| Why not visit the Balearic
Islands & enjoy a diving holiday in picturesque surroundings,
temperatures ranging from the 20's in April & October & rising
to the high 30's in summer, making the water temperature more compatible
with your bath. Interested? read on...
Combine that sort of climate & water temperature with spectacular
diving (& viz!), superb European food (mostly with a Spanish
flavor), good local wines & a magnificently unique harbour &
marina & you could only be in one of a handful of excellent
Mediterranean venues. This time, its's Addaia, North Menorca off
the east coast of Spain.
Smaller sister to the popular & commercialized Mallorca, just
20 miles or so south west is unspoilt Menorca. Here you'll find
one of the best diving areas in southern Europe. Although only half
size of Mallorca, it boasts more than 100 pretty bays around its
200 km of extremely diveable coastline, many of these bays are only
accessible by boat. With a population of around 70.000 the island
is still relatively untouched by tourism, with only a few whitewashed
villas perched precariously on the rocky peninsulas.
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Beyond Menorcas 220 km of rugged coastline lies
an immense variety of underwater habitats, each providing differing
shelters, feeding and breeding grounds for a myriad of species.
There are numerous sheltered coves where the sea bed is of fine
white sand giving the waters their magnificent turquoise colour,
the shallow warm waters provide a home for the stingrays that come
to breed every spring. It is generally believed that the most spectacular
and rewarding diving is to be found on the incomparable north east
coast, where a coastline of immense natural beauty provides some
of the best diving in the western Mediterranean.
Addaia is a unique place on the north coast of Menorca,
20 km north of the main town, Mahón with secrets & a
history guarded by nature. Addaia is famous for it's natural &
unspoilt harbour which is 3km in length & in in whose interior
are two deserted islands. In Roman times, this narrow bay was a
busy trading base as can be seen from numerous amphoras excavated
from its seabed from ancient shipwrecks.
Within minutes of leaving the Port Addaia is the answer
to every divers dream. Menorcas north coast is diversively rugged
& uneven, generously affording numerous vertical drop offs,
coral encrusted reefs, caves, & caverns with an abundant array
of marine life & with lots own natural beauty. All of this in
warm crystal clear clear waters with 30m of visability. To protect
& preserve all of this wonderful nature & to make it last
forever Menorca has become an International UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
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