Villa Cristina, Binibeca Vell

Situated at the end of a cul-de-sac, Villa Cristina enjoys a quiet location in Binibeca Vell only a couple of minutes walk from the shops, bars and restaurants of the ‘fishing village’ and 20 minutes from the resort’s lovely beach.

Cristina is a traditional villa designed around a lovely garden area and private swimming pool, and has three bedrooms to accommodate six guests.

Bedroom 1 has a double bed with ensuite full bathroom and french doors to the garden

Bedroom 2 has two single beds, as does bedroom 3; these bedrooms share a separate full bathroom. All the bedrooms are equipped with fans.

The living area is comfortably furnished with two large settees; there is a DVD player with flat-screen monitor, and full wifi internet access. There is a separate dining area, with table to seat six, adjoining the well-equipped kitchen with oven/hob, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, washing machine and microwave oven.

Outside there is a covered terrace with table and chairs for outdoor dining and relaxing. The 8x4m private pool (depth 1m/2m) is surrounded by an artificial lawn area furnished with sunbeds, and there are attractive flowers and Mediterranean shrubs. There is a barbecue.

Though the villa is all on one level, there are a few internal steps. Off-road parking is available.

Touristic licence number ET0878ME

Binibeca is one of the most popular family resorts on Menorca’s south-east coast (the other being nearby Punta Prima) and, thanks to the lack of hotels and apartment complexes, it has a very ‘residential’ feel and a lot of villa accommodation along the coastal road and back up into the gentle hills behind. Binibeca beach is situated towards the eastern end of the resort and is a lovely sandy spot for families, with safe bathing for small ones, sunbeds for hire and a charming beach bar. At the furthest east of Binibeca is Cala Torret, a small village of whitewashed cottages surrounding the rocky coast and a popular boating slipway. There is a supermarket, a lovely café-cum-bakery and a number of bars and restaurants including Bar Paupa, right at the water’s edge. There’s a children’s playground here also, and a busy dive centre, and there are tennis courts nearby. If you walk westwards from Cala Torret, past the beach, you will come across a few distractions in the form of bars and restaurants, and a supermarket, before reaching the Binibeca Vell end of town, where you will find the ‘fishermen’s village’, built nearly 50 years ago, with its narrow, winding streets, whitewashed homes, supermarket and several lively bars and restaurants. From Cala Torret to Binibeca Vell is approximately 1.5km, or a gentle 15-minute stroll along the relatively level coastal road. There is a ‘road train’ during the summer months which plies between Binibeca and Punta Prima, and there is a regular bus service between the resort and the nearby towns of Sant Lluis and Mahon