{"id":2883,"date":"2026-07-21T13:29:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/?p=2883"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:30:21","slug":"menorca-tourists-almost-never-discover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/menorca-tourists-almost-never-discover\/","title":{"rendered":"The Menorca Tourists Almost Never Discover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"488\"><em data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"488\">&#8220;This is not the Menorca you see on postcards. It is the one that stays with you long after you return home.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"490\" data-end=\"564\">The first time someone arrives in Menorca, they tend to do what everyone else does.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"566\" data-end=\"799\">They seek out the most famous beaches. They look up the best restaurant for watching the sunset. They hire a car to explore the coves everyone talks about. They fill their phone with photographs of a sea that is impossible to forget.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"801\" data-end=\"813\">And rightly so.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"815\" data-end=\"885\">Because few islands in the Mediterranean possess such obvious beauty.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"887\" data-end=\"951\">But those who return for a second visit discover something unexpected.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"953\" data-end=\"1001\">The real Menorca was not exactly there.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1003\" data-end=\"1064\">Or rather, it was&#8230; but it had gone unnoticed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1066\" data-end=\"1277\">After more than twenty-five years exploring the island and helping people from all over the world find a home here, we have learnt that there is a Menorca that does not appear in most travel guides.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1279\" data-end=\"1306\">It is a quieter island.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1308\" data-end=\"1322\">More authentic.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1324\" data-end=\"1371\">And, probably, far harder to forget.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1373\" data-end=\"1376\" \/>\n<h1 data-section-id=\"1o4hx4m\" data-start=\"1378\" data-end=\"1403\">The island changes every day<\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"1405\" data-end=\"1451\">There is one question we hear all the time.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1453\" data-end=\"1492\"><em data-start=\"1453\" data-end=\"1492\">&#8220;Which is the best beach in Menorca?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1494\" data-end=\"1534\">The answer is always a little disappointing.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1536\" data-end=\"1553\">Because there is no such thing.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1555\" data-end=\"1600\">What does exist is <strong data-start=\"1572\" data-end=\"1599\">the best beach for today<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1602\" data-end=\"1629\">The wind rules Menorca.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1631\" data-end=\"1692\">It knows every corner of the island far better than any map.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1694\" data-end=\"1786\">One day, the north coast offers a perfectly calm sea while waves roll into the south.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1788\" data-end=\"1833\">The next day, the exact opposite happens.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1835\" data-end=\"1884\">Menorcans do not choose a beach out of habit.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1886\" data-end=\"1913\">They choose it by looking at the sky.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1915\" data-end=\"1973\">And that small detail completely changes the experience.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1975\" data-end=\"2062\">It is one of those simple secrets rarely discovered by anyone who stays for only a few days.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/idyllic-menorcan-rural-setting.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium lazyload\" title=\"Whitewashed country house with a hammock beneath the trees in an idyllic corner of Menorca.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/idyllic-menorcan-rural-setting-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Whitewashed country house with a hammock beneath the trees in an idyllic corner of Menorca.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/free-roaming-donkeys-menorca-countryside.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium lazyload\" title=\"Two free-roaming donkeys graze among lush vegetation and orange trees in the Menorca countryside.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/free-roaming-donkeys-menorca-countryside-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Two free-roaming donkeys graze among lush vegetation and orange trees in the Menorca countryside.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/menorca-nature-poppy-field.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium lazyload\" title=\"Field of red poppies growing amid Mediterranean vegetation in rural Menorca.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/menorca-nature-poppy-field-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Field of red poppies growing amid Mediterranean vegetation in rural Menorca.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr data-start=\"2064\" data-end=\"2067\" \/>\n<h1 data-section-id=\"1wzb6t0\" data-start=\"2069\" data-end=\"2118\">Menorca\u2019s greatest treasure is not beside the sea<\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"2120\" data-end=\"2136\">It is curious.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2138\" data-end=\"2212\">Thousands of people cross Europe to enjoy Menorca\u2019s beaches&#8230;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2214\" data-end=\"2294\">&#8230;and many leave the island without discovering a fundamental part of its identity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2296\" data-end=\"2308\">Its interior.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2310\" data-end=\"2348\">Where the parasols disappear.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2350\" data-end=\"2417\">Where the only sounds are the wind, the birds and the cicadas.