Accommodation
Menorca has a wide variety of hotels and apartments to suit all tastes and budgets, and most are available through the larger UK tour operators. It may be worth while checking the location of your chosen hotel before booking on our resort map page. If your accommodation is towards the rear of a resort it may be worth checking if they provide a courtesy bus service into the town centre.

Airport Transfers
Most UK tour operators now consider the transfer from the airport to your resort accommodation to be an "optional extra" and will charge anything up to £20 per person for the service. As an alternative, you may wish to consider the service being offered by Menorca Airport Transfers. They offer to meet you outside the airport arrivals hall with a uniformed driver displaying a greeting board with your name on it.

Banks
Most Banks are open from 9am to 2pm Monday to Friday. Always remember when exchanging any form of money to take along your passport, check the exchange rate before dealing, and collect a receipt before leaving the premises. For those who feel nervous about carrying large sums of money and their passport around together, most hotels will also gladly exchange money at perhaps a slightly lower rate. Many Banks also have hole in the wall type cash machines where you can withdraw money using either your credit or debit card. The official currency of Spain is now the Euro.

Bars
There is a wide variety of bars throughout all resorts, most of which either offer live music, karaoke, Sky Sports, or videos of films not yet released in the UK cinemas.

Buses
The local bus service is at best unreliable. So, if you want to travel outside of the resort check if and when, the return bus runs or consider hiring a car.

Chemist
You can always spot a chemist shop by the green cross they all display. Outside of normal opening hours, a notice on the door will always give the address of the nearest duty chemist.

Disabled Access and Facilities
It's fair to say that not all hotels on the islands are able to offer full disabled access to their facilities. Holidays with Wheels hope to be able to offer prospective disabled visitors to the island, practical first hand experiences of the problems that they may encounter.

Doctor
If you require urgent medical assistance, 24 hour English speaking doctors are available throughout the island. Salus provide a 24 hour free phone service on 900 711 711.

E111
In order to qualify for the Spanish equivalent of the National Health Service remember to obtain the E111 form from a UK Post Office.

Electricity
The voltage in Minorca is 220 volt. Most British items will work with the correct adaptor from the UK standard 3 pin to Spanish 2 pin socket.

Euro
The Euro is the name of the common currency of the 12 countries forming the European Monetary Union. Since January 1999 Spain has been a member, and the UK has opted out at this time.

Euro notes are issued in 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 denominations and are identical in all member countries of the EMU. The designs symbolise European architectural heritage but not royal or national monuments.

The coins are issued as 1, 2 and 5 cents and are copper in colour, 10, 20 and 50 cents yellow in colour and finally 1 and 2 Euros white and yellow in colour. Although all the coins have a common European face, each member state is allowed to stamp their own motif on the reverse face.

Fiesta Dates
Not an exact science, so don't book your holidays relying on the accuracy of these dates.
Alayor first two weeks in August
Cala'n Porter 13 September
Ciutadella 23 September
Es Castell 24 July
Ferreries 23 August
Fornells last Saturday in July
Mahon 6/7 September
Mercadal the third Saturday in July
Migjorn Gran the last weekend in July
Sant Climent the third weekend in August
Sant Lluis the last week in August

Food
Restaurants in Minorca cater for a wide range of tastes. In the larger resorts you can get anything from a traditional English breakfast to a Chinese take away. Traditional Menorcan cuisine makes full use of the islands home grown produce, pork, fish and vegetable dishes are very popular, flavoured with garlic, tomato and herbs.

Golf
The only golf course on the island opened in 1977 in the north of the island, just outside the resort of Son Parc. The full address and contact details are:

Golf Son Parc
Urbanizacion Son Parc
Mercadel
Menorca
Tel 908 739758
Fax 3471 351748

The facilities offered include a practice range, putting greens, club hire, golfing shop and clubhouse including restaurant and bar.

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