To be continued…

The total solar eclipse of 12 August 2026 has been and gone. It lasted a little over two and a half minutes, and if you were on Menorca you probably spent that time staring upwards with your mouth open. So did we.

What happened

At 19:38 the sun started to disappear. At 20:30 it went dark in the middle of August. By 20:33 the day was back. Menorca was the last place in Spain to see it, just before the shadow headed out over the Mediterranean.

Thank you to everyone who came, to everyone who parked where they were told, and to everyone who returned the car with half the island's sand inside it. Worth it.

The next one, with a catch

There is another total eclipse on 2 August 2027, again in Spain. The catch: the path of totality runs across Cádiz, Málaga, Ceuta and Melilla at around 10:45 in the morning. From Menorca it will be partial — a good chunk of the sun covered, but no darkness in the middle of the afternoon.

After that, the annular eclipse of 26 January 2028 closes the run. The next total one visible from Spain is in 2053. Put it in the diary; we plan to still be here.

In the meantime

The island has not moved, and neither have the coves. If you fancy coming back for something that does not depend on celestial mechanics, we have cars and a few guides that never go out of date.

We will come back to this page. Closer to 2 August 2027 we will update it with the exact times from Menorca, how much of the sun will be covered and where to watch from. Worth bookmarking.

Page updated on 14 August 2026. The information about road closures, access restrictions and viewing areas for 12 August has been removed because it is no longer of any use.