Steal My Vacation: Eleonore Toulin

"For our first night, we stayed in a hotel in Ciutadella, because the house wasn’t available yet. The hotel was called Hotel Can Faustino, and it was amazing, absolutely beautiful."

"We took some beach towels, water, and sunscreen and stayed at this beach for two hours, though not for sunset because we wanted to have a drink in town."

"I had a martini at a place called Ulisses and then we had wine — they have amazing organic wine from Menorca and Mallorca, and they actually sell bottles there — and tapas."

"In the morning we went to the market at Plaza del Mercat (Plaça de la Llibertat). It’s only open in the mornings, and we went every two days or so on the trip. You have a fish place, a butcher, and you can buy veggies."

"Then we got hungry, so we stopped at Bar Imperi and had little ham sandwiches, pan con tomate, and rosé Champagne."

"In the morning, Emilion went to a bakery called Hebera Bakery to buy sandwiches — sausage with tomato and ham and cheese, super-traditional Spanish sandwiches — and we packed that with some beers for a hike to another “secret” beach, Cala Algaiarens."

"[The hike to the beach] was about an hour, and some of us went in the water, and the others hiked through the hills. It was pretty hard; we all had sneakers, but it was so hot we were just wearing bathing suits. But then you arrive in heaven; the beach was crazy beautiful. It was pretty empty because it’s hard to access. "

"We spent the whole afternoon at a beach on the south side of the island called Cala Macarelleta. It was more crowded than the beaches on our side of the island, but very nice."

"That evening, we went into Ciutadella and first had a drink at this beautiful place called La Margarete. Their speciality is gin-and-tonics made with a Spanish gin that’s super good. And the bar is incredible, located in this house in a garden with a huge tree and grapevines all around the walls."

"Half of my friends had to leave, and the rest of us spent our last night in another hotel — a different one inland that was so gorgeous called Fontenille Santa Ponsa. Very authentic, but with a touch of luxury, like very white walls, linen sheets, a beautiful chair."