Navetes de Rafal Rubí

Two stone hulls sit keel-up in a field while the traffic of the Me-1 runs past. The navetas were built in the Bronze Age as collective tombs, from big blocks fitted together without mortar, and each has a low doorway in its flat end that you stoop to look through. One of the pair is better preserved than the other, so side by side they show both the finished form and the way it comes apart.

The site draws far fewer people than the Naveta des Tudons near Ciutadella. The setting stays working farmland, with dry-stone walls and open sky around the tombs.

• There are no toilets and no drinking water at the site, and none nearby. Bring water with you.
• The site has closed over the low season until May; check before planning an off-season visit.
• The navetas stand on private farmland that visitors may enter to see the monuments. Close any gate behind you.
• There is no public car park at the site, so work out where to leave the car before you set off.

The navetas lie in fields just off the Me-1, the road that crosses Menorca between Maó and Ciutadella by way of Alaior. There is no public car park at the site: the nearest mapped car parks, about 1.4 km away in a straight line, belong to other businesses and are for their customers.

The nearest bus stop is L'Argentina, about 1.3 km away in a straight line, and the rest is on foot.

Best: the first hours after opening or late afternoon, Tuesday to Sunday.

Avoid: midday in high summer, Mondays, and the low season before May.

Low sun picks out the joints between the stone blocks and takes the edge off the heat in the open fields, while the site shuts on Mondays and has closed over the low season.

The navetas stand on private farmland that is open to visitors who come to see the monuments. Go through any gate and close it behind you. The tombs are prehistoric monuments: keep off the walls, leave every stone where it lies, and take any litter away with you.