#Menorca Baleares

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Menorca: o que fazer na charmosa ilha

Menorca é a mais charmosa e tranquila das ilhas Baleares. Uma visão geral de Menorca, na Espanha Menorca é a segunda menor das Ilhas Baleares, perdendo apenas a primeira posição para a também linda Formentera. Em relação à Mallorca e Ibiza, suas dimensões são bastante reduzidas. Mas da Espanha, é a sétima das pequeninas. A ilha de Menorca tem duas principais cidades. Uma é Mahón, que concentra…

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Pino de Norfolk con crecimiento luminoso

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Here's a legend. Guess wether it's from Mallorca or Menorca.

God created the island of Mallorca and the Devil created the island of Menorca. God considered that the landscape of Mallorca was very superior. To compensate for it, God and the Devil agreed that God would create the Menorcan people, and the Devil would create the Mallorcan people.

(Yep, the legend is told in Menorca 😉)

I learned this legend from Rafael Perelló, an expert in the folk culture of the rural towns of the Balearic Islands.

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" Mauve Stinger " //© Roland Bach

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it's 5 today in London, mentally I am there

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DON'T COME TO MALLORCA.

The Balearic Islands (Mallorca/Majorca, Menorca, Eivissa/Ibiza, Formentera) are some of the best places to visit during summer holidays. But I beg you not to come here.

Right now, we are facing a big problem that is destroying our island in all aspects: mass tourism.

To give you some context:

The Balearic Islands cover 5,040 km², not even a fraction of the size of California.

The Balearic Islands are home to local residents; right now, we have 1,231,487 people living across Mallorca, Menorca, Eivissa, and Formentera.

We have our own beautiful culture, but we are losing it to globalization, capitalism, and Spanish fascism.

So, why am I beging you to PLEASE not to come to Mallorca?

Tourism is killing our homeland.

Every year, we break records for the number of tourists visiting our island. Right now, in June 2024, tourists outnumber the population of the Balearic Islands. Last year, 14.42 million tourists came here. This is unsustainable. Do you know what that means? There are 12 tourists for every resident. THAT'S A LOT.

Not only is this system, where tourists get everything they want, killing all the fauna and flora, but locals can't afford to pay rent or buy a house, because landlords are raising prices or turning their properties into Airbnbs.

We regard tourism as a threat to our society. Tourists come and disrespect the surroundings, attending parties and drinking excessively, annoying those of us trying to live our everyday lives. Additionally, rich people profit from mass tourism: they build hotels on protected shorelines, construct golf courses, sell plane tickets at prices that are ridiculously low compared to the cost of housing, and send thousands of cruise ships and planes here each year.

Here you have some examples:

A group of British tourists causes a mass fight on Illetes beach, in Calvià

A hotel company fights to maintain its illegal pools in Menorca while some town halls from some villages, cut the water during a drought time.

There is a Twitter account dedicated to counting all the tourists who jump from balconies and get hurt or die.

Our government is doing absolutely nothing to stop this barbaric situation. That is why, since the outcry, we have launched a fight against these deplorable conditions.

In recent weeks, we have been demonstrating for many reasons, but one of the biggest demonstrations was under the slogan "Mallorca is not for sale", which brought together 25,000 people.

So please, in order to help us,

I BEG YOU TO NOT. TO. COME. TO. MALLORCA.

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Estas son las Canteras de S'Hostal, en Menorca.

Puede parecer una atracción turística poco llamativa, pero es un paisaje artificial de alto valor estético.

En la parte más profunda de la cantera se hacen conciertos durante los meses de verano. La acústica del recinto es espectacular.

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Les Illes Balears i els Països Catalans

Quan la gent xerra de l'independència d Catalunya i València tmb fiquen Les Illes però mai les tracten com un tema important, només alguna cosa que és aquí i punt.

Les Illes estan sent gentrificades i espanya no fa res. La península no fa res.

Les Illes estan sofrint i no us importa res. No volem aquesta situació.

No hi ha Països Catalans sense Les Illes Balears.

Peninsulars per favor comenceu a preocupar-vos i a apreciar-nos

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Calescoves Necropolis in Alaior, Menorca (Balearic Islands).

This is the largest necropolis of the ancient Talaiotic culture in Menorca. It consists of more than 90 caves excavated in the rock. The oldest ones are natural caves where humans simply added the door, thought to have been in use between the years 1100 BC and 700 BC. Most caves are artificial, excavated by humans in the Bronze Age (800 BC to 600 BC) and Iron Age (750 BC to 123 BC). These caves were used to bury people with prized objects. After the Roman occupation (123 BC), the place was still used as a site for religious pilgrimage, as can be attested by the engravings in one of the caves.

The objects found in these tombs, as well as the remains of the sunken ships found in the cove in front, can be seen in Menorca’s Museum.

Photos from Menorca Turisme and Bonnin Sanso.

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" Light on the Edge " //© Sebastian Grafe

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🌅 Atardeceres TOP en Menorca! 🔝🔝🔝 ¡Disfrutar de los atardeceres en Menorca es pura fantasía… pero verlos en spots secretos, poco conocidos, lejos de los típicos y sin masificar es otro nivel! ❤️‍🔥😍 💬 ¡Escríbeme en comentarios si quieres saber donde es! 👇👇👇 . . . . . #sunset #menorca #atardecer #illesbalears #balears (at Menorca Reserva de Biosfera) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq3eOGzNM83/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Menorca • Balearic Islands (Spain)

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Espectacular CALA ESCORXADA, suroeste de MENORCA

Entorno virgen y natural

https://www.canalmenorca.com/espectacular-cala-escorxada-suroeste-de-menorca/