Hostal La Marina, Ibiza.

Este es el nuevo diseño del Hostal La Marina, Ibiza. Espectacular hostal con ubicación ideal en el corazón del mundialmente conocido puerto de Ibiza, ofrece una variedad de habitaciones decoradas con sumo gusto y a precios asequibles para todos.

Tres edificios adjuntos en el Puerto, más uno situado cerca de las fuentes del centro de Ibiza, constituyen el Hostal La Marina.

Visite el sitio para mayor información.

Hotel Playa Real, Ibiza.

This is the new design of Hotel Playa Real, Ibiza. This wonderful hotel is located in Talamanca Beach. Built in 1972 and renovated in 2003 and 2009. It has a fantastic restaurant buffet for dinner and breakfast, and a bar to enjoy the noon next to the pool. The rooms are equipped with carpet, full bathroom, SAT TV and telephone. One of the greatest things in Hotel playa real, is that you can have the pool and the sea water very close to you. Boths are only 10 steps away from each other.





Este es el nuevo diseño del Hotel Playa real, Ibiza. Este espectacular hotel se encuentra en playa Talamanca. Construido en 1972 y remodelado en 2003 y 2009. Tiene un apetitoso restaurante buffet para cenar y desayunar, y un bar para disfrutar la tarde junto a la piscina. Una de las mejores cosas que tiene hotel playa Real es que puedes acceder de manera fácil tanto a la piscina como a la playa, ya que, ambos están a solo 10 pasos de distancia.

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Tivoli and Jabeque videos

We have new videos for 2 apartments complexes from the Playa sol hotel chain.
The Tivoli apartments situated in the center of Playa den Bossa, 1 block away from the beach, 4 blocks away from the famous Bora Bora Beach bar and 5 blocks away from the Space disco.
Then we also have a new video for the Jabeque apartments witch is situated between Ibiza town and Playa Den Bossa, in a area called Es Vive.
This complex was part of the Sirenis hotel chain but like I mentioned before now they are part of the Grupo Playa Sol.
They are right on the sea and 100 % of the rooms have ocean view and are one of the few complexes that offers 2 bedroom apartments.
They are a bit more expensive but they are also far superior to other complexes of the Grupo playa Sol.
We are producing more videos and we will keep you informed as they come out.

Invisa has new videos

All the hotels of the Invisa hotel chain have brand new videos.
The accommodations included in this chain are:
La Cala, in the centre of Santa Eulalia, this is a 3 star hotel but will be upgrading shortly to 4 stars. We already made a video almost a year ago, that is still in the video page.

Ereso: Situated in Es Cana in the municipality of Santa Eulalia, this hotel is very popular between british families.

Es Pla: Situated in the center of San Antonio, only 1 block away from the 2 largest discos in town, Eden and Es Paradis, the beach is also 1 block away. For those of you how have already been to San Antonio it is very close to the Columbus Egg.

Cala verde and Cala Blanca: Both complexes are right next to each other on the beach of Es Figueral close to the small town of San Carlos .

With these 5 accommodation we have 34 videos of hotels in Ibiza. We will keep you up to date with the latest up dates.

New client reviews

We have received many new Ibiza hotel reviews from clients.
The last one came in today for the Hotel Hawaii in the Bay of San Antonio, and received 4 out of 5 possible stars for their sea view, good food and walk way.
Another extremely positive review is for the Sol Sargamassa in the municipality of Santa Eulalia, only 3 KM from the center of town.
The clients assure they have been over 15 times in this accommodation and will be back on the 12 of June.
On the other side we have the Hotel San Remo in San Antonio, Ibiza. The client was unhappy about the room they first got, the food, the other old spanish guests, the music, the all inclusive, the road works, noise, dust, unstable sun covers, the lack of help, lack of entertainment, unhelpful reception staff and finally but not least the dead cockroach......real optimists!

That was it for today.

Hotel Ereso video

The Hotel Ereso in Es Cana has a new video.
This 3 star accommodation is part of the Invisa hotel chain, considered as one of the best chains in the island and is situated in the Town of Es Cana in the municipality of Santa Eulalia del Rio, Ibiza.

They are specially popular between familys with young children, the Ereso hotel has been recently renovated and obtained the "Q" for their tourist Quality.
The video has a very high quality with many aerial views and motion pictures. This is only the first of a series of movies from the Invisa hotel chain to come out.

To see more videos of accommodation in Ibiza click here.

Bon LLoc apartments are back

The apartments Bon Lloc in Santa Eulalia are back.
They were part of the Servitur chain and has now been sold. These apartments have been renewed with a lot of love but some of the rooms are missing basic equipment like television. All the missing equipment will be installed at the end of the season, around October.
The Bon Lloc apartments enjoy a privileged location by being in the very centre of Santa Eulalia, one block away from the beach and also one block away from the harbour.
This area has almost endless dinning and shopping possibilities.
In this location you really don?t need a car you can reach every thing you could possibly want by foot.

Ereso, El Pinar and Mare Nostrum ratings

We have new client hotel reviews for you.
The first one is for the Hotel Ereso, situated in Es Cana, in the municipality of Santa Eulalia, Ibiza. This accommodation is part of the Invisa chain, which has a reputation as being one of the best chain in the island.
The review is written in Spanish and they say that the Ereso did not supply them with champu or hairdryer. I must say this comment came to a real surprise to us, since othe client have left nothing but positive comments of this accommodation.

Our next review is once more for the friendly El Pinar apartments. Once again they say that they have excellent staff and the location is ideal for a relaxing holiday in Ibiza.

We also have a Italian review for the Mare Nostrum hotel in Playa den bossa.

Autos Mari Car Rental

Ibiza-hotels.com has added another car rental company to the car rental page.
With 3 companies we hope to guarantee the supply of cars even in high season.
The new company is Autos Mari, has over 25 years of experience with car, motorcycle and van rentals.
They are have several offices in Santa Eulalia, Siesta, Sargamassa, Cala Llonga and Portinatx.
They have a wide selection of vehicles, every thing from a Honda Lead scooter to a Ford Transit van.

Many people are intimidated of the thought of having to find their way to the hotel in an island they don?t know in a car they are not familiar with.
We have solved part of the problem by adding a how to get here section in our hotel maps. Giving you exact indications of how to get to your accommodation. We hope this helps people how would like to rent a car but fear that they would not find their way around Ibiza.

New maps for Ibiza town and Playa den Bossa

The new generation of maps are already in all the pages of hotels, hostels and apartments in Ibiza town and Playa D'en Bossa.
For those of you how did not read our first blog about our new maps,
we use the same Google Maps as before but in the comment window of the hotel we have added a new feature.
This feature consists of a how to get here, with 3 links to the possible entry points to Ibiza, the airport, the harbour of Ibiza Town and the harbour of San Antonio.
If you click on any of the links you get a map with the best route to get to your accommodation, with the driving indications on the left hand side and the map on the right hand side.
You can also get the inverse directions or even change the starting and arrival point completely.

As you know were you are going now, the best way to go around the island is with a rented car, in our car rental section we have a total of 3 companies you can choose from.

Fly with a private jet to Ibiza

Tired of flying to Ibiza crammed into a tiny seat with a crying baby on one side and a snoring old man on the other side, the high point of your flight being when you get the awful airplane food.
Well Blue Star Jets brings you the solution, they are the largest broker of private aircrafts in the world, with access to over 4,000 private aircrafts at 5,000 airports worldwide.
They provide an alternative to the high cost of flying private or ownership, they will take care of every thing form in-flight catering, ground transportation, show tickets and dinner reservations.

So how much is this going to cost?
There are several membership plans that offer advantages such as no maintenance fee, free standard catering, discounts in every flight.
The cheapest is 50,000 US Dollars and it goes up all the way to 1,000,000 US Dollars.

Flights start at 1300 Dollars for 5-6 People in a TurboProps to 8,900 Dollars in a heavy jet with capacity for 9 to 14 Pax.

If you need a luxury accommodation in Ibiza to go with your jet click here.

For more information and reservations visit www.bluestarjets.com for the rest of you see you in one of those crammed airplanes, I?ll be between the crying baby and the motor mouth grandma.

Take a virtual tour of the Argos Hotel

Now you can take a 360 virtual panoramic tour of Hotel Argos in the Beach of Talamanca in Ibiza Town.
The Argos is a 4 star accommodation, right on the beach, its only 100 meters away from the spectacular sport harbour, its also with in walking distance of 2 of the most famous clubs in Ibiza. The Pacha and El Divino Disco.
The rooms are spacious and the views over the bay are incredible. This accommodation is one of the few on the island that is open all year. Specially appreciated by the clients how visit the Argos in winter is the heated pool.

