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The Island of Menorca... The second largest and most northeast of the Balearics, Menorca is a wealth of landscapes. The island is just 48 km long and has 216 km of coastline varying from rugged cliffs to long sandy beaches. Menorca is an island of exceptional richness and is now the home of the unique "Biosphere Reserve" designated by UNESCO. Its diverse Mediterranean landscapes, indigenous animals and plants, traditional rural life and archaeological heritage all combine to form this wonderful island. Explore the island and you will find cliffs, caves, wetlands, lagoons, mud flats, dunes, beaches and islets - it is a paradise of environmental diversity. You will find more than 1000 distinct traces of previous cultures, in fact there are so many that the form part of the landscape of the island. The cuisine is truly Mediterranean and comprises fresh natural produce from the sea and land with traditional recipes whose roots go back to medieval times. |
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