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Menorca
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We return to this small Mediterranean isle for dazzling spring flowers and an exciting range of resident birds and spring migrants, at a superb and most welcoming rural hotel. Join us for a relaxed spring week, and an excellent introduction to Mediterranean birds and flowers!
Much smaller than its better-known neighbour, Mallorca, the Balearic island of Menorca makes an ideal place for a relaxed spring getaway. Boasting a superb array of flowers, and holding a good selection of typical Mediterranean birds, from gaudy Woodchat Shrikes and Hoopoes to subtler Short-toed Larks and Tawny Pipits, it also makes an excellent place in which to catch the full magic of a Mediterranean spring. With the island only around thirty miles long, we can reach every part of it quite easily, and yet there is plenty to explore in a week.
Despite its size Menorca boasts a surprisingly good range of habitats, with rocky coasts, delightful coves with small beaches, offshore islets, traditional pastureland, woods, dunes, freshwater marshes and those delightful thyme-and-lavender scented Mediterranean hillsides, cut with steep-sided gorges, or barrancs. It has a higher rainfall than Mallorca, and presents a landscape of green rolling hills and farmland, much of which is given over to grass and cattle, with small fields surrounded by neat stone walls. The island is also generally much less developed than Mallorca, which adds to its charm. Accommodation We are based for the week in a country house that dates from the early 17th century, and that has been carefully restored. It is now a 4-star standard hotel with a small swimming pool. Principal Leader: Ray Nowicki Numbers: Max. 14 clients
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Price: £ 1,495
The price is per person, and is fully inclusive of accommodation as detailed above, all meals, return flight London - Menorca, airport taxes, surface transport, incidental tips, admissions and the services of the leaders.
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