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Built in the early 1800s for the prominent bourgeois Oliver family (who lived here until 1920), this magnificent mansion has been exquisitely restored into an engaging multimedia museum. Its elegant interiors display Maó's Col·lecció Hernández Sanz–Hernández Mora, devoted to Menorcan themes, illustrated by artworks, maps and decorative items dating back to the 18th century. The mansion's distinctive painted-canvas ceilings and grand imperial staircase, with its wrought-iron banisters and mythological-inspired mural, are the work of two 19th-century Sicilian artists.

Videos and displays outline the history of Menorca and the Oliver and Hernández families, while, up the top, you can climb the tower for fantastic views across Maó.

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

  • View of the lagoon, Parc Natural de s'Albufera des Grau, Menorca, Spain.

    Parc Natural S’Albufera des Grau

    4.11 MILES

    This freshwater lagoon and its shores form the ‘nucleus zone’ of Menorca’s protected Unesco Biosphere Reserve. It's a haven for wetland birdlife …

  • Bodegas Binifadet

    Bodegas Binifadet

    2.34 MILES

    At Menorca’s top winery, 500m northeast of Sant Lluís, you can amble around vineyards at your own pace, or book in a one-hour guided tour that concludes…

  • Cala en Turqueta

    Cala en Turqueta

    18.86 MILES

    One of Menorca's most beautiful and sought-after coves, salt-white Cala en Turqueta gets its name from the turquoise-hued waters that tumble onto its…

  • Palace in PlaA§a des Born, Ciutadella. Minorca, Barearic Islands, Spain

    Plaça des Born

    24.09 MILES

    Ciutadella’s main square is a gracious affair, framed by handsome 19th-century buildings like the neoclassical Palau Torre-Saura and fortress-like…

  • Castle of San Felipe. Los Escullos. Cabo de Gata. Almeria Cliffs and Battery of San Felipe, fortification built in the XVIII century to defend the coast of the attack of the pirates

    Castell de Sant Felip

    2.6 MILES

    On the north side of Cala de Sant Esteve, 4km southeast of Maó, the Castell de Sant Felip was originally constructed in the 16th century and, under…

  • Tourists inside the Xoriguer Gin Distillery.

    Xoriguer Gin Distillery

    0.29 MILES

    At this portside showroom, you can taste and buy Menorca's distinctively aromatic Xoriguer gin, born during the 18th-century British rule. From the range…

  • Museu de Menorca

    Museu de Menorca

    0.35 MILES

    This 17th-century former Franciscan monastery has been a nautical school, a library, a high school, a children’s home and, now, Menorca's main museum. Its…

  • Fort de Marlborough

    Fort de Marlborough

    2.57 MILES

    Britain occupied Menorca principally to gain possession of Maó’s deep natural harbour, captured by the Royal Navy in 1708, and built Fort Marlborough (5km…

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0.08 MILES

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2. Església de Santa Maria

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3. Arc de Sant Roc

0.19 MILES

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4. Plaça de s’Esplanada

0.27 MILES

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5. Xoriguer Gin Distillery

0.29 MILES

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6. Església de Sant Francesc

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8. Granja Dorada

1.17 MILES

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