Binibeca Blue

About Binibeca Blue

Binibeca Blue suits travellers who want a quiet, practical base in south-east Menorca rather than a resort strip. The hotel is set outside the main resort areas, near Punta Prima, with Binibeca Vell 2.9 km away and Sant Lluís 4.2 km away. Couples touring the island, and families who prefer a pool and a garden to a busy promenade, fit here well, and a hire car puts the southern coves and Maó within easy reach.

Binibeca Blue is a three-star hotel on Passeig Maritim Binibèquer Vell, with a garden, a terrace, a lounge and an outdoor pool. The mood is low-key: a 24-hour front desk for late arrivals, free wifi for planning the next day, and space to sit outside. It is a straightforward, well-placed stay for a Menorca holiday built around short drives and long afternoons.

Location: Sant Lluís

Punta Prima is a small resort on the south-east coast of Menorca, and Binibeca Blue is set outside the busiest parts of it. This is the Migjorn side of the island: limestone, white sand coves under pine, and shallow water that warms through the summer. Binibeca Vell, the whitewashed fishing-village-style hamlet, is 2.9 km away, and Sant Lluís, a white village of windmills, is 4.2 km away.

Walking covers little beyond the immediate neighbourhood, so plan transport for everything else. Binibeca Vell is 2.9 km away and Sant Lluís 4.2 km away, both short drives. Es Castell, the Georgian barracks town at the harbour mouth, is 7.5 km away, and Maó port is 8.5 km away. In high summer the southern coves and their car parks fill early; in May, June and September the same roads feel calm.

Rooms and facilities

Binibeca Blue is listed with an outdoor swimming pool, a garden, a terrace and a lounge, so there is space to spread out beyond your room. Families get a pool and a picnic area; couples get shaded corners and a garden for quiet afternoons. Free wifi helps with planning, and the 24-hour front desk is useful if you land on a late flight into Menorca Airport.

Bedding, cots and extra beds are worth confirming with Binibeca Blue before booking, particularly for families of four or more, since room arrangements are best checked directly. Ask too about pool opening times, parking and anything you need for a late arrival, as the desk is staffed around the clock. Any seasonal changes to the facilities are also best confirmed with the hotel.

Getting there

Menorca Airport (MAH) is 6.7 km from Binibeca Blue in a straight line, south-west of Maó, so the transfer is short. A taxi from the airport, or a hire car collected there, covers the distance quickly. The airport also has buses to Maó and, in summer, to the resorts; check current routes and times with the island bus operator. Arriving by sea, Maó port is 8.5 km away.

From Maó port, Binibeca Blue is 8.5 km away, reached by taxi or hire car after an overnight crossing from Barcelona. Es Castell is 7.5 km away and Sant Lluís 4.2 km away, so a car makes light work of errands and dinners out. Buses run more often in summer and thin out in winter, and flights are fewer outside the season, so check timetables before fixing dates.

Beaches, sights and food nearby

Binibeca Vell, 2.9 km away, is the obvious first stop: a whitewashed hamlet of narrow lanes built in fishing-village style, best seen early before the day-trippers arrive. Sant Lluís, 4.2 km away, has a whitewashed centre and windmills. On the water, a boat trip round Maó harbour can be joined from 8.1 km away, and La Mola fortress, the 19th-century Isabel II fortress guarding the harbour, is 8.2 km away.

S'Albufera des Grau Natural Park, the core zone of the Biosphere Reserve with its lagoon, dunes and birds, is 15.3 km away, and the Favàritx lighthouse on dark slate sits within it. Menorcan food is worth building a day around: caldereta de llagosta, the lobster stew associated with Fornells, and Mahón-Menorca cheese, a protected designation of origin. Maó keeps a gin tradition from the British century.

A day from Binibeca Blue

Start with a swim in the pool at Binibeca Blue, then drive the 2.9 km to Binibeca Vell before the lanes get busy. Carry on 4.2 km to Sant Lluís for coffee and a wander past the windmills, and continue 7.5 km to Es Castell, where the Georgian barracks layout and the harbour mouth are the draw. Lunch fits anywhere along that loop.

In the afternoon, head 8.2 km to La Mola fortress, or take a boat trip round Maó harbour from 8.1 km away to see the natural harbour from the water. A longer run of 15.3 km reaches S'Albufera des Grau for birds and dunes. Back at Binibeca Blue, the terrace and garden are the place to end the day, with dinner in Sant Lluís or Es Castell a short drive off.

Practical tips

Many hotels, beach bars and boat trips on Menorca close roughly from November to April, so confirm Binibeca Blue's own opening dates before booking a winter stay. The busiest weeks fall in July and August, while May, June, September and October are quieter and kinder for drivers heading to Binibeca Vell or the harbour. Accommodation in the Balearics adds the sustainable tourism tax, the ecotasa, charged per person per night by Binibeca Blue at rates that vary by season and length of stay, with children under 16 exempt; the Govern de les Illes Balears publishes the current rules.

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