{"id":1696,"date":"2023-10-10T20:53:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/?p=1696"},"modified":"2023-10-10T20:53:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:53:00","slug":"isla-de-la-cabrera-balearic-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/?p=1696","title":{"rendered":"Isla de la Cabrera, Balearic Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We noticed Cabrera while searching for the perfect stopover on our way west. Reviews on Navily raved about the island, a marine and nature reserve as well as the very protected anchorage. To visit we had to get an annual sailing permit for the marine reserve (free) and book a mooring (\u20ac17 per night for our 14m boat).  We booked two nights and are now really happy we made the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The island is steeped in history, including being a defensive outpost against pirates and being a prison for 9,000 of Napoleon\u2019s soldiers (including women and children) who were left on the island from 1809 to 1814. Only 3,600 survived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2023-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2023-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2023-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2023-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2023-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2023-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2023-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Isla de la Cabrera Anchorage from the fort<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We arrived late afternoon on Monday so we had all of Tuesday to explore. Unfortunately Maria\u2019s sprained ankle allowed only a walk up to the fort and back, but I went on a hike of about 7km to see the historic spots and the lighthouse. To my delight I was the only person out there and I had about 4 hours of quiet enjoyment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2058-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2058-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2058-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2058-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2058-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2058-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2058-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cabrera Lighthouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We could easily have spent a week here, but alas we must away towards Gibraltar while the winds are favourable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2080-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2080-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2080-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2080-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2080-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2080-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_2080-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sunny Spells on a mooring at Cabrera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We noticed Cabrera while searching for the perfect stopover on our way west. Reviews on Navily raved about the island, a marine and nature reserve as well as the very protected anchorage. To visit we had to get an annual &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/?p=1696\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ocean-sailing-passages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svsunnyspells.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}