The virtual tour of the Argos Hotel consists of 11 interconnected panoramas. Like always there are 4 links at the bottom of the page that will bring you to 4 of the main areas.

We hope you enjoy it and we are looking forward to offering you more virtual reality tours.

Rural Hotel Sa Talaia has installed Wi-Fi

The 4 star Rural Hotel Sa Talaia in the area of San Antonio has installed Wi-fi (wireless internet). This service is available in the entire hotel including the rooms.
The old Finca was the personal residence of Abel Matutes, the richest man on the island of Ibiza. He owns the Fiesta Hotel group, the CAM Bank and all the ferry company that go to Ibiza except one (Iscomar).
You can probably imagine that this Rural hotel or Agroturismo (as they are called in Spain) has been restored with a lot of love and a substantial economical investment.
Jacuzzi, tennis courts, air conditioning and TV with DVD are only a few of the things this accommodation has to offer.

For more hotels with Wi-Fi (wireless internet) click here.

Take a virtual tour of the Hostal Talamanca

Now you can take a virtual tour of the Hostal Talamanca in the beach with the same name.
This beach is situated right next to the Sport Harbour of Ibiza Town, the legendary Pacha disco is with in walking distance from this accommodation, the disco El Divino is also with in walking distance.
The Hostal Talamanca is simple but it was every thing you really need, except maybe a pool but therefore you have the beautiful beach right in front of you.

The virtual reality tour consists of 7 modules with 360º that are interconnected, like always there are 4 links at the bottom of the page to quickly access the main areas, like reception, the room, restaurant and the beach.

We hope you enjoy it and we will keep you informed about any new virtual reality panoramas we do.

New hotel client reviews

We have several new client comments for you.
The first of come from Scotland and is for the Club Playa den Bossa ? Ibiza. The client says that ?it?s the best Hotel she ever stayed in, excellent service and extremely welcoming?.
This is the perfect accommodation for you people how like to party, it is right across the street form the Space Disco and only one block away from the Bora Bora Beach bar.

Our next comment come from wales and is for the Sol Bay in the Bay of San Antonio ? Ibiza. These apartments are part of the biggest hotel chain in the island, the Grupo Playa Sol.
She goes on to say that the apartments are OK but they are noisy and she does not recommend then for families with children, it is also hard to get a snack in this accommodation and gives them 2 stars out of 5 possible.

The last client review is for the Sanfora Hotel also in the bay of San Antonio ? Ibiza.
The client says that they are very reasonably priced but basic. There are good restaurants with in walking distance. He also says it is in walking distance of the West End but far enough not to hear any thing.

Take a virtual tour of the Hotel Mare Nostrum

We have added virtual reality to the Mare Nostrum Hotel in Playa den Bossa.
This is part of the Grupo Playa Sol chain and is one of the biggest hotels in the island, with 500 rooms.
It is situated in second sea line only 4 to 5 blocks away from the popular Bora Bora Beach bar and about 6 blocks from the Space disco.
The clientele is mixed, with every thing from clubbers to families coexisting peacefully.

The 360º virtual reality tour consists of 10 inter connected modules. The bedroom, bathroom, balcony, reception, pool, Kids Park, restaurant, out side and the football court.
There are 4 links at the bottom to quickly access 4 of the main areas.

In the views of the balcony there were 2 construction cranes, which we took out because they are only temporal and soon they will not be there.

We hope you enjoy it.

Blau Park has installed Wi-Fi

The Apart hotel Blau Park in San Antonio has installed Wi-fi (wireless internet) in the entire hotel, including the common areas and the rooms.
This is probably the best 4 star accommodation in San Antonio, situated right next to the legendary Café del Mar (it also enjoys the same great sun set).
It is with in walking distance of the West End (the bars and party street) but far enough that the noise does not disturb your sleep.
3 blocks away from the West End you will find the 2 Macro discos San Antonio has to offer: Eden and Es Paradis.
Their web page also has a 360 panoramic virtual reality page, if have been following our blog you will know we are working on adding this technology to all the hotels and apartments we represent.
They also have some excellent client reviews, the clients recommend the Blau Park over all other hotels in Town and so do we.

Check out hotels with wi-fi in Ibiza for more information about wireless Internet accommodation in the island.

Take a virtual tour of the Hotel Maritimo

We have added virtual reality to the Hotel Maritimo in Figueretas.
There is a new feature compared with our first 360 panorama of the Parot apartments.
This time we have a link directly to the 4 main areas of the hotel, this way you have a quick access to the entire hotel.
There is a total of 10 connected modules, and in each one you can zoom in, zoom out, and move the viewer into all directions.
This hotel also has a video and combined with the client comments and map is a pretty good example of what we plan to do in all the accommodations we represent in Ibiza.

The beach was missed out on purpose because they were caring out a cleaning job, also underwater and there were huge red bags filled with garbage, anyway we thought this was not representative of what the beach looks like 99,9 % of the time. How ever you can see the beach in all detail in the video.

Our videos have been watched 40,000 times

Our videos have been watched 40,000 times.
We started with the production of videos in January of 2007 and since then we have added a total of 25 videos wish can be seen in Youtube and other big video portals.
Our most popular video was the one of the Aguas Blancas Beach,(it has been seen 4,300 times) our most recent video is 2 months old and is the second movie of the Argos Hotel in Talamanca.

We have bought new equipment and as soon as the season starts we will be producing many more films. These films will be of a much higher quality so stay tuned.

In our Ibiza hotel video site you will find all the videos we have of hotels in Ibiza, some of them have not been produced by us.
Like we mentioned in our last blog we will combine the videos with Virtual reality and the Maritimo Hotel in Figueretas is almost finished.

Virtual Reality for Hotels in Ibiza

Our goal has always been to give our clients the most precise information of hotels in Ibiza so that you know what you are really getting for your money.
Were we will play an impartial roll and only show you what is there.
With this philosophy in mind we started last year with the videos of hotels in Ibiza.
Even if the videos are a great tool the client sees what we want to show them and not what they want to see.
The only way to show on a web page exactly what the accommodation looks like is virtual reality and that is exactly what we are staring to do.
We started with the Apartments Parot in Santa Eulalia and we hope to do many more very soon.

This does not mean that we will stop making videos, in fact we have just purchased new equipment to improve the quality of our videos.
We believe that virtual realty and videos complement each other very well. As a 360 panoramic view can not really transmit the personality of a accommodation like a video can.
A video like we said before will just show you what we want to show you and not what you want to see.

We will keep you informed as we add this feature to other hotels and apartments.

Rent a Maserati in Ibiza

Have you ever wanted to drive a Maserati up to one of Ibizas world famous discos and have the girls go wild and the guy die of envy but you just don?t have the $$$.
We have good news for you there is a German car rental company specialized in luxury cars, they bring cars to Ibiza in summer.
You can rent a black 400 horse power Maserati, with unlimited kilometers, full coveredge insurance and taxes for 1100 Euros a day.

Their contact telephone in Ibiza is 620 976 802, you can also contact them in Germany calling this number +0049 151 15222131.

For the rest of us we also have a car rental page with a wide selection of cars at a much cheaper price. You can pick your car at the airport or the hotel.

New generation of maps

We have created a new generation of maps for the hotels.
The 2 first hotels that already have this technology is the Tres Carbelas in Playa den Bossa and the 4 star Blau Park hotel in San Antonio.
It consists of a Google map like we always had but know in the window we have the name of the accommodation and then we have a how to get here section with three links covering all the possible entry points of the island: The airport, the harbour of Ibiza town and the harbour of San Antonio.
Once you click on the link you get a page with the exact trail to follow to get from any of these 3 points to the hotel, on the left hand side you find the instructions to follow to drive yourself.
On the top left hand side you will also find a button to get the inverse direction to find your way back to the airport of harbour.

Beneath you will find a rent a car link that brings you to our car rental page were you can make your booking with a system that is similar to the one used to make your booking for the hotels.
Witch we thought would be useful now that you know how your way around the island.

Problems of Eastern

Many hotels in Ibiza will not open their doors in Eastern of this year.
The reason is that eastern is very early this year, end of March. If a accommodation opens they have that one week were they will have a good occupancy but then they will have to wait till the beginning of May till the tourist season starts again almost with out customers and with the high costs of personal.
This idea has scared many hotels and apartments that prefer to wait till May to open their doors.
A few others have gone around this problem in what I consider the best solution, they open in eastern and then close after it is over and re open on the first of May.

