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Table of Contents

  1. General Information
  2. Visit workshops and product factories in Menorca
  3. Typical products of Menorca

Visit factories in Menorca

On this page you will find everything you may want to know about the manufacture of local products from Menorca.

Menorca has historically been an island of agricultural production with specialties such as cheese, wine, wool and meat, as well as manufactured products, such as footwear.

Visit local product factories

Selection of factories and local productions that you can visit in Menorca:




Typical products of Menorca

Menorca has a strong manufacturing tradition and export of local products.

Although it is true that in the Middle Ages and in the following centuries the production of grain and sheep’s wool dominated, from the 18th and 19th centuries the island specialized in the following products:

Footwear

Since the beginning of the 18th century and up to the present, Menorca has had a powerful footwear industry, with companies ranging from artisans to important industrial productions.

Cheese

Menorcan cheese has been praised since the time of classical Greece. In the 18th century, up to 2 sailboats loaded with Mahón Cheese departed from the port of the capital in the direction of different European destinations. Today there are several Minorcan cheese productions. Some of them can be visited.

Wine

In the British domination of the 18th century Minorcan wine production experienced its golden age. Today there are several small local wine productions, some of which can be visited.

Sausages

Since time immemorial, carnixua and sobrasada have been produced on this Balearic island.

Pastry

Of the great variety of products that the bakeries and patisseries of Menorca produce daily, the famous ensaimadas, formatjades, rubiols and carquinyols stand out.