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Playas de Fornells and the bay

The Private & Exclusive Resort of Playas de Fornells

The tropical gardens in Playas de Fornells.

All our properties are situated on the exclusive and award winning resort of Playas de Fornells, which is renowned throughout Spain for its stunning location, innovative design and outstanding beauty.

In 2003 the Spanish tourist board awarded it the prestigious ‘Place of special interest’ award and last year the resort was acknowledged as the most photographed locality in the Balearic islands.

One of the swimming pools in Playas de Fornells

The resort was built around the bay of Tirant only 18 years ago in traditional Menorcan style comprising of white washed buildings topped with red tile roofs and encompassing individual villas and small communities with each area having unique features to enhance and give it a feeling of distinctiveness. Although small and mostly private the resort has all the amenities you should need to sustain you throughout your stay. There are small but well stocked supermarkets, little café/bars, excellent restaurants, water sports and car and cycle hire.

El Mirador and the view

The entire resort has been planted with the most wonderful exotic flowers, palms, trees and tropical plants as well as areas with open lawns, terraces, waterfalls and ponds and is surrounded by the Pine and Holm oak woods of the islands north coast.

Wherever you stand on the resort you will always have breathtaking views of the bay, the beach, the distant hills and woods as well as the Mediterranean.

 

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La Paz and gardens

The celebrated fishing village of Fornells, with its fish restaurants, bars and small shops is only a few kilometers away and the watersport centre on Ses Salinas is even nearer.

For those not wishing to hire a car there is a regular bus service to Mahon and Fornells Mahon and Fornells

Sandy Beaches

The nearby beach

Apart from its two safe and sandy beaches now joined by a causeway, the resort has numerous little rocky bays from where you can swim or snorkel and enjoy the amazing variety of marine life living just beneath you. Within a few minutes drive there are the breathtaking unspoilt and untouched beaches of Cavalleria, Farragut, Pregunta and Binime-La.

Fishing Village

Harbour ar Fornells

The picturesque fishing village of Fornells, famed for its connections with the Spanish royal family and its large selection of acclaimed restaurants is a short distance away and the open countryside behind the resort is ideal for exploring by foot or on horseback.

There is also windsurfing, scuba diving and many other water sports readily available within a few minutes of the resort. For the golf enthusiast there is a course open to the public just a 15 minute drive away.

Playas de Fornells is a very special place on a truly magical island and for those seeking a holiday where you are surrounded by tranquility and beauty, you will probably find no equal anywhere in the Mediterranean.

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