The Menorcans love to party and with festivals and fiestas taking place in every month of the year thy have plenty of reasons to celebrate. Festivals range from traditional religious festivals and saints days through to more modern festivities that celebrate local music and the arts. All festivals are suitable for all the family.

Wherever celebrations are taking place you are sure to see the Menorcan horse. The horse is a particularly important emblem of Menorca, with the special Menorcan breed having been carefully bred to create an elegant shape and distinct black colouring.

As well as traditional dishes and handmade cakes, sweets and treats, you will find plenty of refreshments at all Menorcan celebrations. A signature drink at festivities is the “gin amb llimonada” cocktail. This is a delicious mixture of gin and lemonade or lemon juice. Also called “pomada” in several villages of Menorca.

The biggest festival that takes place on the island celebrates the patron saint Saint John. On the 23rd and 24th June in the town of Ciutadella, Sant Joan, to give him his Menorcan name, is celebrated with locals dressed in traditional costumes, bands playing and the Menorcan horses putting on a show.