Raco d'es Moro(Calo d’es Moro, Calo d’es Moro Beach)

Located in the western part of the island of Formentera in Spain – Raco d’es Moro – also called Calo d’es Moro and Calo d’es Moro Beach – is a rocky curve-shaped beach with a small amount of brown sand. This beach is a part of a natural park named Ses Salines d’Eivissa i Formentera Natural Park – Raco d’es Moro is located near the southern end of this natural park. This beach should not be confused with another separate beach named Calo des Moro – this beach is located on the nearby island of Mallorca.

Raco de’s Moro does not offer lifeguards or any other amenities, so please plan accordingly.

Raco d’es Moro Beach Spain offers many fun activities including sunbathing, beachcombing, swimming, surf-skiing, jet-skiing, snorkeling, scuba diving, water-skiing, paddleboarding, kitesurfing, windsurfing, boating, wakeboarding, parasailing, kayaking, canoeing, and wildlife watching.  

This beach is ideal for beginner swimmers because the clear turquoise water here usually has manageable waves. In addition, scuba divers also frequently visit this beach to explore its vibrant nearby marine biodiversity. There is an old sandstone quarry on a blufftop area at the northern part of the beach – some brave visitors sometimes dive from this quarry onto the water below. If you are planning to swim, kayak, or scuba dive here, we recommend being careful because the water here is known to have unpredictable rip currents and dangerous waves.

If you like bird watching, you can see many migratory and local birds in the wetlands around the beach. This beach is one of Formentera’s hidden gems – it is ideal for visitors looking for a quieter beach experience because it sees fewer visitors as compared to other nearby beaches. 

Raco d’es Moro does not offer wheelchair access to visitors with disabilities.

Getting to Raco d’es Moro can be difficult because the access trails around it are rugged – to reach this beach, you need to first drive to a local cultural center named Can Marroig. There are street signs around the nearby port village of La Savina that will help you to reach Can Marroig – after arriving here, you can park at the cultural center’s free dirt parking lot. Once you park here, you can easily walk to the Raco d’es Moro through rugged walking trails – there are signs around the beach that offer directions to the beach. 

We recommend visiting this beach wearing sturdy footwear because the area around it is rocky.

If you like taking pictures with beautiful views, Raco d’es Moro offers amazing Instagram-worthy views of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern Formentera shoreline.

There are many great restaurants near Raco d’es Moro within a 20-minute-drive. Cap de Barbaria is a promontory that offers a fun oceanfront hiking experience – it also offers amazing views of the southern Formentera shoreline and the Mediterranean Sea, especially at sunset. In addition, this promontory also has a popular lighthouse named Faro del Cabo de Barbaria. If you like shopping, the town of Sant Francesc Xavier in Formentera is known to have many interesting and fun shopping stores – these stores offer many fun items including handmade jewelry, clothing items, and novelties. If you like cinema, La Sala de Cultura de Formentera is a cinema theater that hosts regular film screenings - the cinema theater also hosts many fun cultural festivals. La Savina is a village and a port that offers excellent Instagram-worthy views of the Formentera shoreline and the Mediterranean Sea. In addition, this port also offers many fun shops and restaurants and it also hosts a flea market. Can Marroig is an old farmhouse that has interesting exhibits on agriculture, local history, ecology, and biodiversity – the area around this house offers many interesting things to explore by foot or by bike including rocky coastal areas, woodlands, marine areas, saltwater ponds, and an 18th century tower named Torre de La Gavina. If you are looking for another attraction near the beach, S’Estany des Peix is a lagoon that offers calm and shallow water – the lagoon’s calm water conditions make it ideal for practicing watersports including windsurfing, kitesurfing, kayaking, canoeing, and surf-skiing.

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants near the beach. Restaurante Salitre Formentera is known for serving excellent seafood and rice dishes with local culinary influences. Quimera Restaurant is known for serving dishes with local and modern culinary influences including grilled sea bass, cannelloni chicken, and steak – in addition it has also been praised by the MICHELIN GUIDE in 2023.  Aigua Aire offers amazing dishes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner including pasta, pizzas, rice dishes, roast chicken, burger, seafood, and tapas-style dishes. Port Amagat is an Italian restaurant that offers many excellent dishes including pizza, pasta, veal entrecote, and duck. If you are looking for another good and affordable restaurant nearby, Art Cafe is a cafe that offers a variety of great dishes including sandwiches, toasts, tapas, burgers, and salads – it also offers a variety of refreshing beverages. 

If you are looking for a hotel near Raco d’es Moro, there are many great nearby options. The 5-Star Five Flowers Hotel & Spa Formentera offers a gym, a hot tub, a spa, a fitness center, a pool, multiple bars, and a restaurant. The 4-Star Cala Saona Hotel & Spa is another upscale hotel that offers many amenities including a spa, multiple pools, multiple restaurants, a bar, a gym, and a tennis court. Another upscale hotel is the 4-Star Blanco Hotel Formentera that offers many amenities including a gym, a boutique, a garden, a terrace, a pool, a terrace, a shopping store, sunloungers, rental facilities for cars and bikes, two bars, and a restaurant. A more affordable hotel is the 3-Star Hotel Bahia Formentera that offers many amenities including a restaurant, a snack bar, a pool, and rental facilities for cars. If you are looking for another good and affordable nearby hotel, the 2.5-Star Hostal La Savina offers many amenities including a lounge, a cafeteria, a salon, rental facilities for cars and bikes, and a restaurant.