Mahón or Maó, is the island's capital and home to the airport.  It is an elegant town with a number of Georgian style houses, testimony to the island's colonial past.  The British occupied Mahón three times in the 1800's.  The harbour is one of the town's major attractions, it is reputed to be one of the finest ports in Spain.  From the port area the town is accessed by fairly steep streets at the top of which is the Eglesia del Carme a former Carmelite church.