We really enjoyed our stay at Viviana’s Los Albatros. It’s a fabulous little apartment with everything you need and nothing you don’t! The location was perfect for us - just a stones throw (a few minutes walk down the a curl de sac and up steps) from the lovely picturesque beach at Arenal, but in a more residential rather than tourist part of this small town. There is a fantastic view of the above from a small seated area at the side of the property and another balcony looks into an enclosed garden below. Arenal has a few restaurants with varied enough choice to suit most budgets.
We stayed here the second week of October and the weather was mostly around 25, apart from heavy rain at night a couple of times. This was a pleasant temperature for walking and swimming in the quiet bays around the island. We had some lovely trips out in our hired car to Fornells, Es Grau (and the national parc area), Mau and Ciuitedella. If you’re coming from the UK advise to get a walking map/guide book before arrival as the Cami de Cavall and other walk books only seem to be available in other languages. Some of the routes are not that well marked in reality so a guide in the hand would be useful. This time of year the island seems to be very quiet in the smaller towns and villages which suited us well enough in the day time, although evenings out were a bit empty. We’ll just have to come back to Menorca with friends next time!