We've just come back from a week's holiday in Menorca, Harry's first proper holiday abroad, and we had a fabulous time. Unfortunately, going on holiday means you are going to end up spending much of your first and last day in an airport, one at home and one at your destination. We flew out from London Gatwick, a quite big and impressive airport that seeks to cater to every need of the passengers trapped within, and flew to Menorca airport, which is near the island's capital city Mahon. My parents took my brother and I to Menorca when we were 4 and 2, so over 20 years ago and my parents were really impressed with the change in the airport, and I thought the small island .  Read the complete review

I often dread the thought of the airports abroad, especially when noone else speakse English and you have to figure everything out for yourself. Mahon airport in Menorca is great in my opinion. There is a huge new modern building, which the last time I went was just finished being built. We walked in to smaller ques that I had imagined, and we were only waiting an amount of minutes to get our luggage checked in. There are many English speaking staff walking around to make sure that your visit was a good one, and helping with anything that you didn't understand. We got through the security in a matter of minutes, straight into the huge ...  Read the complete review

This really is a comfortable, efficient airport. After 11 days sunning ourselves the last thing we wanted was to hang around an airport with little money and a restless, tired 2 year old. What a pleasant suprise we had! The queues really weren't very long but moved quickly anyway. All the staff were polite and helpful and the whole place seemed to run like clockwork. There is a good selection of duty free and gift shops (a bit pricey but then the whole of Menorca was). There are also plenty of places to eat - whether you just want a sandwich or push the boat out and have Burger King. Oh, and there is an outside lounge for the smokers amongst us! Our baggage and ..  Read the complete review

Foreign holiday airports are in my experience often terrible and bring the holiday to a less than satisfactory conclusion. I'm not talking about Paris CDG, or Rome etc. I'm talking for example about Mallorca, Ibiza or The Canaries. Meet the next generation of Holiday Airports--Mahon, Menorca. ============= We have all been there; great holiday, lots of sunshine, good food etc. Then the day of departure arrives and the continuous cattle market starts. Bus to the airport, queue at the airport for ages, queue to go through security, vague and rough search by someone etc etc etc. ...  Read the complete review