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Using this guide

These walkers are evidently backpacking, but where do they intend to camp, since it is illegal to camp wild?

There are 20 one-day walks in this guidebook; 16 of these are spread around most parts of Menorca, but are particularly concentrated within easy reach of Maó. The Coast to Coast route across the island from Maó to Ciutadella, a total of 71km (44½ miles), is divided into four one-day stages. Most walks are easy, but sometimes there are short, steep, rocky or stony slopes, and some areas are densely vegetated, where it is possible to become disorientated. Many of the walks, not just the Coast to Coast ones, link with adjacent walks, so that it is possible to extend the distance.

The only thing that really makes a walk difficult on Menorca is distance, particularly in the peak summer period when it is very hot. There is enough information in the introduction to each day’s walk for readers to choose walks that are appropriate to their abilities.

The long-distance GR223, or Camí de Cavalls, completely encircles Menorca, and while many stretches can be completed as simple day-walks, walking the full circuit day after day requires a lot of planning. See the separate introduction to this long-distance walk later in the guidebook.