April 24, 2026•6 min read•By Maurits Dierick, Charter Broker & Former Yacht Captain
Menorca Yacht Charter: 7-Day Route from Mahon (2026)
Seven days round Menorca from Mahon: a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of empty calas, one proper town in Ciutadella, and one cave bar.
The whole of Menorca is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, and it has been since 1993.
That's not a line on a brochure, it's the reason the island looks the way it does. Ibiza built clubs, Mallorca built resorts, and Menorca declared itself a reserve and kept the calas free of concrete. It also kept the Camí de Cavalls, the 18th-century coastal path that runs the whole way round the island, open to walkers.
The charter week follows from that. Sixty-eight nautical miles across seven days, nine hours under way, and the stops are calas, not towns. There's one proper town on the route, Ciutadella, and one cave bar.
If you want nightlife, this is the wrong Balearic. Ibiza is an hour's flight away.
Before we dive in, it's worth noting the route below is also available as an interactive map on our Balearic Islands charter page.
The route
Mahón → Es Grau → Fornells → Cala Algaiarens → Ciutadella → Cala Trebalúger → Cala en Porter → Mahón.
Seven days, 68 nautical miles, 9 hours under way. Round trip from Mahón.
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Day 1: Es Grau
Noon embarkation in Mahón. The harbour is a natural inlet nearly four miles long, lined with Georgian townhouses from the British period, and you cruise the length of it on the way out.
Es Grau is a whitewashed fishing village at the edge of S'Albufera des Grau, the island's largest wetland reserve. The beach is sheltered from the open swell, so it's the right place to put kayaks in the water and go into the lagoon, where there are herons and ospreys.
Lunch and dinner on board.
Mooring: Es Grau anchorage or Cala sa Mesquida. Beach: Els Tamarells. Dining: on board.
Day 2: Fornells
Ninety minutes along the north coast, which is red cliff into cobalt water, with the Cap de Cavalleria lighthouse standing there since 1857.
Fornells is at the head of a long inlet. It's been a fishing village for as long as anyone can say and it's now a windsurfing centre when the Tramuntana blows.
The dish is caldereta de langosta, lobster stew with sofrito and bread. Lunch at Es Cranc.
The bay is protected, so the Posidonia meadows are intact and the water is filtered clear by them.
Passage: 1.5 hours, 10 nm. Mooring: Puerto de Fornells, Cala Tirant or Cavalleria. Beach: Platja de Cavalleria. Dining: Es Cranc.
Day 3: Cala Algaiarens
Ninety minutes along the northwest, which gets wilder: scrubland and stone walls, and the Camí de Cavalls tracing the shore.
Algaiarens is twin beaches backed by dunes and pine, reached overland by a track that puts most people off.
Cala Morell nearby has a necropolis: Bronze Age cave tombs cut into the limestone cliffs, chambers still intact after three thousand years.
Gourmet picnic ashore, dinner on board.
Passage: 1.5 hours, 12 nm. Mooring: Algaiarens, Cala Pilar or Cala Morell. Beach: Platja des Bot. Dining: picnic ashore, dinner on board.
Day 4: Ciutadella
An hour. Ciutadella is the old capital and the layers are visible: the cathedral stands where a mosque stood, which stood on a Roman temple. Palaces line the streets with the coats of arms still on them.
The port is a narrow deep channel, which made it defensible but also meant that in 1558, when Ottoman corsairs arrived with 150 ships, there was no way out. They sacked the city.
Cala Turqueta is nearby and it's the colour the name says.
Lunch or dinner at Smoix.
Passage: 1 hour, 8 nm. Mooring: Puerto de Ciutadella, Cala Turqueta or Cala Son Saura. Dining: Smoix.
Day 5: Cala Trebalúger
Two hours down the south coast, which is limestone cliff cut by deep calas where ancient streams found the sea.
Trebalúger is one of the harder ones to reach: yacht, or a long walk on the Camí de Cavalls through pine and gorge. What's there is a horseshoe of white sand inside high cliffs, and water sheltered enough that it behaves like a pool.
Lunch at Godai, where the tender drops you in front of the restaurant.
Ninety minutes. Cala Mitjana is between limestone cliffs, a small beach reachable on foot or by sea, with the water going jade to sapphire as the bottom drops.
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In the evening the yacht anchors off Cala en Porter, where Cova d'En Xoroi is cut into the cliff with terraces hanging seventy metres above the water. The story is that a Moor hid there after a shipwreck and lived on stolen provisions until he was found.
It's Menorca's one concession to nightlife.
Dinner at Torralbenc.
Passage: 1.5 hours, 11 nm. Mooring: Cala Mitjana, Platja de Son Bou or Cala en Porter. Beach: Cala Mitjana. Dining: Torralbenc Menorca.
Day 7: Mahón
Ninety minutes back along the east coast and into the harbour.
Lunch at La Cocina de Cristine after disembarkation.
Passage: 1.5 hours, 12 nm. Mooring: Puerto de Mahón or Cala Llonga. Beach: Cova de s'Olivarda. Dining: La Cocina de Cristine.
Who this suits
People who've done Ibiza and didn't want to do it again. Menorca is the quiet one and it's quiet on purpose.
It suits walkers, because the Camí de Cavalls means you can put people ashore at one cala and pick them up at the next. It suits families. It suits anyone who wants a week where the highlight is a beach nobody can drive to.
Nine hours under way over seven days is very little, and the longest leg is two hours.
What it doesn't have is a scene. There's one cave bar and that's the extent of it.
Practical notes
Round trip from Mahón, so one airport.
Menorca's season is shorter than Ibiza's and Mallorca's and the north coast is exposed when the Tramuntana blows, which is what makes Fornells a windsurfing town. Conditions for your dates are a conversation with your broker.