This was not a problem last year since ?La Semana Santa? (Local name for eastern) was April and the time the hotels had to stay open with out customers was much lower.

The ?Semana Santa? is a huge celebration in Spain, for more information click on our Eastern Special.

Spanish reservation forms

We have continued with translating our reservation form to Spanish.
The latest accommodations that have been translated is the 3 star Hotel La Cala in the centre of the town of Santa Eulalia, Ibiza. La Cala is looking forward to be upgraded shortly to 4 stars.
The only thing they are missing right now to achieve this status is a gym.
The service and food in La Cala are out outstanding, if you read the client reviews you will see we are not the only ones that think so.

Then we have the apartments el Pinar in the spectacular beach of Cala LLonga, about 6 kilometres from the town of Santa Eulalia but still in the towns municipality.
The chain La Sirena runs these apartments, famous for a very familiar and friendly atmosphere.

Last but not least we have the Hotel Miami in Es Cana, about 4 kilometres from Santa Eulalia.
This accommodation is especially family friendly, with a kids club, play ground, sport court, kids pool and much more.
If you are looking for family friendly hotels in Ibiza click here.

New: Hotel Cala Gracio

We have added yet another accommodation to our portal.
It?s the Fiesta Hotel Cala Gracio in the cove with the same name right next to the Tanit and only 1 Km from the centre of San Antonio.
Far enough from the clubs and bars to have a quiet holiday and sleep well but close enough to walk to the Legendary Café del Mar, the West End or the 2 big discos in San Antonio, Eden and Es Paradis.

The hotel Cala Gracio also offers great Mediterranean gardens that harmonize with the natural surrounding.
A 24 hour reception in case you have a late flight or you want to party till late, if you want explore other parts of the island they also have a car rental service.
However if you want to come in June, July or August we recommend you make your car rental reservation well in advance.

Currency converter

After looking at the country of origin of our clients we saw that over 70% of our clients came from counties were they don?t use the Euro, and all our prices in the reservation forms are given in Euros.
To make it easier to all these customers we have added UK Pounds and US dollars.
The total price and the deposit amount are given in 3 currency?s now. This brings the percent of customers how does not use any of these 3 currency?s down to about 7 %.
This currency conversion rate is updated daily with the European Central Bank.

There has been a growing percent of Americans that visited Ibiza but we have see with the currency converter that the prices are extremely high for them since the dollar has lost so much of it?s value compared to the Euro and the Pound.
This might mean that we will not see that many Americans in Ibiza this summer.

Galeon has installed Wi-Fi

The hotel Galeon in San Miguel has installed Wi-Fi, how ever the wireless internet is just available in common areas like the reception and hall and not in the rooms.

If you would like more detailed information about witch hotels and apartments in Ibiza have Wi-Fi click here. On this page you will see what areas of the hotel have a connection, if they have it in the rooms, if it's free, if their is a charge. Every accommodation has different conditions.

The Galeon has one of the most spectacular views the island has to offer. This is probably the best choice for divers, some of the most amazing dive sites area on this side of Ibiza.
Including "La Cueva de la Luz" witch was ranked as one of the 100 best dive sites in the world by a famous German diving magazine.

New: Hotel Don Carlos

We have added yet another 3 star accommodation of the Fiesta Chain.
The Hotel Don Carlos situated in the siesta area of Santa Eulalia, Ibiza. The Beach is only 50 meters away and you can easily walk into town.
This hotel like the most accommodations of Fiesta is very family friendly with 38 family rooms with separate living room and equipped with to sofa beds.
The pool is also adapted for children open from 10:00 AM till 6:00 PM, in the pool you can also do aquatic gymnasium.
To see more family friendly hotels click on this link

The Don Carlos is right next to the river of Santa Eulalia, the only river in the Balearic Islands. Now a days the river only flows when it has rained a lot. How ever the begging of the river is used by locals as a natural harbour, crossing the bridge the first thing you will find is the Mariners Beach bar, with live music and other kinds of entertainment almost every night.

On the siesta side of the river you will find the Spa of the 5 star hotel Fenicia Prestige were you can pamper your self.

Special offers

We have the pleasure to offer you a special offer form the Grupo Playa Sol.
The first hotel is the 2 star, Mare Nostrum in Playa D'en Bossa, Ibiza.
If you make a reservation before March 31st you get a 12% early booking Discount.
Reserve Know.

4 Star hotel El Corso in the harbour of Ibiza town gives you a 10 % discount if you make your booking before the 15th of April.
Reserve Know.

The last offer is for the last acquisition of the Playa Sol chain, The 3 star Algarb hotel in Playa D'en Bossa, Ibiza.
If you make your reservation before the 15 of April you will get the biggest discount, 15 %.
Reserve know.

Early booking is not just a good idea because you get it cheaper, also because the accommodation in this area of Ibiza runs out of availability very soon.
Make you bookings Know!!!

To keep up to date with our special offers visit our discount page.

Latest client reviews

The First one of the new client reviews is for The Mar Amantis in Bay of San Antonio it is written in Spanish and it very negative. The rating is 1 star out of 5 possible stars.

The second review is for The Algarb Hotel in Playa den bossa, witch recently changed owners from the Fiesta hotel chain to the Grupo Playa Sol.
This review is very positive and he enjoyed every minute of it however he says you will not enjoy this accommodation if you are a snob, because they are small details witch are not 100% correct.
He finally gives the Algarb a rating of 5 star out of 5 possible stars.

For the fans of the Fiesta Chain we remind you that we have added the Tanit in San Antonio, Ibiza. There is more detailed information in our last blog about this subject.

New: Hotel Tanit

We proudly added the 3 star Hotel Tanit in San Antonio Ibiza.
It is part of the Fiesta Hotel group and is considered as a especially family friendly accommodation and has many facilities for Kids.

If you want more information about family friendly hotels in Ibiza click here.

Lets get back to the accommodation, Tanit is the goddess of Ibiza and of fertility, and although Spain has the lowest birth rate in the world, the island has the highest birth rate in Europe.
It's situated in Cala Gracio witch is a relatively un build beach but at the same time it is only 1 Km from the centre of San Antonio.
The rooms have a balcony or terrace with table and chairs , satellite TV, air conditioning, hairdryer and more.

More hotels from the Fiesta Hotel chain will be added shortly to our page.

New: Tur Palas Apartments

We have a new apartment complex in Playa d'en Bossa, Ibiza.
It's called Tur Palas and it is situated in 1st beach line 1 block away from the popular Bora Bora beach bar and 3 blocks away from the most famous after hour disco in the world, Space.

The apartments have air-conditioning, terrace, kitchen, satellite TV, they also have a 24 hour reception witch is very use full if you have a late flight or want to party till late.

The Tur Palas apartments are owned by the largest hotel and apartment chain in Ibiza, the Grupo Playa Sol that mean time has about 60 accommodation possibilities in the island.
The in interior of the rooms have been decorated with the typical colours for this chain, yellow, blue and white.
The maximum capacity for these apartments is 4 people, 2 sleeping in 2 individual beds and 2 sleeping in sofa beds.

Ibiza Party Hotels

Ibiza is mostly famous for their incredible disco, most of the people that come to the island want to go clubbing at least once in their holiday.
For this reason we created a new category were we listed the 10 best party accommodations in Ibiza. These hotels and apartments are not recommended for the people how only want to party a little bit and sleep a lot. These are crazy party Meccas, clubbing temples, they all have a disco right next to them or have a club in the same complex.

We have listed them 1 to 10, the closer they are to 1 the crazier the party and on each accommodation you will find a small description on why they have that position.
You also have a map on the top of the category to see exactly were each hotel and apartment is.

For more information visit our Ibiza clubbing page.

Family friendly hotels in ibiza

We proudly present a brand new category to you, family friendly hotels in Ibiza.
This category shows all the hotels and apartments in the island that have rooms that fit at least 2 adults and 2 children.
It distinguishes form the other similar pages on the Internet in that the information on this page is extremely precise and specific to families.
We tell you exactly what the maximum capacity of the rooms are, if they have connecting rooms.
What the family friendly activities are, if they have shows and how often they have show, what the shows are about.
If you need a little break from your children witch hotels have a babysitter and if they have it if they are part of the hotel personal or a 3rd company.

We know safety comes first, so we also tell you witch hotels have a children pool and witch ones have a lifeguard so you can take your siesta while your child is having the best time of his life.

We will keep you updated if new hotels enter the family friendly hotels in Ibiza category.

