coastal path. No bars, no sunbeds, just extraordinary swimming. Base yourself in whitewashed Fornells, order the famous lobster stew once, and explore a different cove every day.
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