Eivissa tourist information
Tourist and travel info about Eivissa!
Holiday Villa, cottage, apartment or rural home for rent in Eivissa
Map over Eivissa
More than 18 Km of beaches
Ibiza, often called the White Island for its typical architecture, became a major center of touristical attraction during the 1960s, being then famous for its "Hippie-Culture" and nudist beaches. Today Ibiza has an ample offer as well for families and older visitors, anyhow, still there are the young ones who are attracted by the islands rollicking nightlife, which already starts in the afternoon, at the beaches and in the center of town, to continue until dawn in the numerous discotheques.
If you leave the beaches behind you to explore the islands interior, you will find a pure and simple Mediterranean culture, and remains of populations which inhabited Ibiza thousands of years ago, as for instance the famous wall-paintings of Ses Fontelles.
The island of Ibiza consists of five municipalities: Eivissa, the capital, Santa Eularia, Sant Antoni, Sant Josep, and Sant Joan. To the visitor each one of these offers distinct possibilities which complement each other. In Ibiza a small big world opens itself to the visitor and keeps him, if he so wishes, busy for twenty-four hours a day.
More than 18 kilometres of beaches await you on the island of Ibiza, allowing you to choose the atmosphere, the winds and the activities you wish to practise in any of them. There are beaches of all sorts - family, sporting, solitary, wild, tranquil, with deep or shallow waters for childrens bathing - it is for you to decide. Remember, the island of Ibiza has an area of 572 square kilometres, and the greatest distances by road are between 15 and 40 kilometres, so that all this is on hand, close to you. An island is like a boat and for this reason we recommend that at the start of the day the first thing you should find out, before choosing a beach, is the direction of the wind; if you are looking for a calm sea, go to the opposite side of the island from the direction the wind is coming from, the leeward side in seamans language; on the other hand, if you want a sea with greater movement, more appropriate for certain sports, go towards the part of the coast where the wind is coming from, the windward in the language of the sea.
If you like snorkelling, dont take snails, crabs or any other marine animal; these will be of no use to you, whereas they are needed by nature. Do not take hold of fish with your hands as some species can produce painful stings if they feel threatened.
The 18 kilometres are divided between 71 bays and beaches, distributed along the entire coastline of Ibiza and thus, while you travel through countryside set off with the remains of more than 2600 years of history, you can choose, with the help of this guide, the beach which best suits your personality or the needs of your family.
The Island of Ibiza is one of those exceptional places in the world whose cultural and natural assets are protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Candidates for consideration as a World Heritage Site are evaluated by the UNESCO Committee on the basis of criteria, adopted at the World Heritage Convention in 1972, examining both cultural and natural features, delegates from the 21 countries that form part of the Heritage Committee were unanimous in their vote that the enormous historical and ecological importance of the largest of the Pitiüsa Islands well deserved such an award
Ibiza town was founded by the Phoenicians 2600 year ago, and ever since then has been continually populated. The urban structure of the walled town, Dalt Vila (High Town) is created around an original nucleus, the actual castle, and developed in spontaneous, sporadic and heterogeneous editions, without any original planning, adapted to the geographical conditions and with no other criterion other than the defence needs of each period. Dalt Vila is surrounded by a wall constructed in the XVIth century according to the Renaissance conception of defense by the Italian engineers Juan Baptista Calvi and Jacobo Paleazo Fratin. The walls consist of seven bastions armed with artillery and a ravelin, connected by defensive walls. Inside, remains of the medieval wall can be found, arranged in four adjacent areas, each on a different level and easy to recognize.
If you begin your visit at the top of Dalt Vila you can see the distribution of medieval power in its architectural form. The Cathedral, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was built between the XIVth and XVIth century, and restored in the XVIIIth century, thus we can distinguish two phases, the first in Catalan-Gothic style and the later in Baroque style.
On the corner, next to the Cathedral, can be found a building called the Universidad, the governing body of the island introduced in the XIIth century and abolished in the XVIIIth with the arrival of the Spanish (Castilian) troups. In its outbuildings can be found today the Archaelogical museum of Dalt Vila which as well occupies the bastion of Santa Tecla, next to the Cathedral. Bordering on the carrer Major is the Reial Curia with ist unmistakably Gothic entrance; a building which housed todays equivalents of courthouses and notaries offices. In the background the castle and ramparts that, with their heights, dominate the square and also the town. Their are built in different styles and is restored.
