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WALK 5

Llucmaçanes and Binissafúllet

Start/Finish	Església de Sant Gaietà, Llucmaçanes
Distance	12km (7½ miles)
Total Ascent/Descent	50m (165ft)
Time	3hrs 30min
Terrain	Easy walking, mostly along roads and tracks, with a couple of narrow paths. Mostly gentle farmland with fields and some areas of scrub.
Refreshment	Bar restaurant in Llucmaçanes. Bar at Binissafúllet.
Public transport	None, but buses serve the nearby airport and Sant Lluís, which can both be reached by linking with Walk 6.

Llucmaçanes is a quiet and attractive little village near Maó. A figure-of-eight walk can be made from the village, comprising long and short circular walks. The longer circuit takes in the Menorca Cricket Club and a splendid talaiotic settlement at Poblat de Binissafúllet. The shorter circuit links with the waymarked PR-IB-Me 2, followed in Walk 7. Although there are no buses serving Llucmaçanes, Walk 6 also passes through the village, linking the airport and the village of Sant Lluís, which both have regular daily bus services.

Start from the stone church, Església de Sant Gaietà, in Llucmaçanes and follow a road, turning left past Llucmaçanes Gran Agroturismo to reach a crossroads. Turn right as signposted for Sant Lluís, following Carrer de sa Font. At the next junction turn right along the Camí de Biniparrell, also signposted for Sant Lluís. Walk gently up the road, passing houses, fields and the ‘Terme Municipal de Sant Lluís’. Keep walking straight ahead (Walk 6 turns left for Sant Lluís) up the road which broadens at a junction and mapboard. If required, the Camí de Biniati to the right offers a short cut. Otherwise, keep walking ahead, gently down the road. Note the rampant scrub to the left that is a wildlife refuge. Later, the Menorca Cricket Club is reached on the right.

The Menorca Cricket Club was founded by British ex-patriots in 1985, and this cricket ground, which claims to be the most beautiful in the Mediterranean, was opened in 1992. The club enjoys what it calls ‘competitive village cricket’ and has hosted visiting teams from around the world. They also play teams from Mallorca and Ibiza for the Balearic Cup (see www.menorcacricketclub.com).

The road rises to a junction with a busy road. Turn right as signposted for Binissafúllet and take care as there is no pavement beside the road. A bar is reached at Binissafúllet Vell and opposite is direct access to Poblat de Binissafúllet.

The Poblat de Binisafúllet was partly destroyed, but its fine taula remains standing

Poblat de Binissafúllet, a talaiotic settlement dating from 1300BC, was partly destroyed during construction of the road. However, much remains to be seen, including its central talaiot, and its T-shaped taula, which was restored in 1992. The foundations of houses and other structures can be seen around the site.

Either turn right at the adjacent road junction, to follow the Camí de Binissafúllet, or leave the site by an exit directly onto that road, then turn right. Follow the road past houses such as Binisafuet Nou and San Martín. Turn right down a broad walled track called the Camí des Marrocs. The track begins to rise from a ‘Finca Privada’ notice, so keep right and follow a narrow vegetated walled path that winds between scrub-covered fields. Reach a road bend at the access to Son Marroxet, where the short-cut comes in from the right, and go straight ahead along the road called Camí de Biniati.