Cala Mitjana on Menorca, a turquoise cove below pine-topped white limestone cliffs

Balearics

Yacht charter in the Balearics

Four islands, each with its own pace.

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A week in the Balearics

The Balearics are four very different islands. Ibiza and Formentera are social and bright, with very clear water. Mallorca has mountains, harbour towns and the most to do. Menorca is quiet, green and low key.

Ibiza and Mallorca are a long crossing apart, so I usually keep a week to one pair: Ibiza with Formentera, or Mallorca with Menorca. Then I choose the yacht for the calas and harbours we will actually use.

When to go

May and June
Quiet calas, long evenings, sea still fresh.
July and August
Hot, busy and lively, Ibiza most of all. Book early.
September and October
Warm sea and calmer anchorages. October can turn unsettled.

The tramontana

Summer here is mostly gentle, with sea breezes that rise in the afternoon. The wind to watch is the tramontana, a strong northerly that comes down from the Gulf of Lion. It hits the north coasts of Mallorca and Menorca hardest, and Menorca has little high ground to shelter behind.

When it blows, the south coasts stay calm and the plan moves there. One rule shapes every day at anchor: the seagrass meadows are protected, so yachts anchor on sand or use mooring buoys, and the captain plans the calas around that.

A narrow inlet at Sa Calobra on Mallorca's north coast, framed by pines and cliffs, a motor yacht at anchor
Sa Calobra, on Mallorca's north coast.

Three ways to spend a week

Starting points, not fixed plans. The final route follows the people on board and the forecast.

  1. Ibiza and Formentera

    Short distances and very clear water. Days at anchor off Formentera, evenings in Ibiza.

    Ibiza Town · Es Vedrà · Cala d'Hort · Cala Bassa · Espalmador · Formentera

    Es Vedrà and Es Vedranell off the southwest coast of Ibiza, rising from clear blue water
    Es Vedrà, Ibiza

  2. Mallorca's west and north coast

    Mountains dropping into the sea, Port de Sóller for the evening and coves at the foot of the Tramuntana. It needs settled weather; in a northerly I take the south coast instead.

    Palma · Port d'Andratx · Sa Dragonera · Port de Sóller · Sa Calobra

    Port de Sóller at dusk, a round harbour ringed by the Tramuntana mountains
    Port de Sóller

  3. Menorca

    The quiet island. White-sand calas under pine on the south coast, and old harbour towns at either end.

    Mahón · Cala Mitjana · Cala Macarella · Cala Turqueta · Ciutadella · Fornells

    It pairs well with a start on Mallorca's north coast, a short crossing away.

    Ciutadella's long harbour inlet from the air in evening light, boats moored below the old town
    Ciutadella, Menorca

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