Cala Tirant
Cala Tirant is a beach in Balearic Islands, Spain. Cala Tirant is situated nearby to the locality Salines Velles, as well as near the hamlet Platges de Fornells.Photo: Discasto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Torre de Fornells and House of the Boatswain in Fornells.
Torre de Fornells
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Carles garcia-roca, Public domain.
Torre de Fornells is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 3 km northeast of Cala Tirant.
House of the Boatswain in Fornells
Tourism office
Photo: Josefito123, CC BY-SA 4.0.
House of the Boatswain in Fornells is a tourism office, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Cala Tirant.
Sanisera
Archaeological site
Photo: CBA11, Public domain.
Sanisera was one of the Roman cities located in the island of Menorca, which was mentioned by Pliny the Elder in his book Naturalis Historia, III, 77–78 in the 1st century BC: The Baleares, so formidable in war with their slingers, have received from the Greeks the name of Gymnasiæ. Sanisera is situated 3 km northwest of Cala Tirant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fornells and Es Mercadal.
Fornells
Hamlet
Photo: Lohen11, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fornells is a village located in a bay in the north of the Balearic island of Menorca, Spain. Fornells is estimated to have a population of about 1000 people which increases in the summer due to tourism. Fornells is situated 2½ km northeast of Cala Tirant.
Es Mercadal
Photo: Nicolas G. Mertens, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mercadal is a central town of Minorca with about 5,000 people. Its municipality covers the north-central region of the island and is the second largest in area after that of Ciutadella.
Cala Tirant
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Minorca
- Category: landform
- Location: Balearic Islands, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
40.04424° or 40° 2′ 39″ northLongitude
4.10375° or 4° 6′ 14″ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
8FG624V3+MGOpenStreetMap ID
node 13645711556OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Cala Tirant” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cala Tirant”
- Czech: “Cala Tirant”
- Spanish: “Cala Tirant”
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