Minorquines Avarca Pink

Avarca sandals in naturel leather. 

The original model of the famous menorcan sandals invented by the peasants of the island of Menorca in the 50s, redesigned in soft leather with a light sole made from rubber with a tyre-tread print. The end of the foot is opened and the position of the heel strap makes sure the foot is held in place.

Material: Soft napa leather

Sole: Rubber with tyre-tread print

Heel: 5 mm

We also have a story of Menorcan sandals: 

In Menorca, the least well-known Balearic island, the production of shoes and sandals has been a tradition since the end of the 19^th century. Who would have thought at the time that the Menorcan sandal that would become the most famous would be a model created by a peasant!

In the 1950s, when Menorca found itself isolated due to its position in favour of the republicans during the Spanish Civil War, a peasant came up with the idea of making a pair of sandals for himself that was sturdy, practical, comfortable and most of all suitable for the hot local climate. His great idea was to make the sole from the rubber tread of a used tyre…

The sandals were adopted by the Menorcan people in the 1960s, and the island’s cobblers started to make these sandals to order. But it wasn’t until the 1970s that the first workshops opened their doors to the production of “avarcas”, as these sandals are called by the Menorcans. From that moment on the sandals became popular with the rest of the inhabitants of the Balearic islands and with tourists who took them home in their suitcases. The name given to the sandals by French tourists was “Minorquines”.

Since that time these “Menorquinas” have conquered Spain… and have even become the favourite summer shoes of the Spanish royal family!