The Greeks called Ibiza and Formentera the Islas Pitiusas (Islands of Pine Trees). The landscape is harsh and rocky, and the island receives little rainfall, Alongside the hardy pines trees, the most common crops are olives, figs and almonds. surprisingly, half the island is mostly unspoilt and still remains covered by thick woods, while the rest is made up of Ibiza rental apartments.
Driving round the back roads of the north is to plunge into a rustic idyll not what most people expect of Ibiza.
Your on an Island known as the White Island, la Isla Blanca, it is provisionally the loveliest of 4 Balearic islands, covered by fantastic cove beaches, high soaring cliffs and densely covered with pine trees, which offers the ideal place to spend your vacations.
The islands capital is Ibiza, or Eivissa if you speak Catalan, it also happens to be one of Europe's oldest cities, Originally set up by the Carthaginian and grew to become a vital stronghold till it became centuries later the capital.
Ibiza is made of five municipalities, Sant Josep de sa Talaia, Santa Eularia des Riu, Sant Antoni de Portmany, Sant Joan de Labritja and Eivissa, all have their own individual charm.
East of the island are a number smaller islands , a well-known landmark called Isla Es Vedra, where according to a legend, Hannibal the conqueror, was born, a smaller sister island Es Vedranell and a further two smaller islands called Espalmador and Conejaro.
A rough shore, interspersed with lots of golden beaches, most consumed with comprehensive traveller developments. There are 1 or 2 out of the way beaches that remain, but in summer you will not be doing much solitary swimming.
Ibiza's beaches and the islands relaxed approach first turned into a major destination in the flower power days of the 60s, while the Northern US hippies were 'California dreaming ', the European equivalent headed out to Ibiza in their droves to tune up, turn on and drop out.
Perhaps hard to credit that in 1956 the island only had twelve cars. It is well known that Ibiza is the birthplace of rave, and home to a few of Spain's most infamous clubs, the ridiculous summer scene that is seen pretty much every year and retold in the daily papers in Britain, all enhanced by a wide-ranging collection of watering holes and discos.
There is so much more to the Island, Ibiza is not just a giant party place, Initially for the hip wealthy and fashionable all heading to their Ibiza rental apartments. Ibiza is a mixed World-Heritage site because of the city's architecture and the island's rich sea life, which soon turned its head towards the tourist trade, and started shipping in summer sun seekers by the thousands. Today the island populace of 100,000 watch as four million tourists arrive each year.
Driving round the back roads of the north is to plunge into a rustic idyll not what most people expect of Ibiza.
Your on an Island known as the White Island, la Isla Blanca, it is provisionally the loveliest of 4 Balearic islands, covered by fantastic cove beaches, high soaring cliffs and densely covered with pine trees, which offers the ideal place to spend your vacations.
The islands capital is Ibiza, or Eivissa if you speak Catalan, it also happens to be one of Europe's oldest cities, Originally set up by the Carthaginian and grew to become a vital stronghold till it became centuries later the capital.
Ibiza is made of five municipalities, Sant Josep de sa Talaia, Santa Eularia des Riu, Sant Antoni de Portmany, Sant Joan de Labritja and Eivissa, all have their own individual charm.
East of the island are a number smaller islands , a well-known landmark called Isla Es Vedra, where according to a legend, Hannibal the conqueror, was born, a smaller sister island Es Vedranell and a further two smaller islands called Espalmador and Conejaro.
A rough shore, interspersed with lots of golden beaches, most consumed with comprehensive traveller developments. There are 1 or 2 out of the way beaches that remain, but in summer you will not be doing much solitary swimming.
Ibiza's beaches and the islands relaxed approach first turned into a major destination in the flower power days of the 60s, while the Northern US hippies were 'California dreaming ', the European equivalent headed out to Ibiza in their droves to tune up, turn on and drop out.
Perhaps hard to credit that in 1956 the island only had twelve cars. It is well known that Ibiza is the birthplace of rave, and home to a few of Spain's most infamous clubs, the ridiculous summer scene that is seen pretty much every year and retold in the daily papers in Britain, all enhanced by a wide-ranging collection of watering holes and discos.
There is so much more to the Island, Ibiza is not just a giant party place, Initially for the hip wealthy and fashionable all heading to their Ibiza rental apartments. Ibiza is a mixed World-Heritage site because of the city's architecture and the island's rich sea life, which soon turned its head towards the tourist trade, and started shipping in summer sun seekers by the thousands. Today the island populace of 100,000 watch as four million tourists arrive each year.
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