Walking the Camí de Cavalls around Menorca

Menorca//Activities/10 min read

The old path of the coast guards, one stretch at a time.

Written with by Clara Ibáñez
Menorca.

Draft. This story will walk three stretches of the path that goes all the way around Menorca.

Algaida, Mallorca.

It will end at a dairy near Es Migjorn Gran where the cheese is turned by hand.

Black pig Sobrasada de Mallorca PGI, Sa Pleta Negra. Porreres, Mallorca.

[The full text of this story is still to be written. Photos will go in as the story needs them.]

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The place

Balearic Islands

The quietest of the Balearic Islands, green in winter and windy all year. Inland, cows graze in small fields between stone walls and their milk becomes Mahón cheese in villages like Es Migjorn Gran.

Things to love about Menorca

  • The Camí de Cavalls, the old path all the way around the island
  • Small fields of cows between stone walls
  • Cheese turned by hand in its cellars
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Taste Balearic Islands

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Black pig Sobrasada de Mallorca PGI

Black pig Sobrasada de Mallorca PGI

Porreres, Mallorca
€9.00
Mature Mahón-Menorca PDO cheese

Mature Mahón-Menorca PDO cheese

Es Migjorn Gran, Menorca
€14.00
Mallorcan olive oil biscuits

Mallorcan olive oil biscuits

Algaida, Mallorca
€4.50

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