The Balearic Archipelago is situated in the Mediterranean Sea. One of the islands is Menorca where the stone witnesses of a millennia-old past can still be seen today.

The pre-historic village of Poblat De Son Catlar surprises with a remarkably long wall which surrounds a settlement of megalithic culture. Stones were piled on top of each other without binding material and thus formed a protection for the early settlement.

Menorca's roots go back deep into history, as the island was first inhabited more than six thousand five hundred years ago.

The human presence on Menorca is referred to as the pre-Talayotic period, a cultural time dating from the end of the Late Stone Age to the beginning of the Bronze Age. It is likely that the first settlers came across the sea in reed boats. They sought shelter in caves and it took some time before small groups formed the first villages.

Massive stone towers, the Talayots, and cult sites reveal the Trepucó Settlement as an important example of Talayotic settlement history. Around the fifteenth century B.C. there must have been a first heyday and within a short period of time, around fifteen hundred megalithic buildings were built.

Pre-historic cultural treasures extend all over the island, and visitors soon experience a sense of travelling back to a splendid time of pre-history.