Originally Posted by YVR72

I return home tomorrow after almost a week in amazing Menorca.

Flights over were uneventful. To those that complain about walking distances in YVR - I will never take you seriously again. The domestic to international transfer at YYZ is a painfully long long walk in the nasty sterile environment that is Toronto Pearson Airport. You have that to look forward to mileage-runners!

Anyway, I did have time to have a shower and eat in the MLL.

When you arrive in MAD in T1, the Spanair checkin is in T3 at the complete opposite end of the airport so plan for a long walk there too. The Spainair staff are very friendly, and even looked into upgrading me to business class without me asking. He also said to make sure I spend some time in the Spanair VIP Salon which is of equal calibre to the MLLs.

I my 8 hours there, I took the Metro to downtown Madrid to check out some sights for a few hours. Had some tapas and glass of wine at a food market too - excellent! Lots of construction and building rehab going on but Plaza Mayor is not to be missed. They tell you to expect 50 minutes metro train time, but it took me 30 minutes max each direction and the metro entrance is directly below the Spanair check in - so quite convenient.

Spainair flight MAD-MAH was just fine.

MAH is a nice new airport (much bigger than I expected). I stayed one night downtown Mahon. Do not take a E12.00 taxi unless your hotel is far from the main bus station. Take the public transit which runs every 30 minutes for E1.60 and takes about 10 or 15 minutes.

Next day walked back to bus station and caught express bus to Ciutadella (pronounced THEE-OO-DA-DAY-AH) for E5.00 - a 45 minute ride through the country-side.

Buses are very reliable, modern and inexpensive - highly recommended.

Tomorrow, I will do the reverse bus trip and I leave late from MAH (no Spainair Lounge here). Then, I am overnight in the Hilton Madrid night before my flights home the next day. I think I have to use the Spainair lounge at MAD for my return flight too - LH does not have one here. Any other options?

Weather has been spectcular - 33 degrees by day, 19 degrees at night. Ocean is warm but refreshing.