Torrellafuda

The taula is what you remember. One slab stands upright, a second lies across its top, and the T they make rises inside a horseshoe of old walls with trees pressing close around the enclosure. Close by, the talaiot, a tower of dry-laid stone, stands over what is left of the village.

The walk out to the ruins opens onto wide views of the countryside. There are shady places to sit, so the site suits a slow afternoon and a picnic among stones the Talaiotic people set in place more than two thousand years ago.

• No toilets at the site, and none nearby.
• No drinking water either: bring your own, and plenty of it in summer.
• Hard to reach without a car. The nearest bus stop is about 3.5 km away, so a taxi there and back is the practical option.
• Not wheelchair accessible: neither the parking nor the way in is adapted.
• There are shady places to sit among the ruins, useful on a hot day and for a picnic.

You arrive by car or taxi. A car park sits by the site, about 25 m away in a straight line, and from there the rest is a walk out to the ruins, with open views over the countryside on the way. Two information boards mark the main stops: one for the settlement, about 170 m away, and one for the taula sanctuary, about 190 m away, both in a straight line.

Buses do not come close; the nearest stop is about 3.5 km away. If you come by taxi, arrange the return pickup before the driver leaves.

Best: early morning or late afternoon, when the sun is low across the stones and the heat is off.

Avoid: the middle of a summer day.

The ground around the ruins lies open to the sun and there is no water at the site, so a summer midday is hard going even with shady places to sit.

Torrellafuda is a prehistoric monument, and the stones are the whole site. Do not climb the talaiot, the walls or the taula: the walls are dry-laid, with no mortar holding them, and the taula's top slab rests on its upright. Leave every stone where it lies, including the loose ones on the ground.