2018-06-23 Cala Fornells to Cala Taulera, Menorca, Islas Baleares, Spain

As our guests only had a couple more nights with us and were flying out of the airport near Mahòn, the capital of Menora, we decided to leave the Fornells this morning to continue around to the south east of the island

As we depart we pass the neat white houses with the military tower on the hill in the background

…..and the lovely shops and restaurants along the waterside

Looking back to our overnight anchorage in the popular and safe Cala Fornells

As we head out of the harbour, as expected we had a north easterly blowing which caused a tiny bit of discomfort for a short while

The sea was quite confused in areas along the coast

Finally we rounded Cabo Favaritx with it’s impressive lighthouse on the north eastern tip of the island

The conditions were much more comfortable now with the breeze behind us instead of hitting us side on

We pass Cala Presili with Mt Toro, the highest mountain and ancient spiritual place on Menorca, in the background

We spot an ancient tower by the point near Cala Rambla

Looking down the east coast towards Punta S’Espero

We pass the popular anchorages sheltered by the island, Isla Colom

Further down the coast is another couple of popular anchorages called Cala S’Arenal Gran and Cala Mesquida

As we reach La Mola, a headland (that may have originally been an island) at the entrance to Puerto Mahòn we can see the bay on the other side where we intend anchoring overnight

After a couple of hours of travelling we reach Punta S’Espero the southern tip of La Mola

Once around the point we are in calm sheltered waters from the north easterly wind

Clot de la Mola, a fair weather anchorage on the southern side of La Mola

We arrive at the entrance to the long deep cala of the capital of Menorca called Mahòn or also known as Maò

Ancient ruins can be seen on either side of the entrance to Puerto Mahòn

On the southern tip of Isla del Lazareto at the entrance to the port, stands the remains of an ancient tower

We head to an anchorage called Cala Taulera which lies just south east beside Isla Lazareto

Numerous well preserved remains of the ancient past of this area can be see on La Mola the eastern headland of the entrance to the port

Well preserved ancient steps can still be seen carved into the rocks by the water

Mahòn is a very busy port and numerous day tripper boats leave regularly taking sightseers to all the wonderful bays and sights at this end of the island of Menorca