Can Marroig
Can Marroig is a public farm in the north easy of Formentera covering 137.33 hectares, which was acquired by the autonomous region in 1998. Parts of the property date back to 1620, and the main house and farmyard is constructed in a typical Mallorcan style. Technically the Can Marroig area includes Torre de Punta Gavina.
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Estany des Peix
The smaller of Formentera’s two salt water lagoons, Estany des Peix is particularly popular with the French for some reason. It is located just one kilometre south of La Savina and is on the right and side as you take the PM-820 out of the village.
Estany des Peix used to be an old fishing port, [...]
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Estany Pudent
Estany Pudent is the largest of Formentera’s two salt lagoons. It starts south of the Port de la Savina, and is just behind the coastline of Es Cavall d’en Borras from which it takes in fresh seawater.
The history behind Estany Pudent is an interesting one. In the 1800s two sisters came from Ibiza to raise [...]
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Far de la Mola
From El Pilar de la Mola you see the lighthouse of Far de la Mola in the distance. It’s a two and a half kilometre strip through stark farmlands to get there, and you are rewarded with stunning cliff top views looking out to Cala Codolar in the south and Punta des Lenco in the [...]
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Formentera’s Ethnography Museum
On the main street of Sant Francesc you will find the Museu Etnologic. From an unassuming entrance next to a perfume store you climb some stairs, and opposite the offices of an insurance agent is a collection of tools that were used to work the land.
It’s a small museum with no information in English, but [...]
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Cap de Barbaria
The name Cap de Barbaria reflects the fact that Africa’s Barbary Coast is just 60 Miles (100km) away from Formentera’s most southern point. But whatever the locals might tell you, I am convinced that you cannot see as far as Algeria from here. Or maybe they just eat more carrots than me.
The video below really [...]