Confort Plaza Apartments - Ibiza

We have a new apartment complex in San Antonio, Ibiza, it's the Confort Plaza.
It's situated in the very centre of the legendary "West End" in town of San Antonio, Ibiza.
For those of you how don't know this area, its a street that covers about 4 - 5 blocks and there is nothing but bars, clubs and pubs on both sides of the street.

This is the perfect location for young clubbers how want to party.
The perfect clubbing route in San Antonio looks like this. You wait till the sun goes down drinking you favourite drink in the world famous "Cafe del Mar" witch is in walking distance of the Confort Plaza, after the sun set you walk 2 block back to the West End and warm up till past mid night when you walk to the Eden or Es Paradis Disco (each one with capacity for 5.000 people) and party till dawn, for the brave ones there is a after hour right next to the Eden.
Then you can walk back to the Confort Plaza Apartments and recover for the next crazy night in the party island.

El Pinar - disabled friendly

The La Sirena hotels chain has informed us that their apartments El pinar situated in the Beach of Cala LLonga in Santa Eulalia, Ibiza, has been adapted for disabled. Including all the common areas and the bathrooms, the beach also has a ramp that goes all the way till the water.

We have mentioned this accommodation several times for they?re out standing client comments.
The spectacular bay of Cala llonga is the ideal scenario for a un forgettable family holiday.
For it's breath-taking views, endless water sport possibilities and extremely wide beach.
This area is secluded from the rest of the island but its also well connected by bus and ferry to Santa Eulalia and Ibiza Town.

For more information of disabled friendly accommodations in Ibiza click here.

Ibiza hotel reviews

We have several new client comments.
One of them is for the 5 star Apart-hotel Blau Park in Es calo des Moro San Antonio.
The review comes from England, the client stayed at this accommodation with his girl friend.
He describes it as clean with spacious rooms, excellent food, clean pool and with friendly staff and goes on to recommend Blau Park to any body.
He gives them a rating of 5 stars out of 5 possible stars.

Our next review is for the Villas del sol Apartments in the Siesta area of Santa Eulalia.
They describe is as fairly basic but it has every thing you need for an amazing family holiday.
The staff made them feel welcome and gave them 100% every day, they also say that the value for money was great and finally they share with us that they have been there several times.

For more reviews take a look at our Ibiza Hotel Review page.

Playa den Bossa has new Speed bumps

The city council of Ibiza Town has installed speed bumps in the main street of Playa den Bossa( C/. Pedro Matutes Noguera).
Since certain areas of this road like in front of the bar ?La Griferia? have had 7 accidents in the last 3 years.
How ever the owner of the owner of the bar ?La Griferia? says that ?the speed bumps are too small for any body to bother to slow down, plus they are situated in a area were the cars are already driving at full speed, they should be some were, were the cars have not reached a high speed.

I?m personally in favour of any measures that make this road safer. All the clubbers run out of the discos and into the road with out looking and often completely drunk or on some kind of drug, to top it of many of the drivers are just as drunk.
Even the best driver has to drive pretty slow and be alert not to cause a accident.
They also propose to put steel post in the side of the road to protect pedestrians from drivers that lost the control of their cars. Witch I think is a great idea and should have been done a long time ago.

Part of this information is from Diario de Ibiza.

Ibiza luxury hotels

Todays blog is dedicated to the luxury hotels in Ibiza.
We will talk about how to spend the maximum amount of money in the least amount of time and what you get for that money.
The most expensive time of the year to come to Ibiza is in August and all the prices we are giving will be in august.
We will start with the Luxury 5 star hotel Fenicia Prestige in Santa Eulalia. If you were to stay one night by your self in august you would have to pay 953 Euros. For this price you get a Prestige suite with your own Jacuzzi with sea and river view, breakfast is also included. How ever its hard to get any other meal for under 50 Euros per person in one of the 5 luxurious restaurants located in the hotel.
There is no better way to digest your meal than to get a 40 minute 4 hand massage in their amazing spa for 90 Euros or a anti stress massage for 120 Euros.

This prices makes the new 5 star hotel, Ibiza Granhotel in the sport harbour of Botafoc look cheap were you can stay 2 persons in a suite with half board for miserable 787 Euros a night.

If you have the extra change visit our Ibiza luxury hotels page we you will find all the 4 and 5 star hotels in the island. Don't worry they?re not all as expensive as our 2 examples.

New handicapped friendly apartments

The have added 2 more apartments to the handicapped friendly hotels in Ibiza category.
La Sirena Apartments in the bay of San Antonio, are part of the La Sirena chain, witch also owns hotels such as the Blau Park in Es Calo des Moro, San Antonio, Los Angeles apartments and El Pinar in Santa Eulalia.
This accommodation has 2 rooms witch have been completely adapted for disabled, including the bathroom and common areas of the apartments.
The beach has a ramp that goes all the way till the water.

The Ibiza Mar Aparthotel also in San Antonio, this accommodation has also been completely updated with wide elevators and so on. How ever the beach of Es Puet dosent have facilities for handicapped.

By law for every 50 rooms a hotel has to have 1 room for disabled how ever this law is relatively new so we recommend you visit our disabled friendly hotels in Ibiza page to see witch ones and up to what point they have been adapted.

Accommodations with Wi-fi (wireless internet) in Ibiza

We have many clients in the last months that have asked us witch hotels have Wi-fi (wireless internet).
So we have created a new accommodation category with the hotels that have this technology in their establishments.
We found 20 of them witch in only a 12,5 % of our hotels, but not all of them have the same conditions, some have wi-fi in the entire hotel others have it in the reception and conference room but not in the rooms. Some only have it in 50% of the rooms.
Most of the accommodations don't charge their customers for this service but others like the Hotel Los Molinos in Figueretas charge their clients 12 Euros a day.
We have detailed information of up to what point each of them have embraced this relatively new technology for Ibiza.

We hope you find our new page useful and that more hotels are added to this category soon.

Hotel reviews for Sa Rota and more

We have 2 new fresh client reviews for you.
One of them is for the Hostal Sa Rota, in the centre of Santa Eulalia, Ibiza.
The review was made by a single German business woman, she first describes the street it's on as a busy party street. It has at least 20 restaurants and another 20 bars and finishes at the city council witch is the centre of town.
She goes on to say that the hostel has cheap rates, its clean and the service is friendly and they do understand english (believe it or not there are many hotels were they hardly speak any English). She will be back and gives the accommodation a score of 3 stars out of 5.
We also have a video to give you a good idea of what the hostel Sa Rota looks like. Right know they are renovating it.

The other review comes from Riverside, California, USA. and its for the Hotel Playa Imperial in Cala LLonga witch is situated in in the municipality of Santa Eulalia.
He criticizes the thin walls but says the food was good and the staff were excellent and finally gives the hotel a score of 4 stars out of five.

If you want to review your stay in a hotel in Ibiza click here, and if you want to see more ratings click here.

More disabled friendly hotels in Ibiza

We have just received 4 new hotels witch are disabled friendly. You will find these accommodations under our special category of hotels for handicapped.
In this page you will find detailed information of up to what point a certain accommodation has or has not adapted to the new law, witch says that for every 50 rooms in a hotel there must be 1 witch is disabled friendly, this law also goes into great detail of how wide the doors have to be, what do the bath rooms needs to make it accessible and so on.

The new hotels are Garbi in the area of Playa Den Bossa and completely renovated and upgraded to 4 stars this year. They have 7 rooms for disabled; witch is a record for Ibiza.

Hotel Victoria in the beach of Talamanca witch has strictly followed the law; even the beach has an easy access all the way till the water.

Fenicia Prestige in Santa Eulalia, Ibiza. Witch right know is the only 5 star accommodations prepared for wheel chairs. All the rooms witch have been finished this year have been adapted.

Finally but not least we have the rural hotel Casa Naya situated in the beautiful countryside of Santa Eulalia. Were handicapped can easily move all around the agroturismo, including pool, garden and restaurant.

Bon Sol and Squash Apartments

The Bon Sol and The Squash apartments are brother complexes.
They are both situated in the centre of the popular Playa den Bossa, Ibiza.
They are 3rd sea line but there is plenty of entertainment around the apartments and they are only 150 meters from the Bora Bora Beach bar and 250 meters from the Space disco. For those how have been before in the area, its right behind Bowling centre.

If you stay at one of the apartments you can use the installation of both complexes. They have extraordinary possibilities compared to other complexes in the area.
3 swimming pool, tennis courts, sauna, squash courts, 2 restaurants, Jacuzzi and supermarkets.

Know we have done a Spanish reservation page so that more Spaniards can enjoy these apartments.

