Torralba d'en Salort

The taula is the thing to see: one upright slab capped by a second laid flat across its top, a stone T standing inside its horseshoe-shaped enclosure. Phone tripods are set up at the spot facing it, so a photo of the monument needs no stranger's help.

Then come the burial caves. You can walk right into them with your head ducked, and inside they are dark enough to defeat a phone torch. Children make straight for them.

The rest of the site spreads wide and quiet, with shaded benches dotted along the paths and an information board at each feature, in several languages. A map comes with the ticket, and the whole round takes 45 minutes to an hour.

• Bring a proper torch for the burial caves: they are dark, a phone light is not bright enough, and the entrances are low enough that you stoop.
• Tickets and a site map come from the kiosk, which also sells cold drinks, coffee, beer and snacks.
• There are toilets on site, including a wheelchair-accessible one.
• Shaded benches are dotted around the site; in summer bring a hat all the same.
• Allow 45 minutes to an hour, useful if you are fitting it in around a lunch booking.

Torralba d'en Salort sits just off the road from Alaior down to Cala en Porter, and it is easy to reach by car or scooter. The free car park lies beside the site, about 46 m away, with wheelchair-accessible spaces. There is no approach walk to speak of: park, buy the ticket at the kiosk and start on the paths.

The nearest bus stop, L'Argentina, is about 1.3 km away in a straight line.

Best: soon after opening, or in the last couple of hours before closing.

Avoid: the middle of the day in July and August.

The site is mostly open ground, so midday summer heat bears down on the paths, while low morning or evening sun throws the taula's slabs into sharper relief.