Talaiot de Trebalúger

Rough stone blocks, stacked without a trace of mortar, rise into a tower that was already ancient when the Romans reached Menorca. Talaiots are the signature monument of the island's Talaiotic culture, and Trebalúger is one of them, still standing in the east of the island near Es Castell.

The setting is plain. Come for the monument's age and the story it carries about the people who built it, and walk the full circuit of the walls to see how the blocks were fitted together by hand.

• There are no toilets and no drinking water at the talaiot or nearby, so bring water with you.
• Neither the entrance nor the parking is wheelchair accessible.
• The nearest mapped car parks are for customers only, so arriving by bus, by bike or on foot is simpler.
• The setting is plain; the draw is the monument's age and the story behind it.

The nearest public transport stop is about 285 m away in a straight line, which makes the bus the simplest way in without a car. Drivers have a harder time: the two nearest mapped car parks, about 970 m and 1 km off, are for customers only. A Cicloturisme information board for cycle touring stands about 200 m from the talaiot, and a bike suits the approach.

Best: early morning or late afternoon, when low sun picks out the joints between the stones.

Avoid: the middle of a summer day.

The site is open to the sky and there is no drinking water nearby, so the summer midday heat bears down on anyone walking the walls.