Ibiza, often called the White Island for its typical architecture, became a major center of touristical attraction during the 1960s, being then famous for its "Hippie-Culture" and nudist beaches. Today Ibiza has an ample offer as well for families and older visitors, anyhow, still there are the young ones who are attracted by the islands rollicking nightlife, which already starts in the afternoon, at the beaches and in the center of town, to continue until dawn in the numerous discotheques.
If you leave the beaches behind you to explore the islands interior, you will find a pure and simple Mediterranean culture, and remains of populations which inhabited Ibiza thousands of years ago, as for instance the famous wall-paintings of Ses Fontelles.
The island of Ibiza consists of five municipalities: Eivissa, the capital, Santa Eularia, Sant Antoni, Sant Josep, and Sant Joan. To the visitor each one of these offers distinct possibilities which complement each other. In Ibiza a small big world opens itself to the visitor and keeps him, if he so wishes, busy for twenty-four hours a day.
More than 18 kilometres of beaches await you on the island of Ibiza, allowing you to choose the atmosphere, the winds and the activities you wish to practise in any of them. There are beaches of all sorts - family, sporting, solitary, wild, tranquil, with deep or shallow waters for childrens bathing - it is for you to decide. Remember, the island of Ibiza has an area of 572 square kilometres, and the greatest distances by road are between 15 and 40 kilometres, so that all this is on hand, close to you. An island is like a boat and for this reason we recommend that at the start of the day the first thing you should find out, before choosing a beach, is the direction of the wind; if you are looking for a calm sea, go to the opposite side of the island from the direction the wind is coming from, the leeward side in seamans language; on the other hand, if you want a sea with greater movement, more appropriate for certain sports, go towards the part of the coast where the wind is coming from, the windward in the language of the sea.
If you like snorkelling, dont take snails, crabs or any other marine animal; these will be of no use to you, whereas they are needed by nature. Do not take hold of fish with your hands as some species can produce painful stings if they feel threatened.
The 18 kilometres are divided between 71 bays and beaches, distributed along the entire coastline of Ibiza and thus, while you travel through countryside set off with the remains of more than 2600 years of history, you can choose, with the help of this guide, the beach which best suits your personality or the needs of your family.
The Island of Ibiza is one of those exceptional places in the world whose cultural and natural assets are protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Candidates for consideration as a World Heritage Site are evaluated by the UNESCO Committee on the basis of criteria, adopted at the World Heritage Convention in 1972, examining both cultural and natural features, delegates from the 21 countries that form part of the Heritage Committee were unanimous in their vote that the enormous historical and ecological importance of the largest of the Pitiüsa Islands well deserved such an award
Ibiza town was founded by the Phoenicians 2600 year ago, and ever since then has been continually populated. The urban structure of the walled town, Dalt Vila (High Town) is created around an original nucleus, the actual castle, and developed in spontaneous, sporadic and heterogeneous editions, without any original planning, adapted to the geographical conditions and with no other criterion other than the defence needs of each period. Dalt Vila is surrounded by a wall constructed in the XVIth century according to the Renaissance conception of defense by the Italian engineers Juan Baptista Calvi and Jacobo Paleazo Fratin. The walls consist of seven bastions armed with artillery and a ravelin, connected by defensive walls. Inside, remains of the medieval wall can be found, arranged in four adjacent areas, each on a different level and easy to recognize.
If you begin your visit at the top of Dalt Vila you can see the distribution of medieval power in its architectural form. The Cathedral, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was built between the XIVth and XVIth century, and restored in the XVIIIth century, thus we can distinguish two phases, the first in Catalan-Gothic style and the later in Baroque style.
On the corner, next to the Cathedral, can be found a building called the Universidad, the governing body of the island introduced in the XIIth century and abolished in the XVIIIth with the arrival of the Spanish (Castilian) troups. In its outbuildings can be found today the Archaelogical museum of Dalt Vila which as well occupies the bastion of Santa Tecla, next to the Cathedral. Bordering on the carrer Major is the Reial Curia with ist unmistakably Gothic entrance; a building which housed todays equivalents of courthouses and notaries offices. In the background the castle and ramparts that, with their heights, dominate the square and also the town. Their are built in different styles and is restored.
