Menorca Paintings

The fifth floor balcony overlooked a magnificent sandy bay , crescent in shape and a sea of greens, turquoise blues and purples.

It was the perfect spot to paint my watercolours.

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Arenal d'en Castell. Fiesta Hotel Castell Playa . Thomson Holidays.

It was our first trip to Menorca. We stayed for two weeks. We were lucky with the weather, hot and sunny, but it can be mixed in May. We did have a few days of windy weather.

We were on the 5th floor with a sea view, large balcony with two chairs, loads of room and private from the adjacent room.

The air-con. was good, but often at night we left the door ajar a little. No mosquitoes.

I like to paint watercolours and my wife takes loads of novels to read. We usually have a day in and a day out exploring.

From the balcony the bay stretches out in a beautiful crescent shape with a sea of jade greens and purples . The sand on the beach is good  and the sea shelves slowly so that the more timid, or children can safely swim. The sea here on the north coast is a few degrees colder than the south coast of Menorca so few people do seem to swim at this time of year. Most paddle, but isn't this the case anywhere.

We walked along the cliff paths and were fascinated by the clouds of butterflies and interesting flowers. There is a couple of walks in easy reach.

The Thomson trip around the island at 45 Euros each was very disappointing. They are not what they used to be. OK if you like horses it's just about fine. We used the buses a lot. They are not that frequent, but arrive on time, cheap and comfortable. Next time we go to Menorca we will hire a car since the roads seem empty.

As probably all reviews mention the beach is not that easy to get down to, and back. There are a lot of steps, but because we were half -board the steps were one way of working off the food which was top notch! Instead of walking to the beach, Oscar drives the hotel free bus on the hour, back and forth until 5pm.

Not many shops to see here, just the usual stuff. Similar to anywhere else.

We do not usually like sitting round at night watching entertainment. We were pleasantly surprised how good everything was. An excellent range of entertainment from all concerned. They are very talented and work their socks off for everyone, day and half the night. Yes, the Saxology singers, musicians looked talented but jaded but their slot was at 11pm just as many people were clearing off to bed.

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