Platja de sa Torreta

The water is an intense turquoise, and there are few people to share it with. Getting here takes an hour or so on foot along the Camí de Cavalls, and most of those who do come arrive by boat, so the sand stays quiet even as the rest of Menorca fills up.

The beach sits inside the s'Albufera des Grau natural park, with a pine wood a short walk back from the shore. Nothing is built here. The seaweed that banks up on the sand smells in the heat. This is a wild beach, left as the sea shapes it.

• The walk from Es Grau takes just under an hour to over an hour each way; leave time for the return before dark.
• No toilets and no drinking water at the beach or nearby. Bring everything for the walk out and back.
• Seaweed can lie thick on the sand and smells. At times the beach has been roped off, with signs barring access.
• The pine wood a short walk back from the shore is where the shade is.

No road reaches the sand. The approach is on foot from the village of Es Grau, along the Camí de Cavalls through the s'Albufera des Grau natural park, and the walk takes just under an hour to over an hour.

If you drive, the nearest car parks sit about 1.9 km away in a straight line; the Es Grau bus stop is about 2 km away. Map boards stand on the approach, about 750 m away in a straight line. Many visitors skip the walk and come in by boat.

Best: a calm summer or early-autumn morning, setting off from Es Grau early.

Avoid: walking out in the middle of a hot summer day.

With no water at the beach and an hour or so on foot each way, the midday heat comes with you both ways; an early start gets you to the sand before the day warms up.