Cala Macarella

Ciutadella, Menorca · 🇪🇸 Spain

A postcard Menorcan cove of blinding white sand and turquoise water framed by pine-topped cliffs.

Sea temperature

~25°C in the warm season

Water

Vivid turquoise, glass-clear

Sand

Fine white sand

Swimming

Calm, shallow and sheltered

Best time to visit

Jun-Sep

Setting

Limestone cliffs draped in Aleppo pines

Beach type

Tropical & turquoise

Region

Europe

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Photo: Maximilian Dörrbecker (Chumwa) (CC BY-SA 2.0) · source