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2419\" data-end=\"2527\">Where kilometres of dry-stone walls trace a landscape built stone by stone over generations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2529\" data-end=\"2601\">Few regions in Europe preserve such a well-kept rural landscape.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2603\" data-end=\"2691\">The old <em data-start=\"2616\" data-end=\"2623\">llocs<\/em>, Menorca\u2019s traditional farmsteads, are far more than buildings.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2693\" data-end=\"2729\">They are part of the island\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2731\" data-end=\"2829\">Some have spent centuries looking out over the same holm oaks, the same paths and the same sunrises.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2831\" data-end=\"2900\">Exploring inland Menorca is not simply a change of scenery.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2902\" data-end=\"2965\">It is a way of understanding how this island has lived for hundreds of years.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"2967\" data-end=\"2970\" \/>\n<h1 data-section-id=\"1qry3ut\" data-start=\"2972\" data-end=\"3003\">The luxury that has almost disappeared<\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"3005\" data-end=\"3056\">We live in an age when everything happens quickly.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3058\" data-end=\"3098\">We answer messages while walking.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3100\" data-end=\"3145\">We check our emails on holiday.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3147\" data-end=\"3191\">We look at our phones hundreds of times a day.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3193\" data-end=\"3222\">Until we arrive in Menorca.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3224\" data-end=\"3253\">Then something curious happens.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3255\" data-end=\"3284\">Conversations last longer.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3286\" data-end=\"3309\">Meals stretch on.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3311\" data-end=\"3345\">Walks no longer need a destination.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3347\" data-end=\"3394\">The hours seem to regain their original size.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3396\" data-end=\"3439\">Perhaps that is the island\u2019s true luxury.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3441\" data-end=\"3456\">Not its hotels.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3458\" data-end=\"3472\">Not its boats.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3474\" data-end=\"3502\">Not its seafront villas.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3504\" data-end=\"3571\">But the chance to feel once again that our time belongs to us.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/kayaks-at-sunrise-menorca.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium lazyload\" title=\"Colourful kayaks rest by the sea at sunrise in a peaceful Menorca cove.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/kayaks-at-sunrise-menorca-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Colourful kayaks rest by the sea at sunrise in a peaceful Menorca cove.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sa-mesquida-beach-historic-defence-tower.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium lazyload\" title=\"Sa Mesquida beach with driftwood in the foreground and its historic defence tower beyond.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sa-mesquida-beach-historic-defence-tower-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Sa Mesquida beach with driftwood in the foreground and its historic defence tower beyond.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/kayaking-routes-menorca.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium lazyload\" title=\"A kayaker explores the clear waters of a rocky cove in Menorca.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/kayaking-routes-menorca-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"A kayaker explores the clear waters of a rocky cove in Menorca.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr data-start=\"3573\" data-end=\"3576\" \/>\n<h1 data-section-id=\"11cl3c5\" data-start=\"3578\" data-end=\"3630\">The best hours hardly ever appear on Instagram<\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"3632\" data-end=\"3698\">Social media shows us beaches bursting with colour at midday.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3700\" data-end=\"3796\">But those who know the island understand that Menorca is at its most beautiful when hardly anyone is looking.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3798\" data-end=\"3831\">At half past seven in the morning.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3833\" data-end=\"3876\">When the sea seems completely still.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3878\" data-end=\"3930\">When the first light brushes the cliffs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3932\" data-end=\"3983\">When the only person you meet is an early-morning swimmer.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3985\" data-end=\"4004\">Or at the end of the day.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4006\" data-end=\"4033\">When the heat fades.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4035\" data-end=\"4083\">Boats slowly return to the harbour.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4085\" data-end=\"4130\">The sky begins to turn golden.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4132\" data-end=\"4163\">And the island falls silent once again.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4165\" data-end=\"4213\">These are moments that can never be fully captured in a photograph.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4215\" data-end=\"4232\">They have to be lived.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"4234\" data-end=\"4237\" \/>\n<h1 data-section-id=\"1r4ahk4\" data-start=\"4239\" data-end=\"4271\">The Menorca that smells different<\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"4273\" data-end=\"4308\">Places have memories too.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4310\" data-end=\"4357\">And very often, those memories reach us through our sense of smell.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4359\" data-end=\"4403\">The scent of pine trees warmed by the sun.