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piece with 3,120 pipes. Look VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
out for the figures of trumpet-
blowing angels. Practical Information
* 29,000.
P Ajuntament n Moll de Llevant 2, 971 355
Plaça Constitució. 952. ( Tue & Sat. _ Procesión
The town hall was built in 1613 Marinera de la Verge del Carme
and its façade remodelled in (mid-Jul), Verge de Gràcia
1789, giving it a typically Spanish (7–9 Sep). ∑ menorca.es
appearance. It features an orna- Transport
mental clock, presented to the @ g k 5 km (3 miles)
town by Richard Kane, the first southwest, 902 404 704.
British governor of Menorca.
Inside, the walls are lined with
Façade of the Ajuntament opposite Església portraits of local notables, French Tours of the harbour in a glass-
de Santa Maria and Spanish governors and, still bottomed boat leave regularly
hanging to this day, portraits of from Maó and Es Castell.
R Santa Maria the British monarch George III
Plaça Constitució. Tel 971 363 949. alongside Queen Charlotte.
Open 8am & 7pm Mon–Sat; 8am,
11am, noon, 8:30pm Sun. g Harbour
This church near the town hall The best way to arrive in Maó is
was begun in 1287 on the site by sea so that you catch your
of a mosque, after the defeat of first sight of its magnificent
the Moors by Alfonso III. Rebuilt natural harbour from the prow of
in a Neo-Classical style in the a ship. Several centuries ago the
18th century, it was remodelled famous Genoese admiral Andrea
several times after that. The large Doria concluded that June, July,
interior has retained much of its August and Mahón were the
Catalan Gothic austerity and is best ports in the Mediterranean,
devoid of any ornamentation, by which he meant that outside
with only the transept and the the safe sailing season of the
vaults featuring rich Baroque summer months, it was prudent
decora tions. The most striking to seek shelter here.
elements are the Rococo main Today, the tranquil atmosphere
altarpiece and the vast organ, of the harbour makes it difficult
built in 1806 by the Swiss maker to imagine a time when this was Maó, perched on steep slopes, seen from
Johann Kyburz. It is a mighty once a vast British naval base. the harbour

Mao
1 Església del Carme
2 Mercat Sa Plaça Carme ES GRAU
3 Centre d’Art i d’Història
Hernández Sanz Sant
Francesc
4 Plaça Espanya Harbour
5 Teatre Principal CAR RER D E I SAB EL II C . MOLL DE PONENT
C OS T A D ’ E S G E N E R A L
6 Santa Maria C . D E S A NT J AU ME
7 Ajuntament C. DE FRARES Ajuntament
8 Harbour C. DE S' ARRAVA L C . COST A DE SES VO LT E S
C. DE ST. ROC C. BONNAIRE CONSTITUCIÓ Santa Maria
PLAÇA
PLAÇA Fish PLAÇA DE LA
BASTIÓ C . E SG LÉ S IA MIRANDA
Market Mercat
Sa Plaça
C. HANNOVER COLÓN Plaça PLAÇA Carme
ALA IOR
C. DE
CARME
SA RO VE L L A DA D E BAI X BASTIÓ
PLAÇA C. NOU Espanya
Airport
5 km (3 miles) Església
PLAÇA
Teatre Principal C. COSTA D’EN DEIÁ S‘ARRABALETA del Carme PRINCEP
C. DE FORN
C. DE
REIAL
PLAÇA SANT JORDI PLAÇA A N UNC I VAY ES CASTELL
ROVELLADA DE DALT
ESPLANADA Centre d’Art i d’Història
C. DE LOS MORERES 0 metres 200
C. DE SANT JOSEP
Bus Hernández Sanz
Terminal
0 yards 200
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