Lieu photo à Formentera
Es Caló de Sant Agustí
A fishermen's cove of wooden slipways cut into the rock, where the island narrows to a few hundred metres.
À propos Es Caló de Sant Agustí
ItinéraireEs Caló is a working fishing cove on the north coast, and one of the few places on Formentera with real texture: wooden rails and shelters — the escars — built onto the rock to pull small boats out of the water, weathered grey, with clear shallow sea between them.
It is small, which is the point. A session here uses the slipways as foreground and the pale rock as a frame, and the pictures come out quieter and more worked than the postcard beaches. The water is calm most mornings because the cove faces away from the prevailing swell.
From here the road climbs the escarpment to La Mola, so this is usually the middle stop of a route that starts on the sandbars and ends at a lighthouse. Boats and gear are private property — keep off the slipways themselves.
Meilleur moment pour photographier
Morning, when the cove is in shade and the water is flat
Conseils
The slipways and boats belong to local fishermen — photograph them, don't climb on them. Parking is a handful of spaces in the village.
Autres lieux à Formentera
Ses Illetes and the Trucadors sandbar
A narrow strip of white sand at the island's northern tip, with turquoise water on both sides.
Cap de Barbaria lighthouse
A straight road across bare limestone to a lighthouse at the edge of a cliff — the island's sunset.
La Mola — the lighthouse and the old windmill
A plateau of dry-stone fields at the far end of the island, ending in a lighthouse above a vertical drop.
Prêt à réserver ?
Notre équipe concierge choisira 2-3 photographes qui connaissent Es Caló de Sant Agustí — gratuitement.