Mallorca and Menorca are blessed with the sort of natural and man-made attributes that entice countless millions of foreign visitors to descend upon them and to keep returning year after the perfect deep blue and transparent turquoise of the Mediterranean Sea , 300-plus days of brilliant annual sunshine , hundreds of miles of coastline , secluded coves and wide bays , and a vast choice of cheap flights and accommodations .
The Mediterranean Sea is turquoise .