Taula de Torrellisar

From the outside there is nothing to see but a round dry-stone wall higher than a person. The way in is an old stone doorway with a lintel across the top, opening into a low corridor about three metres long. You stoop through it, step out into the enclosure, and the taula is standing in front of you, capstone still in place on its upright.

The wall hides the monument completely until that moment, which is what sets Torrellisar apart from the open taula sites on the island. The rest of the settlement has largely gone under the fields: two talayots survive, partly collapsed and overgrown. There are no staff and no crowds, and the enclosure is usually quiet.

• Listings show the site open every day, but the access gate is officially opened on Saturdays only. Plan for a Saturday.
• There are no toilets, no drinking water, no shade and no staff. Bring water and a hat in summer.
• There is no car park. Leave the car at the edge of the lane without blocking gates or farm vehicles.
• The site lies on a working farm, with livestock gates and machinery along the track.
• A visit takes 15 to 30 minutes, so it pairs well with Torralba d'en Salort nearby.

Torrellisar lies off a walled country lane, the Camí de Cotaina, in the farmland between Alaior and Cala en Porter. There is no designated car park. A few cars fit at the edge of the lane by the gate, on a small stone-paved patch; otherwise park where you can without blocking access to the neighbouring farms.

From there it is about ten minutes on foot along a farm track and a narrow path, through a gate and a farmyard, to the enclosure wall. The nearest bus stop, Son Vitamina, is about 1.4 km away in a straight line.

Best: a Saturday, in the morning or late afternoon.

Avoid: summer middays, and weekdays unless you have confirmed the gate is open.

The access gate is officially opened only on Saturdays, and with no shade on the track or at the site, the midday sun in summer makes both the walk and the visit hard going.

Torrellisar stands on a working farm, and the approach crosses private farmland. Leave livestock gates as you find them, keep clear of farm machinery, and park only where you do not block access to the surrounding properties. The taula is a protected prehistoric monument: do not climb on it or on the enclosure wall.