Cala en Forcat Menorca | See What There Is to Do Before You Go!

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4 ай бұрын

Join us as we take you for a tour of the stunning little resort of Cala en Forcat (sometimes known as Cala n Forcat or Cala'n Forcat) in Menorca. A small resort situated about 5km West of the beautiful city of Ciutadella and about 50km away from Mahon the capital and the airport.
We stayed at the Globales Almirante Farragut at the far side of the town near the little cove. This enabled us to give you a complete walk through of the town over to Cala en Blanes. Approximately 2km or a 15 -20 minute walk.
If you are thinking of staying here, we hope you will find this video useful as it was made to try and give you an idea of what you can expect, i.e., what is there to do? Are there many bars and restaurants? Is it good for families, etc.
The first thing to note is that we were staying in an all-inclusive hotel, so when it came to food, etc, we had no need to go out, but we still did. The reason being that our kids loved the local bars - There were two especially that kept them occupied with slides, go karts, bouncy castles, trampolines etc etc
And it can be noted that if you want to eat out there was plenty of variety, Mexican, Pizza, Indian and of course, plenty of good local Spanish bars and grills. A few of which offer the menu of the day for approx. €14 -16 for 3 courses, which we found to be really good pending where you ate. We actually ended up eating of 8 of the 11 nights that we were there. So it did end up being a bit more costly than we planned, but it did make it far more enjoyable, as we removed the restrictions that all-inclusive stays often impose.
From our hotel, it was a 3 minute walk till we started hitting the bars and probably about 5 minutes till you get to the centre roundabout. You can not miss it as it is decorated by dolphins.
From there, you can walk another 10 minutes, and you will end up at Cala en Blanes beach. A great little cove that you will see on our video. Especially good for Beau as he got to experience topless sunbathers for the first time.
In the centre you also have an aqua centre. We visited there for 4 hours at a cost of €55 for a family of 4. For a full 8 hours there, it would have cost us €88. But in all honesty, we did find the 4 hours to be ample. It has great slides, but our daughter Amy was two short to go on the main slides, so we found it hard with Beau wanting to go on them but being restricted due to us watching after her. But still, they both loved it, as did we. If you are interested in going there, you can find the info here - www.aquacenter-menorca.com/en/...
When it comes to the bars and the food and drinks, we spent a majority of our time going between the two that our kids loved. The Atlantic at the entrance of the aqua centre and Park Aire, directly across the road. Both of these served great food, and drinks were all well priced at approx. €4 a pint. But it was the amusements and facilities for the youngsters that made them hits. We would turn up at 6:30pm and would not be able to get the kids away until about 10:30-11pm. Our kids found friends straight away and ended up playing with them each night.
Other places we tried the food at were:
The Los Defines Restaurant - This had huge queues each night, so we were expecting something great, but we were very disappointed with the food. Expensive and not as good as the main bars.
The Haiti was lovely, good food and very well priced. With dishes on the menu called ‘too Much’ for €15 you knew you were on to a winner.
There are plenty of supermarkets and a tobacconist for anyone that does smoke. Note that supermarkets etc in Spain are not allowed to sell tobacco.
There are souvenir shops, a chemist, doctors and places to hire cars if you fancy seeing more of the island.
A return taxi ride to Ciutadella, which is a must see, from Cala en Forcat is €20 and you can also get boat rips etc from here allowing you to see even more of the island.
I think the big question for us would be would we go back there again now knowing what the actual resort was like and the answer is definitely yes. We have actually booked up again for this year , and now knowing how good the restaurants and bars are, we are going self-catering. The kids cannot wait and neither can we..
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@nickc708 5 күн бұрын

We've just found you, and have been watching your back catalogue. The holiday camp ones are excellent for families like mine. Well done

@TheHadwinsTV 5 күн бұрын

Hi, thank you so much for the comment. We do try to be as honest as possible with our reviews, hopefully they are reasonably useful for families like ourselves

@jndvlang7034 3 ай бұрын

Wow dami na lakad Ang ginawa..nice weather

@ilonggasinene1690 3 ай бұрын

Sarap mag swimming.. Beautiful place to visit

@fx6r Ай бұрын

Thank you for the video. Iv just booked for next year and this ie gonna help show my son where we are going xxx

@TheHadwinsTV Ай бұрын

Hi, you will love it. Our kids loved it so much, we have booked up to go again this August. Great for families👍

@Cass2112 25 күн бұрын

Cheers for the video been going there for over 20yrs now, they just started closing for days off a few yrs ago now due to not enough staff as they can't get the usual influx of people from the UK to work there, I usually stay in cala blanes it's a shame its not as busy as it once was in its heyday it was booming.

@TheHadwinsTV 24 күн бұрын

Hi, we really enjoyed it, and the kids loved it, so much so we are going back again this year. Booked self-catering this year, though, as we were staying all-inclusive, but still ate out every meal. Great bars, beaches, restaurants, and ambience for families...

@bethaneymay9936 18 күн бұрын

@@TheHadwinsTVmake sure you try jimmy hills for the kids and adults entertainments! Very worth it.

@rosesaraga8885 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful place,enjoy ,replay

@TheHadwinsTV 3 ай бұрын

thank you sis rose x

@haidschannel 3 ай бұрын

.its a beautiful place..enjoy guys..

@TheHadwinsTV 3 ай бұрын

Thank you sissy

@jndvtv 3 ай бұрын

Haha natawa ako sa smells like old cat daw Ang Amoy ng kinain mo.. haha unbelievable 😂😂

@TheHadwinsTV 3 ай бұрын

gawa kasi sa tu ig dagat ang paella na yon sis kaya nakakadiri kainin

@dulceposas1434 3 ай бұрын

I thought you stop vlogging 'cause l never recieve a notification anymore. Thank you for the video you shared ❤❤❤❤❤

@TheHadwinsTV 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, mother 😊

@carolefranks5489 3 ай бұрын

We were there last July (2023) and stayed at the Voramar apartments which were perfect. Very peaceful with beautiful views from the rooms. Cala en Forcat is perfect for young families. It's not built up and ruined by theme pubs and sports bars but has everything you need. We ate at the Haiti, Delfines and Yuccas restaurants. Haiti was the best value but the food at the other two was much better. Especially Los Yuccas as the food and service was fantastic. The local bus service is very good but if you can hire a car the beaches at Cala Galdana and Son Bou are beautiful. Wish we were going again this year. We would definitely go back there. Oh, Janice is bang on with the paella. They do a really good one at Los Delphines. You don't know what you're missing. 😄

@TheHadwinsTV 3 ай бұрын

Hi, yes it is a great place. We have actually booked up again for this year and are going self catering and will be hiring a car. As we were all inclusive this year we only tried about 3-4 other restaurants, and really wanted to try the Yuca, but Scott was too tight🙄

@carolefranks5489 3 ай бұрын

There are a few small supermarkets, as you've seen already but there are 2 or 3 big supermarkets just 10 mins walk from the dolphin roundabout on Av. Los Delphines. So self catering is a great option, that's what we did at the Voramar apartments. As you'll have a car I'd recommend visiting Mahon too. It's very interesting and has lots of shops and restaurants so Scott better take his wallet! 😆

@TheHadwinsTV 3 ай бұрын

lol, sounds great - won't tell Scott about the wallet though, I will keep that as a surprise :-)