Malacosta apartment chain

The Malacosta apartments chain is a very recent incorporation to the ibiza-hotels.com web page.
It consists of the Mala Costa II situated in the area of Es Vive, this is the area right between Ibiza Town and Playa den Bossa. We have made a video of these apartments, were you will see they are extremely new and decorated with a lot of taste compared to other accommodation in the area.

Avenida: also situated in Es Vive but these apartments have not been renovated; however they have told us that they are planning a renovation very soon.
This also makes them a lot cheaper than the Mala Costa II.

Finally but not least we have the Vistamar apartments, these are situated in the centre of Playa den Bossa, Ibiza. Right across the street from the Algarb hotel and about 400 meters from the Bora Bora Beach bar. The space disco is about 500 meters away.
Even if this accommodation is in second beach line it has a bit of seaview and thats why it's called Vistamar witch in Spanish means sea view.
We also have a video on their web page.

All these accommodations know have a Spanish reservation page

Tivoli and Jabeque in ibiza

The Spanish reservation page for 2 more apartment complexes are done.
Both belong to the Grupo Playa Sol, for those of you how are knew to our blog this is the biggest hotel chain on the island with over 60 hotels and is growing quickly.
The Tivoli apartments are situated in the centre of Playa d'en Bossa but second line from the beach. This is a very popular accommodation between young clubbers, especially Italians.
It's about 400 meters form the Bora Bora Beach bar and 500 meters from the Space disco and surrounded by bars and all kinds of entertainment.

The Jabeque apartments are at the very begging of the beach of Playa Den Bossa, more towards Ibiza Town. These apartments are just on the sea but they are on the rocks and not on the beach.
The clientele here is mixed and it's popular between families.

New client reviews

We have the pleasure to present you some new client comments.
They just came in this weekend and they are for....
The Club Paraiso Mediteraneo situated in San Antonio. This is a Mecca for young British clubbers how want to have a lot of fun and not sleep. They even have their own DJ next to the pool.
The comments they received are very positive, but if you go to their client review page you will see that some of the comments are extremely negative.

Milord: This review was kindly written by A FAULKNER and who is a real fan of this hotel and goes there every year but this year there was no availability for here dates, so I recommend you make your bookings early for this accommodation.

Finally we have another review written by the same person for the Marina Playa, once more a very positive comment with 5 out of 5 possible stars.

Bossa mar and Lido in Ibiza

We have finished the Spanish reservation form for the Bossa Mar Apartments in Playa den bossa, Ibiza.
The Bossa Mar Apartments are part of the Jet Complex. Its the cheapest part of the complex making it very popular between young clubbers, the Jet is a bit more expensive and the most expensive is the Bali Beach.
Like we said in out last blog we recommend that you do your reservation well in advance for this accommodation.

We also finished the Spanish reservation page of the Lido Apartments, witch is a huge complex situated in the area of Figueretas in Ibiza Town. It's a very central location however its a bit run down compared with other parts of the town.

What happened and what will happen

Happy New Year!!!
2007 brought many new things, we made a series of special pages like the "Disabled friendly hotels" page, with detailed information of up to what point the accommodation are prepared for handicapped people in Ibiza.
The "Accommodation that accept pets", unfortunately there are not many and each one has a limit to the size of the animal.
We put new photos in the category pages and a general map witch shows all the hotels in certain category and area, to ease your choice.
We also included over 30 videos.

For 2008 we will include many more videos, we will re do menus and we have a big surprise witch we will include in our pages in April, so stay tuned.

Roberto and Central Playa in Ibiza

The reservation page of two more hotels has been translated to Spanish. The Central Playa and the Roberto Playa are both in the area of Figueretas and both owned by the biggest hotel chain in Ibiza, the Grupo Playa Sol.

These accommodations are one block from each other. The best of them is their location with in walking distance of the centre of town and the main bus station in Ibiza Town.
As they are a 2 star accommodation they are relatively cheap, how ever like all the other hotels in Ibiza the prices go up drastically in August.
On the down side the beach of Figueretas is not a very nice beach, at least we don't recommend it and the entire area of Figueretas is a little bit run down compared with other areas of the island.

We will be translating more hotels soon, if you would like us to translate one before the other let us know.

Best hotel chain in Ibiza 2007

We wanted to give out prices to the best hotel chain in Ibiza for 2007.
The most impartial and fair way to find the best chain is to let the clients vote and we check the client reviews of our clients.
The highest possible score is 5 stars, the lowest possible score is 1 star. The scores are based on the average score of all their hotels.
And the winner is.........(drums please!!)

Inter Tur!! With the perfect score of 5 stars, the hotels that are part of this chain are the hotel Hawaii in the bay of San Antonio and Miami en Es cana.

With an average score of 4.58 stars Invisa came in second. The hotels that form part of this chain are La Cala in the centre of Santa Eulalia, Club Cala Blanca and Club Cala Verde in the amazing beach of Es figueral, Es Pla in San Antonio and Ereso in Es Cana.

La Sirena hotel chain came in third with an average score of 4.38 stars. Their star hotel being the 4 star Blau Park hotel in San Antonio, they also own El Pinar apartments, Los Angeles and La Sirena.

Other chains that took part in this contest were: Fiesta Hotel Group, Sirenis, Jet apartment complex and the Grupo Playa Sol.

To see more reviews about hotels and apartments in Ibiza visit our client hotel review site, if you have a experience you would like to share review your accommodation here.

Club and hotel Don Toni are available

We have finished the web pages for the hotel and the Club Don Toni in Playa D'en Bossa, Ibiza, Spain.
Both are run by the Fiesta Hotel group and they are both 3 star accommotions. The main difference between a club and a hotel is that a club has more activities.
Both have a mixed clientele and enjoy a great location right on the beach, 4 Km away from the centre of Ibiza Town, 150 meters from the Space disco and about 200 meters away form the legendary Bora Bora Beach bar.

The guests can also enjoy the Club Fiesta Sport witch is one of the biggest hotel sport centres in Europe. The rooms have a terrace and at least a side sea view.
Of course on the beach you will find and almost endless number of activities.

The Best hotels in Ibiza 2007

As we are almost at the end of the year we checked all our client comments to see witch hotels the clients voted as the best.
The rules are simple the hotel that has 2 or more reviews with the highest score wins. The results were very surprising as there are 10 hotels that have the maximum possible score, 5 out of 5 stars.

The Blau Park in San Antonio, with excellent sun set views and a familiar atmosphere.
The Caribe in Es Cana, perfect for British families.
The Fenicia Prestige in Santa Eulalia, so far it's the best 5 star hotel in Ibiza. We will see after the Ibiza Granhotel is finished if it stays that way.
Hawaii in the bay of San Antonio.
Gran Sol also in San Antonio.
La Cala in Santa Eulalia, witch right know is still 3 stars but will upgrade very soon to 4 stars.
Milord with a privileged location in the Bay of San Antonio, offers their guests an amazing sun set.
Apartments Parot in Santa Eulalia, completely renovated with allot of style.
Roca Mar the best 2 star hotels in the island, with great views of the old town and the sport harbour.
Sargamassa Palace in Santa Eulalia, with a modern design and amazing suites they will make your holidays unforgettable.

Club and Hotel Don Toni soon available

We have just been informed by the Fiesta Hotel Group that they want us to add 2 new hotels to our website.
The Hotel Don Toni located in the Playa d'en Bossa beach, Ibiza, Spain and the club Don Toni that is situated in the same location.
The difference between all the clubs like the club Bahamas, club Palm Beach and the hotels is that a club has more activities and entertainment.
Both complexes have a little over 300 rooms, normally we have a problem to fill the demand of rooms in this area in the high season (July and August), with these 2 new hotels we hope can make many more happy customers.
The web pages are in full production and by the end of next week both of them should be done, however as soon as we have finished one of them we will let you know.

There are many new hotels to look forward to, we will add about 10 new hotels between know and the eastern week, when the season starts.

Algarb's new web page

The hotel Algarb in Playa d'en Bossa, Ibiza, Spain has changed owner, from the Fiesta Hotel Group to the Grupo Playa Sol, as you might already know from a previous blog we did about this.
We used this chance to redo their web page completely, we are very proud of the result.
The web page has a small flash animation on the top of the site witch shows some of the pictures you can see with more time in the Photo page.
The site has been translated to Spanish, German and to Italian. The prices and availability for 2008 have been updated. The site also enjoys a very extensive client review section.

The down side is that the photos are still the same ones, which we think they will redo soon and the video option is not available any more.

