Líthica, Pedreres de s'Hostal — Attraction in Ciutadella

Lithica: the perfect place to get lost—literally and linguistically. Step into a majestic stone quarry that whispers ancient secrets… just not in English. The labyrinth is impressive, but the real puzzle is figuring out what you're looking at without a guide, signage, or even a halfway decent brochure. It's like they thought, 'Why ruin the mystery with information?' Want to know the history? Good luck. Want to understand the art installations? Better brush up on your Catalan or bring a psychic. Lithica doesn’t just make you feel small among the stones—it makes you feel like you weren’t invited to the party in the first place. Having paid to visit, I’m now 97% sure Lithica was excavated by the Romans at the end of the 18th century. Probably took a break from building aqueducts to invent diesel-powered stone...

Now this was something different to visit. An old quarry that has been transformed into little grottos and huge cavernous pits, with a labyrinth built out of stone at the end.

Warning this place can be really hot in places, but shade can be sort. Make sure you wear sensible shoes and clothing and bring plenty of water as non sold on site (big mistake in my opinion). Our 7yr old loved exploring but got over heated right at end so was too hot to risk the labyrinth.

Signage as you walk around a little confusing, a lot of the areas you have to walk back out of to get onto main path and the arrows become a little confusing, we got lost more than once.

Be aware they close 2.30-4.30. I'd suggest a visit at the later time.

However I loved the feel of this place... do...

Good and Bad.

The Good It's a very unusual and slightly breathtaking place to visit. Huge, cathedral sized, straight sided, cubes of space in the earth. A few lovely garden spots in the older section.

The Bad For a place that must get a lot of income from overseas visitors they seem VERY disinterested in tourists. Almost everything is in Catalan and Spanish. The map / guide leaflet is practically useless. You could easily walk right past the best bits of the garden. Some explanation of the quarrying, the way the stone is used and worked, the future plans for the site, some hands-on carving world be great. Instead you get a bad map and told to walk out of the ticket office to the right.

Also, no cafe...