Excursions

SAN LUIS

Tourist and cultural routes

The Plaza de la Paz is the starting point for an interesting rural itinerary that, stretching for almost four kilometers, offers the walker various traditional buildings and elements of undoubted ethnological value. About 100 meters from the landscaped roundabout, on the road to Binibeca, we find an old, unpaved rural path on the left, known as "Camí de na Coixa", which leads towards Torret. Once in the farmstead, a beautiful example of the clusters of rural houses that characterize the San Luis area, you can visit the Pujol, an ancient talayot located in the vicinity of the Alcaufar road. Its summit was converted some decades ago into a viewpoint, from where one can see an excellent panoramic view of San Luis and its surroundings. Back inside the farmstead, on the left side of the path, we find the defensive tower of Torret, shortly after the "sa Vigia" path, which leads us towards a municipal green area in the "Binibeca Nou" urbanization. This rural path, bordered by ubiquitous stone walls, descends with a gentle slope towards the sea. Near the municipal green area, one can observe a threshing floor that has the particularity of being carved into the rock itself, unlike most which are built with marés stones. A short distance away is the Talaya Grossa or Torret watchtower, one of the oldest coastal surveillance towers on the island, already documented at the end of the 16th century. With a circular plan, it is built with stone and conglomerate. Another ethnological element of great interest is an old lime kiln, used for the production of lime through the combustion of stone. The ethnological route is a municipal initiative developed within the framework of Menorca's declaration as a Biosphere Reserve. This project includes the conditioning, conservation, and promotion of natural and architectural elements through an itinerary that allows access from the town to the coast, away from roads usually used by motor vehicles.