Cala En Porter

Cala En Porter (often referred to as Cala'n Porter or Calan Porter) is a village in the Alaior municipality of Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. It is located on the island's south coast.^[1]

Cala En Porter
Village
Spain	Menorca

History

It was one of the earliest developed beach resorts on the island, with spread out holiday villages.^[1] Cala En Porter has a beach cove similar to that of Lulworth Cove, England, UK, with high imposing limestone cliffs. Whilst the western cliff remains totally undeveloped, the eastern side is now covered in villas and terrace bars. The resort is home to a number of restaurants and bars, as well as the nightclub Cova de en Xoroi (commonly called The Caves).^[2] It has also been used as a location for sports sailing races.^[3]

In the caves at Cala En Porter, there is a folk story that claims that a Moor named Xoroi was shipwrecked there and raided farms for food before kidnapping a virgin nicknamed "The Flower of Alaior" and imprisoned her there. The townspeople allegedly found him after a snowstorm and threw him off the cliff to rescue the girl.^[2]

In 2014, a British holidaymaker died at Cala En Porter after falling off a wall by the cliff edge.^[4] Part of the cliff path was closed in 2018 for restoration and repair works.^[5] The cliffs and beaches at Cala En Porter had shown a high level of costal erosion by 2022.^[6] In 2024, the Cala En Porter beach was severely damaged by torrential rain, which led to higher tides and most of the sun loungers and the lifeguard watchtower being swept out to sea.^[7]