Video of Call LLuc

We have a video for the Rural Hotel Can LLuc , this is the first video of an agroturismo we have.
Can LLuc is situated in the area of San Rafael, right in the middle between Ibiza town and San Antonio. Actually it's about 2 km from Privilege (the worlds largest disco, with capacity for 15,000 people) and Amnesia another large club in the island.
However they seem worlds apart, Can LLuc could hardly be quitter and peace fuller.


It's basically an old Ibecencan Finca renovated with taste and all the luxuries you could possibly ask for. Satellite TV, mini bar, some of the rooms have a Jacuzzi and the others have a hydro massage column.
The room?s start at 225 Euros for the smallest room in low season to 450 Euros for the Superior in high season, this price includes bicycles so that you can explore the surrounding area.

Tres Torres Prices 2008

We have the prices and availability for 2008 for the four star Hotel Tres Torres in Santa Eulalia, Ibiza, Spain.
This hotel is situated in the harbour of Santa Eulalia and enjoys spectacular front line sea views, the rooms are decorated in a Mediterranean style, the dominant colours are white and blue.
They are also famuse because they have almost every night live music. They are 300 meters from the beach of Santa Eulalia. Wellness treatments are also available.

For those searching a more active holiday they offer skin diving courses and if you like mountain biking you have "Can Dani" (one of the best mountain bike shop and clubs of the island) only one block away.
Also only one block away from this hotel you will find a alternative medicine centre called "Estar", the islands best wine store "Enotecum", a gym, the best ding shop in the Balearic islands called "Ibiza Diving" and endless water sports such as sailing, wind surfing...and many more.

Blau Park prices 2008

We have the prices for 2008 for the 4 star Hotel Blau park in San Antonio, Ibiza. Which is probably the best hotel in town.
It's part of the La Sirena Hotel chain, that also owns El Pinar Apartments, La Sirena Apartments and Los Angeles Apartments, they also own all the souvenir shops called La Sirena and in Santa Eulalia all the souvenirs called Art which you will see many of in your holidays in Ibiza.
But lets get back to this excellent accommodation. It has exactly the same sun set as the world famous "Cafe Del Mar", the little beach of Es Calo des Moro right in front, it's walking distance to the clubs and the West End but still far enouph not to have any noise, Parking (very important in summer).
Their web page also has a virtual tour of the hotel and a client comments page with a perfect score 5 stars out of 5.
I could talk for hours about the Blau Park but all I'm going to say is that if I would have to recommend a hotel in San Antonio this is the one I would recommend.

New: Anfora Playa, Es Cana

We have a new hotel, The Anfora Playa in the heart of Es Cana, Ibiza (completely renovated in 2006).
The Hotel has 108 Bedrooms 9 of them are for Individual use, 2 swimming pools, 24 hour reception and is disable friendly.


There are free diving lesson in the pool twice a week, massages by the pool, games zone with a selection of coin-operated videogames and even a water polo competition.

On their page you will also find several client comments, which describe it as a well-located family friendly hotel with good staff.

Open all year

Like every year we have made a page of all the hotels and apartments that are open all year.
For many people this sounds a bit strange because were there from it's completely normal that a hotel is open all year. In Ibiza it's different, very different.

The tourist season in Ibiza starts with the Eastern Week (Semana Santa) and then the hotel close again till the 1st of May, the seasons high point is August and then drops of till the 31st of October.

After this date the number of tourist drops drastically, from over 200 hotels and apartments that are open in summer only 19 are open all year.
So that you don't have to go though all of them to see which one are open we already show you the ones that are open.
The site is called "Open All Year" this year we have added a google map so that you know exactly were these hotels are and what the area looks like.

Swimming might be reserved for the brave ones and most of the discos are closed but there are many other activities, like horse back riding, hiking, dancing salsa and many more.

Sirenis Seaview: Prices 2008

The Sirenis Seaview in the bay of San Antonio has the prices and availability for 2008. This means that from today on you can make your reservations.
The hotel is 3 km from the centre of town and with 383 Studios and 83 apartments (10 of them are Disabled friendly) is one of the largest on the North side of Ibiza. It's almost like a small village by it self.
With it's extensive entertainment program you will hardly want to leave the resort.


This resort is perfect for families but might be a bit to far from the centre of San Antonio for the clubbers, although there is a excellent bus connection between the resort and town.

Can Atzaro is back

The 4 star Rural hotel Can Atzaro in the area of Santa Eulalia, Ibiza, Spain is available again on our page, after over one year were this hotel was not available on our site.
This time we made their web page completely new with many new photos and much more information.

Can Atzaro is one of the best if not the best Rural Hotel in Ibiza, it combines a typical Ibicencan Finca with asian decoration, 43 meter lap pool, wedding and event pavilion with 250 m2, Asian spa and much more.
This makes it very popular, meaning if you want to stay here make your reservation well in advance and even then it might be hard to find the room you want in the dates you want.

Algarb changes owners

The hotel Algarb situated in Playa d'en Bossa, Ibiza, Spain what was part of the Fiesta Hotel Group has just changed hands and is know part of the Grupo Playa Sol hotel chain.
The Grupo Playa Sol is already the largest accommodation chain in the island by far, with over 50 hotels and apartments and is growing at incredible speed. In 2007 they bought the Green Oasis chain with 2 four star hotels, El Corso in the harbour of Ibiza Town and The Nautilus in San Antonio.

For this reason we will be temporarily unable to take reservation for the Algarb but in 1 to 2 weeks all the changes will have been made so that you can enjoy again one of the most popular hotels on the island of Ibiza.

Prices 2008 Goleta and Tres Carabelas

We just received the prices for the Sirenis Club Goleta and Tres Carabelas situated at the beginning of Playa D'en Bossa, Ibiza, Spain.
Apart from the new prices you will also find a video and the treatments they offer in their amazing Spa.
If you how would like more information about spas in Ibiza click here.

The hotel club Goleta and Tres Carabelas also offer a diving school and a ferry that goes to Formentera.

Enjoy!!!

Hotel Caribe Video

It's a pleasure to present the video of the Hotel Caribe in Es Cana, Ibiza.
This is a great family hotel, with a outstanding kids club. We don't recomend it to people how don't like children.
It has been recently renovated, the public is 90 % british.
Situated at about 200 meters from the beach and 100 meters from the bus stop.

New search option

We have included a custom search panel in the top right hand side of our main page so that our clients can quickly find what they are looking for.
With this option you will not take long to figure out that www.ibiza-hotels.com is not just about hotels. We have 3,700 pages on just about any thing about Ibiza: music, Beaches, bars, sports, activities, history, maps and much more.
Try it out and let us know what you think of it.

Club Punta Arabi Video

The video of the Club punta Arabi in Es Cana is know available in this site.
http://www.ibiza-hotels.com/clubpuntaarabi/video.php
The club has a 90% young german clientel but they are slowly opening up to other markets, thanks to the new influence of their new owners "Azuline Hotel Chain".
For further information, prices or reservations visit.
http://www.ibiza-hotels.com/clubpuntaarabi/

Hotel Orosol, prize winning entrance!

The environmental commission of the city council of San Antonio in Ibiza, gave the prize for the best entrance to the Hotel Orosol, situated in front of the football field of San Antonio.
The prize consists of a ceramic plate designed by Carlos Icardi and 600 Euros, which will be awarded next Thursday at 12:00 AM in front of the hotel Orosol.
This prize tries to reward the effort of the neighbours of San Antonio to improve the image of the city and is timed to coincide with world environment day.

Another great example of hotels that are integrated in the landscape of the island are the rural hotels.
These hotels are not on any beach but their special style, luxury, privacy and closeness to nature attract a growing number of tourists.

Ibiza election results

The PP (Partido Poplar....conservative party) lost today in the local elections the absolute majority in the Balearic Parlament, by finishing with 28 of 30 representatives that would be necessary to have an absolute majorty, this gives tthe PSOE (Socialist party) an opportunity to open a process of negotiation to re-edit the ?Treaty of progress? that governed the islands between 1999 and 2003.

The PP lost the absolute majority and obtained 28 representatives, meaning that the party 'Union Mallorquina' will once more be the key to forming the governments alliances after obtaining 3 representatives.

The PSIB-PSOE was the second most voted political party with 16 representatives, while the coalition formed in Ibiza by PSOE and 'Eivissa pel Canvi' was the 3rd with 6 representatives, followed by Bloc per Mallorca with 4, UM with 3 and PSM-VERDS and AIPF with 1 representative each.

The PP candidate to re election as president of the govern, Jaume Matas, underlined the support obtained in the local elections, in what he calls ?the best results in the history of his party?, however he regretted the loss of the absolute majority.

