Cala Turqueta

Menorca, Balearics · 🇪🇸 Spain

Menorca's signature cove — a horseshoe of white sand and glowing turquoise water framed by Aleppo pines.

Sea temperature

~25°C in the warm season

Water

Vivid shallow turquoise

Sand

Fine white sand

Swimming

Warm, shallow and calm in the sheltered inlet

Best time to visit

Jun-Sep

Setting

A pine-framed cove reached on foot through Menorca's protected south coast

Beach type

Tropical & turquoise

Region

Europe

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Photo: Javier Casado Tirado (CC BY-SA 3.0) · source