If your idea of Menorca is beautiful sandy coves, polished white-washed villas and astounding azure waters, Binibeca racks up quite a score.
If all you are after is a good standard resort and sandy beaches indicative of a childhood seaside holiday, Binibeca will most definitely send quivers of pleasure down your spine.
In Menorca's south east, this compilation of white-washed modern villas scatters itself over progressingly lush hillsides on top of a pretty part of the coast. A little bit further down, a group of sandy bays and coves grip to the coastline, glittering in the scorching Menorcan sun.
The largest, acting as Binibeca's main beach, sets the standard. As for the other beaches, fine, balmy sands flow gently into sapphire seas, at the same time as the azure blue Mediterranean sparkles behind and water sports entice individuals into the waves. Set up camp here and you will have one additional bonus - a palm roof bar on the beach looking out over the water. If you daydream of indulging in bona fide tapas and chilled sangria to the resonance of gently lapping waves, you will not wish for anything else.
When you are not there or by your villas poolside, there is aa astounding amount to gratify your travelling instincts. For a speck of retail therapy, catch the handy tourist train to neighbouring Binibeca Vell, an appealing re-creation of an emblematic Menorcan village, whose cobblestone streets are embedded with eateries, shops and boutiques. Move from the main beaches into Cala Torret, a traffic free development brimming with shops and seafront eateries. And saunter about Binibeca, where abundant supermarkets provide those essential holiday supplies, and a collection of international and Spanish restaurants open up their doors at dusk.
Make some time to see the other towns of Menorca. Submerge yourself in the enchantment of close by capital, Mahon, absorb the placid, historic Cuidadela and drop in on picturesque villages and stylish inner towns - you will arrive home sold on this mysterious, serene island.