The resort of Son Bou is on the central south coast of Menorca, approximately 20km from the island's airport at Mahon. Transfer time into the resort may take as little as 30 minutes from leaving the airport grounds, however, at least one of the major tour operators is known to make prior transfers into the resort of Cala'n Porter, before making the short trip over to Son Bou. This can effectively double the transfer time to over 1 hour.

As you drive through the short tunnel that has been cut into the cliffs, and into the resort for the first time, the contrast of the blue sea and gorgeous beach will take you breath away. It is lovely, but if you remember, look back at the cliffs. Yes, those caves are inhabited by people even today.

Son Bou has the longest, but not necessarily the widest, beach on the island, with almost 2 miles of fine white sand backed in the most part by a protected area of sand dunes and freshwater marshes. A couple of words of warning though, the only access to the beach is near to the two big Sol Hotels at the far end of the resort, so if your accommodation is at the other end of town, be prepared for a long walk each day. Also despite its size, the beach does get very busy at weekends when many of the locals from nearby Alayor descend on the town with their picnic baskets. Although not officially allowed in Menorca, the western end of the Son Bou beach, going towards Santo Tomas, is recognised as a nudist beach.