Francesc Antich, PSIB-PSEO candidate, assured that the results of the elections show that ?the people have once more voted for the change.?

Nowhere is the desire for change more evident than in the highest local governing body, the
'Consell Insular', where Pere Palau and his Partido Popular have been ousted in favor of
Xicu Tarrés (the former mayor of Ibiza) and his party: 'Eivissa pel Canví'.

The consequences of this victory by the socialist coalition are far reaching, and will certainly involve changes in the new highways, and a green light for many coaltion projects like 'Ibiza Centre' which have suffered blockages from the former conservative consell.

Arrested for not paying the hotel bill

A 40 year old German woman, Bettina M.E. was arrested last week end by the Guardia Civil of Ibiza Town, for not paying the bill of the hotel were she stayed, according to information from the Guardia Civil.

Another popular scam in Ibiza is to book a hotel through a inter-net portal like and pay the entire amount in advance 1 or 2 days before arrival with stolen credit card information.
By the time the hotelier noticed that the credit card information is stolen the thief is long gone.
This is the reason by hoteliers like to charge the largest part of their bill when the customer is at the hotel.

Hoteliers believe the season is only 2,5 months long

Several agents of the Patronal Hotelera explained yesterday in the presentation of their promotional magazine that, the season is shortening down to 2 and a half months instead of getting longer, as most businessmen in Ibiza would like.

They also said that a couple of years ago the productive season was 6 months long.
The rise in the number of tourist in low season can be explained by the Inserso (Spanish retired people) tourism.

The also complained about the descent of the average number of nights a tourists stays in Ibiza, which is down to 4 nights. Antonio Palau explained that a more frequent change of clients in the rooms pushes up the cleaning and material expenses of the hotel.

The Hoteliers say that the ideal season would be from the 1st of April till the 31st of October, like it was a couple of years ago.
They also say that the government should promote the cheap flight to Ibiza in low season and during the week in the summer months.

New airport to San Antonio and Es Cana Buses

On the 15th of June 2 new bus lines will start working.
The first line will be operated by the company Voramar 'El Gaucho' and will cover the distance between San Antonio, the Airport, and San Jose.
The second line will connect the airport with the town of Es Cana, passing through Santa Eulalia. This line will be operated by HF. Vilas S.A.

Both lines will start with 7 trips /day, the time table and frequency of the buses will change according to demand.

These 2 lines will be working during the high season, (until the end of September).

Minimum nights in hotels

Many people have tried to make a reservation for a hotels or apartments in July or August in Ibiza have run into this problem.
The reason for this minimum night stay is because people tend to stay just for the week end, filling the hotel and then the people who would stay for an entire week can not because the hotel is full for those 2 days in the week end.
This causes the hotel to lose a good customer and money.
As accommodation in teh short high season in Ibiza is so in demand, the hotelier tries to maximize his profits by having a minimum of nights.

On the other side of the story, the client, increasingly, he has to work more and his holidays get shorter.
In this short time he also wants to see as many places as possible, leaving often only 1 or 2 nights for Ibiza. So he runs into the problem of the minimum nights.

To solve this problem we have made list with all the accommodation possibilities that have no minimum nights in high season.

Treasure at a depth of 78 meters

Last Friday a lead box and a anfora were recovered from a wreck that is situated close to Formentera at a depth of 78 Meters.
They say that there are still hundreds of anfora down there and their intention is to donate them to the future consell de Formentera.

The arqueologists Joan Ramon and Marcus Hermans directed last Friday a rescue operation to recover from the ocean floor some of the treasures hidden in a wreck from the end of the 3rd century or beginning of the 4th, what had been found last year at a depth of 78 meters.
Both of them together with some GEAS forces and the Conseller de Patrimonio on the boat (el Bontigall) equipped with the latest technology and property of a couple of sea lovers.
The result was a lead box, but its function is still not clear and half a anfora that conserves the neck what will make it easy to date it.
Inside the wreck and around the wreck there are still hundreds on anforas that are partially covered by sand.

Discover the underwater world of Ibiza and Formentera

Other activities on Ibiza

Ibiza has the right size to have some thing for every one. Many people are just trying to charge up their batteries on one of the beaches, others party 24 x 7.
However there is a growing group of people who are looking for something else to do on Ibiza

- Diving: There is no better place to dive than on a island. Ibiza has 1 of the 100 best dive sites in the world (according to the German magazine Unterwasser), called La Cueva de la Luz in San Miguel. The best option to explore this dive site is going with Diving Centre San Miguel. www.divingcenter-sanmiguel.com another option to explore the underwater world is Ibiza Diving, for many, the best dive centre in the Balearic islands.

-Horse Back Riding: There are many options, we personally recommend Cuadras Es Puig (in Santa Gertrudis) because they are far cheaper than other stables, the horses are in great condition. They specialize in jump horses, but all styles and levels are welcome. Tel. (+34) 600 059 343 ask for Pepe.

-Sailing: Ibiza does get a bit crowded especially in July and August, and the best way to get away is by having some kind of boat and going to one of the many bays the island has that are just reachable by boat.
Check out our nautical site for more information.

-Bicycles: There are a endless amount of bicycle rent shops on the island, but for those how are searching a unique excursion through the rural landscape of Santa Eulalia should take a look at this site www.kandani.com they also have a racing team for those how are looking for a real challenge.

-Hot air balloon: See they island in a new romantic way. About 300 Euros will get you there, well invested money.

-Spas and Wellness : After all that all that action nothing better than relaxing at one of the amazing spas or wellness centres Ibiza has.

San Antonio is cleaning up

The Govern Balear, the Consell and the city council of San Antonio presented a ambitious plan of renovation for the city centre of San Antonio.
Some of the projects were already announced long ago.
Others are completely new, like the project of creating a sport centre with 2 football fields to substitute the one they have know.

The Mayor of San Antonio Jose Sala, the president of the Consell Insular, Pere Palau and the Conseller Autonómico of tourism , Joan Flaquer, presented a strategic plan yesterday, to completely transform the centre of the town through modernization of infrastructures, improvement of touristic installations and even demolition of obsolete buildings to transform them into parks.

They also plan the creation of parking places, both at ground level and underground in the Plaza España and in what known as the football field.

They still don?t have a budget for this project and the expenses will only be able to be calculated as the projects take place, according to Joan Flaquer.
But he assured those present that they have enough money to finish all these projects.

5 trips daily between Ibiza and Denia with Balearia

The Company Balearia will increase their operations between Ibiza and Denia during the high season, reaching 5 trips every day.
Balearia says that right now they have 4 trips every day between Ibiza and Denia, 2 leave from the harbour of Ibiza Town (with the fast ferry Federico Garcia Lorca and ferry Manuel Azaña), 2 more leave from San Antonio, were the ferry Bahia de Malaga does 2 daily trips.
The fast ferry Nixe II will cover this distance starting on the 1st of June till the 30th of September.

These 5 daily trips can transport up to 6.500 people.
Balearia will also have 3 trips a week between Ibiza and Barcelona and 3 to 4 trips a day between Ibiza and Palma de Mallorca.

A very positive increase in Ibiza beach security

Ibiza has gone from having 51 professional Life Guards in 2005 to 104 in 2006, this made it possible that last year not a single death occurred.

The Life Guard Boss of the Cruz Roja for Ibiza and Formentera, Lucas Delbon, said that in the last 5 years the security measures in the beaches have been increased drastically.
Delbon explained that since the new beach law was applied, the beaches of Ibiza and Formentera have gone from having 51 profesional Life Guards to having 104 in 2006.

He also explained that compared with other places like USA were the life guards have 150 years of experience, the life guards of Ibiza have very poor experience ( only since 10 years).

Cruz Roja has not just increased the number of Life Guards but also the materials, for example 36 Oxygen therapy boxes and amphibious wheel chairs for the disabled.

Hotel openings in the next few days

The Tourist season will start this weekend for most hotels in Ibiza and Formentera.

Some hotels prefer to wait 'till the May holidays, but almost all hotels are unsure about the beginning of the season and their main concern in not to lose money, before occupation optimizes in the month of June.
In fact some hotel chains will not open some of their hotels until the second and even the third week in May.

The vast majority of the hotels will open between the 27th of April and the 5th of May, but many predict a hard month of May caused by the low occupation in the first weeks.

The Hotel chain Grupo Playa Sol (12.000 pax) said that the vast majority of their 42 hotels and apartments (including Nautilus, Catalina and Monterrey) will open on the 1st of May.
Other hotels of the same chain will open next week.
Other hotels like the Luxmar, Costa Sur, San Remo, Marco Polo and Mare Nostrum have been open since February.

