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before looking around. On the
north side of the harbour is a
man sion known as Sant Antoni
or the Golden Farm. As Maó’s
finest example of Palladian
architecture, it has an arched
façade, painted plum red, with
white arches, in the traditional
Menorcan style. Nelson, the
British admiral, is thought to
have stayed here. The house
has a collection of Nelson
memorabilia and a fine library
but is closed to the public.
E Col·lecció Hernández Sanz
y Hernández Mora
Carrer Anuncivay 2. Tel 971 35 65 23.
Open 10am–1:30pm daily (also
6–8pm Mon–Sat).
E Ateneu de Maó
Carrer Rovellada de Dalt 25. Tel 971 36
05 53. Closed Sun, public hols.

f Cales Coves
Baleares. @ Sant Climent, then
25 mins walk. Tel Maó, 971 36 37 90.
On either side of a pretty bay
can be found Cales Coves – the
site of Neolithic dwellings of up
to 9 m (30 ft) in length, hollowed
out of the rock face. The caves,
The steep hillside of Maó running up from the harbour thought to have been inhabited
since prehistoric times, are today
d Maó houses Men orcan art and occupied by a community of
antiques. The nearby Plaça people seeking an alternative
Baleares. * 28,000. k @ g
n Plaza Constitución 22, 971 36 37 90. Constitució is overlooked by the lifestyle. Some of the caves
( Tue, Sat. _ Festa de Sant Antoni church of Santa Maria, which have front doors, chimneys
(17 Jan), Festes de Gràcia (7–8 Sep). has a huge organ. Next door is and even butane cookers.
the town hall (ajuntament) with About 8 km (5 miles) west,
The quietly elegant town of its Neo-Classical façade, into along the coast, lies Binibeca,
Maó has lent its Spanish name, which is mounted the famous a tourist village built in a style
Mahón, to mayonnaise. It was clock donated by Sir Richard sympathetic to old Menorca.
occupied by the British three Kane (1660–1736), the first The jumble of white houses
times dur ing the 18th century. British governor of Menorca. and tiny streets of the Poblat
The lega cy of past colonial rule Located at the end of the de Pescadors, an imitation
can be seen in sober Georgian Carrer Isabel II is the Església fishing village, have the look
town houses, with their dark de Sant Francesc, with an of the genuine article.
green shutters and sash windows. intriguing Romanesque door-
Maó’s harbour is one of the way and Baroque façade. The
finest in the Mediterranean. church houses the refur bished
Taking the street leading from Museu de Menorca, which is
the port to the upper town, the open daily except Monday. Two
S-shaped Costa de Ses Voltes, minutes’ walk south of here will
you come to the 18th-century take you to Maó’s main square,
Església del Carme, a former the Plaça de S’Esplanada, behind
Carmelite church whose cool which is the Ateneu de Maó,
white cloister now houses an a centre of Menorca-related
attractive fruit and vegetable culture and learning. Inside are
market. Behind the market is collections of local ceramics
the Col·lecció Hernández and maps, and a library. It is Modern sculpture outside one of the
Sanz y Hernández Mora, which advisable to obtain permission dwellings at Cales Coves
Yachts and pleasure boats at Cales Coves, Menorca

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