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4405\" data-end=\"4452\">Dry earth after several days of heat.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4454\" data-end=\"4485\">The sea when the tramuntana blows.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4487\" data-end=\"4519\">Cheese maturing on a farm.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4521\" data-end=\"4576\">Freshly baked bread from a small village bakery.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4578\" data-end=\"4603\">They are invisible memories.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4605\" data-end=\"4652\">But they often last longer than any photograph.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/man-contemplating-the-sea-menorca.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium lazyload\" title=\"A man looks out over Menorca's turquoise sea beside fishing nets in a small harbour.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/man-contemplating-the-sea-menorca-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"A man looks out over Menorca's turquoise sea beside fishing nets in a small harbour.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/organic-local-strawberries-menorca.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium lazyload\" title=\"Box of organic, locally grown strawberries produced and sold in Menorca.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/organic-local-strawberries-menorca-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Box of organic, locally grown strawberries produced and sold in Menorca.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/goats-rural-menorca.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium lazyload\" title=\"Two goats rest beside a whitewashed house in a peaceful rural setting in Menorca.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/goats-rural-menorca-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Two goats rest beside a whitewashed house in a peaceful rural setting in Menorca.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr data-start=\"4654\" data-end=\"4657\" \/>\n<h1 data-section-id=\"j22svm\" data-start=\"4659\" data-end=\"4683\">People still greet one another here<\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"4685\" data-end=\"4726\">It may seem like an insignificant detail.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4728\" data-end=\"4737\">It is not.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4739\" data-end=\"4830\">In many Menorcan villages, something that has almost disappeared elsewhere still exists.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4832\" data-end=\"4844\">A sense of closeness.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4846\" data-end=\"4880\">People say hello when they enter a shop.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4882\" data-end=\"4918\">They chat with the person serving their coffee.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4920\" data-end=\"4945\">They speak naturally to one another.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4947\" data-end=\"4969\">Not because they have time.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4971\" data-end=\"5051\">But because this way of relating to others is still part of everyday life.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5053\" data-end=\"5116\">And anyone who stays for a few days adapts without even realising it.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"5118\" data-end=\"5121\" \/>\n<h1 data-section-id=\"t0bvrz\" data-start=\"5123\" data-end=\"5171\">Discovering Menorca means learning to look slowly<\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"5173\" data-end=\"5229\">Some visitors see twenty beaches in a week.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5231\" data-end=\"5281\">Others spend three hours gazing at the same cove.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5283\" data-end=\"5363\">Curiously, it is usually the latter who end up falling in love with the island.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5365\" data-end=\"5403\">Because Menorca does not reward haste.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5405\" data-end=\"5431\">It rewards observation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5433\" data-end=\"5449\">A country lane.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5451\" data-end=\"5474\">A centuries-old fig tree.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5476\" data-end=\"5514\">A blue door weathered by the salt.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5516\" data-end=\"5553\">A small fishermen\u2019s jetty.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5555\" data-end=\"5583\">An unexpected conversation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5585\" data-end=\"5632\">The real Menorca hardly ever raises its voice.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5634\" data-end=\"5668\">You have to draw close to hear it.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/charming-unspoilt-beaches-menorca.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium lazyload\" title=\"Relaxing by the sea on a small unspoilt beach surrounded by rocks in Menorca.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/charming-unspoilt-beaches-menorca-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Relaxing by the sea on a small unspoilt beach surrounded by rocks in Menorca.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lithica-quarry-menorca.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium lazyload\" title=\"Stone maze and towering sandstone walls inside the historic Lithica quarries in Menorca.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lithica-quarry-menorca-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Stone maze and towering sandstone walls inside the historic Lithica quarries in Menorca.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/perfect-way-to-switch-off-in-menorca.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium lazyload\" title=\"A swimmer floats in the crystal-clear water of a quiet Menorca cove, the perfect picture of switching off.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sesmoreres.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/perfect-way-to-switch-off-in-menorca-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"A swimmer floats in the crystal-clear water of a quiet Menorca cove, the perfect picture of switching off.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; 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