Juyoung Seo writes about luxury travel and lifestyle. The lesser known of the Balearic Islands, Menorca is slowly waking up from its long slumber to rival its sister islands of Mallorca and Ibiza.

Yasmin Fahr, a cookbook author, lives on Minorca part time. Minorca, one of Spain’s Balearic Islands, sparkles with the same blue-green waters as its more touristy neighbors, Ibiza and Majorca.

The second largest of the Balearic islands, and a Unesco Biosphere Reserve, Menorca certainly packs a punch. With a tumultuous history that witnessed countless assaults from the Romans ...