Menorca News & Information

IN A NON-COVID year, you can take your pick from about 800 music festivals in Spain – in some of which, the music is only part of a packed programme of completely unrelated activities that might even include yoga...

SET A TOURIST to catch a tourist is, in these days of social media and online reviews, a holiday destination's best marketing strategy – although a few million euros' worth of publicity helps, too.

THAT British nationals have long been making a beeline for Menorca is nothing newsworthy. The easternmost of the Balearic Islands is a magnet for expatriates, retired and of working age, and holidaymakers of all types,...

TO PREVENT contagion, authorities sent suspected cases to quarantine on one of the Balearic Islands, including any arrivals from countries with a high incidence of infection. Whilst there, they could visit the...

IF YOU had to choose your favourite island for a holiday or short break, which would it be? This was the question asked in every country and several autonomous regions on the continent of Europe – and, as we would...

Winds of up to 122kmph were registered last night in the Sierra de Alfabia, in the Tramuntana area of Mallorca thanks to storm 'Bella', which has been battering northern Europe since last Saturday. Gusts of up...

A BRITISH tourist who saved two small children from drowning in his Menorca hotel pool has asked for compensation as his holiday was 'ruined' by the post-traumatic stress.

TORRENTIAL rain on the island of Menorca left 16 children and four adults trapped and needing to be rescued by the fire brigade last night (Thursday).

A BRITISH man took a flight to Menorca, hired a car and ordered a cocktail on his way to London from Newcastle – and still saved 40 pounds (€48).

SPAIN'S royal family have been named benefactors in the will of a multi-millionnaire whom they have never met.

The Guinness Record Holder for being the oldest man in the world, Joan Riudavets Moll (photo, taken on his 114th birthday, the 15th December 2003), passed away peacefully last night in his home in the village of Es...