FAVARITX

My name is Cristina. I live in Menorca, a small island on the East coast of Spain. It has many wonderful landscapes, but my favourite one is called “Favàritx”. It’s located on the north coast of the island. You can go there by car, boat, bike or motorbike because there isn’t a bus which goes there, and it’s far away from all the villages. It’s on a diversion from the road Maó-Fornells. It’s a very well-known place.

There’s a narrow curved way which takes you to a parking area. From there you can see a natural lake and a tall striped lighthouse built in 1922, with lots of steep cliffs and slate rocks surrounding it. There’s hardly any vegetation and no animals (only seagulls flying and other kind of birds). In summer it’s normally hot and sunny like many other places and in winter it depends (it can be sunny, rainy, cloudy…) but the climate is colder than in other seasons, especially when “Tramuntana” (a typical strong north wind) blows. Then, the sea becomes rough and there are big waves.

Even though there are always lots of visitors, it’s a really relaxing and peaceful place. You can hear the noise of waves hitting the rocks and see the reliefs of other coastal places like “Es Grau”, the huge blue sea or the skyline. There, you can smell a marine atmosphere, pure air and swim in its natural pools. It’s also a good fishing area.

I would recommend everybody to visit it because it’s the most famous lighthouse in Menorca. You can’t go into the lighthouse or do anything special there, but it’s a nice place just for its sights.

                                                                                        Cris Melià  2n BTX B