Convent de Sant Diego

On the walls of the Pati de sa Lluna, fragments of grisaille survive: borders and Franciscan figures painted in black and grey, left from the friars' time. They are the oldest layer in a building that has been almost everything since. After the friars left in 1836 the convent took in soldiers, then families, then a slaughterhouse and a shoemaker's workshop.

Restoration has turned the church and the cloister into a venue for exhibitions, performances and other cultural events, held by day and after dark. The name means Courtyard of the Moon. In the evening, with a performance on and the town shut outside the arches, it lives up to it.

• The cloister has its own entrance: the Pati de sa Lluna is reached through a passageway off the street, a few metres from the church.
• The building is shut all day Monday and over the afternoon break on other days, so plan a morning or an evening visit.
• It runs as a cultural centre, and what you find inside changes with the programme of exhibitions and performances.
• Toilets are inside, including a wheelchair-accessible one. There is no drinking water point nearby, so bring your own.

The convent stands in the town of Alaior, and the last stretch is a walk through its streets. A free car park lies about 200 m away in a straight line, with disabled parking about 150 m away. By bus, the Alaior - Poliesportiu stop is about 250 m off and Alaior - Centre about 400 m.

The church and the cloister open onto the street separately. For the Pati de sa Lluna, look for the passageway a few metres from the church.

Best: an evening visit, or a morning one.

Avoid: Mondays, and the afternoon break on other days, when the doors are shut.

The cloister hosts events after dark as well as by day, and an enclosed courtyard on Menorca holds the summer heat through the early afternoon, so the evening session is the more comfortable one.