Mahon harbour is second largest deep water harbour in the world after Pearl Harbour and after we had spent a few days recovering from our delivery we decided to explore it. Concerto is parked on the town quay on the south side of the harbour about 20mins motor from the entrance.
The old Hospital on its own island in the middle of Mahon Harbour
The tender’s Yamaha engine started 1st turn over which was impressive after it hadn’t been started for a month and had been exposed to the elements for the whole passage from Sicily to Mahon. We motored around the outside edge of the harbour taking in the sights such as all the old British military installations including the old hospital and quarantine islands as well as the huge fort La Mola.
A view of Es Castell from the tender
We also looked in on Es Castell an attractive fishing harbour with restaurants and cafes along the waterfront and dug into the cliff sides. The properties surrounding the north side of the harbour are very impressive with many in the multimillion Euro category.
One of the harbour side properties!
There were also a couple of secluded looking anchorages that looked like pleasant places to stay to get away from the cruise ship crowds during the summer.
Gordon