Fiesta and Sirenis will open most accommodations after the 2nd May.
Fiesta has already opened the Palladium Palace, Sirenis has opened the Club Goleta in Easter and will open the Tres Carabelas between the 1st and the 6th of May.

4 of the 5 hotels of Invisa ?Club Cala Blanca, Ereso, La Cala and Es Pla will be open beginning of May. Cala Verde will open some time in May.

Crime down on Ibiza

Jose Manuel Bar (Central Government Director in Ibiza) said that although he still doesn?t have exact numbers, he can affirm that crime has continued going down during 2006, and that in the first 3 months of 2007 crime has gone down approximately 8 %, these are similar numbers than as 2005.

Bar said that these numbers respond to the increase of personnel in the Guardia Civil and other police groups in Ibiza.

In case of emergency in Ibiza you can use our Important Telephone Number Page were you will find all the telephone numbers for the different police forces, firemen, airport information, embassy ??and many more.

Tourism increases a 47,6 % between January and March

Ibiza and Formentera registered a increase in the number tourist of the 47,6 % over last year for the same 3 first months of the year, according to data from Conseller Balear of Tourism, Joan Flaquer.
This growth has also happened in the rest of the Balearic Islands. In the first trimester of 2007 a total of 1.234.940 tourist came to the islands by plane, this means a 18,8 % more than last year. Making a total of 195,408 tourist more than last year.
Flaquer explained that this increase is especially notable because Easter did not take place in the first trimester this year.
On the other hand the money that tourist left in Ibiza only went up a 7,2 %, reaching 424 Million euros.

Ibiza resident opinion survey

Yesterday the City Council of Ibiza Town presented the results of their surveys. The results were very positive in most areas.

600 people of Ibiza Town were surveyed, between the 23rd and 28th of March. Here are the results:

58,2 %
Are not happy with the police, they have the feeling that the measures taken to keep immigration from being a problem are not enough.

6,2 points out of 10.
For the services that the City Council offers

9 out of 10 people
Are satisfied with living in Ibiza.
46,9 % are very satisfied with living in Ibiza,
44,6 % are satisfied
and 1 out of every 10 is not happy.

74,8 %
Think that the town is safe
This is a 2% more than last year.

3 out of every 4 residents
Think that the town enjoys a good economical situation,
and 20,4 % considers that the town has a bad or very bad economical situation.

47,8 %
Are against the growth of the population.

94,2 %
Think that tourism should continue being the main economical motor of Ibiza.
As opposed to construction.

1st Salsa Weekend Ibiza

The 1st Salsa Weekend of Ibiza will take place on the 20, 21 and 22 of April in The Club Garbi in Playa D?en Bossa,Ibiza, this event is organized by Salsa Eulalia (C/ Del Mar N.5 Santa Eulalia)
With the collaboration of Adrian y Anita (World Sub champions of Salsa in Puerto Rico 2006 and Instructor of the TV show Mira Quien Baila!).
The weekend is divided in 2 parts, a workshop and a party with several shows.

The workshop will start on Saturday at 16:00 hours with Bachata (instructed by Manuel) followed by Salsa Animacion (with Sherlock) and it will end with Salsa Partner work with Adrian y Anita at 19:45.
The workshop will restart on Sunday with History of percussion at 15:00 hours, followed by Women Salsa Styling (instructed by Angela), Partner Work (with Adrian y Anita) and at 20:00 the workshop will end with Bachata with Manuel.

The Party will start on Saturday at 23:00 hrs. with 60 minutes of exhibitions, including the World Sub Champions Adrian y Anita followed by Party and Social Dancing with the DJ Aramis.

The Cost of the party + workshop packet is 45 Euros for Non members of Salsa Eulalia and 25 Euros for members.

The Party will cost 10 Euros.

For tickets or information call 669 76 95 72 (Sherlock) or 678 77 64 78 (Salsaeulalia)

Less than 5% of the hotels offer Internet conection

The number of Hotels in Ibiza that offer internet connection to their clients is around 4 to 5 % of the total number of accommodations.
These figures are within the national average, according to information from the second edition of the National Workshop of New Technologies for the Hotel sector, that will take place in Palma the 27th of April.

Many hotels in Ibiza are now using Internet kiosks, mainly because they offer a good protection against vandalism and a great technical support.
The pioneer internet kiosks company in Ibiza is Inter-Sat Kiosks.

Wireless internet is reaching the island very slowly, only a couple hotel like Ses Figures in the Talamanca Beach offer this service.

The Tourism habits are changing

Tourism habits are changing in Ibiza, holidays are shorter and they are more fragmented.

Having a entire month of holidays is increasingly rare.

In Spain, the number of tourist has gone up from 3% to 3,5 %, and the experts expect that in Ibiza the growth will be even greater thanks in large part, to the Spanish tourism and low cost flights; a flight from London to Ibiza now depends of every thing except the price.

The so called ?Beach holidays? continue being very strong on Ibiza , no wonder if you consider that the island has some of the best beaches in Europe, however other sectors are also growing, like ?Rural Hotels? and ?Spas?.

Ibiza has continually increased the number of major sports events which attract a growing crowd, the ?Ruta de la Sal sailing Regatta? and triathlons are good examples.

The ?Clubbing tourism? is a classic in Ibiza but it?s not growing as fast as other sectors.
Whatever you are looking for you will find it in Ibiza (except snow) and www.ibiza-hotels.com will help find the accommodation that fits your needs.

Easter procession in Ibiza

The processions will be celebrated in Ibiza Town, Santa Eulalia and San Antonio, whereas in San Jose the religious acts are limited to the mass of the Lords Dinner, the 'Oficio de la Passion' and the 'Vigilia Pascual'.

The acts that are traditionally tied to Easter will take place on Thursday and Friday in all the municipalities of Ibiza.
As in most years, year the acts that congregate the most people are the ones celebrated in Ibiza Town and Santa Eulalia, but smaller municipalities also celebrate Eastern but in a less spectacular way.

The Sacred Cross will be carried up to the Old Town of Ibiza at 9:00 AM on Friday.
The procession will start at 9:00 PM, where hundreds of people dressed in the traditional Eastern Costume will slowly walk down the streets of the Old Town till they reach Sant Elmo well into the night.

In Santa Eulalia the procession will start on Thursday at 9:00 PM in the church on the San Jaime Street and finish on the top of Puig de Missa, around midnight.

In San Antonio the Easter acts will begin on Thursday at 6:00 PM with the Lords Diner Mass and on Friday at 9:30 AM the Via Crucis will take place followed at 6:00 PM by the 'Passion of Jesus'

New Crafts Market in San Antonio

The San Antonio city council team is studying the creation of a weekly handcrafts market that will work during the summer months in three different locations in the commercial centre of San Antonio, Ibiza: one in the Church, s´Era d´en Manyà and the Plaza de España and the streets that unite them. The last location will not be used until the under ground parking that is planned in this location is finished.

The councilman of Commerce, Vicent Costa Maimó, said that the government team foresees intiiating the project this tourist season (probably, at the end of June), the first summer this project will work with a experimental character, to determine its possibilities in the future.

In order to start up this project, the City council counts on the collaboration of the Association of Donas del Camp (farmer women), although Costa admitted that they have spoken with groups of ceramists, beekeepers and other craftsmen of Ibiza to see if they can collaborate.

"..the idea - he indicated - is to create a varied market, but giving priority to the artisan production and the native things. Not just to sell but also a place where the interested ones can go to learn the techniques of the craftsmen ".

Other markets that might be of interest to the visitor is the
Hippy Market in Es Cana: (Wednesdays) With over 400 stands, this is the largest market on the island of Ibiza.

Las Dalias in San Carlos: (Saturdays) Smaller than the Hippy market but with more flair.

The mayor of Santa Eulalia, promises fines

The mayor of Santa Eulalia, Vicent Guasch, announced yesterday that he will fine "like crazy" all those people who "dirty the municipality", talking mainly of garbage in the containers and proximities that are left by construction companies, many of these companies are not even domiciled in the municipality of Santa Eulalia, Ibiza, the other main point are the excrement of dogs.

On the other hand, the environmental councilwoman, Núria Ferrer, indicated that a greater monitoring is being carried out specially in three conflicting points: San Carlos, Can Mussón and Can Fornet to avoid than gardening and construction remains get deposited there.

"Now we only have these three points, but before it was all the municipality of Santa Eulalia. Gradually we are improving, people are becoming more aware of the necessity to maintain the municipality clean ", indicated Ferrer.

City council of Santa Eulalia will do far more monitoring to sanction the owners of dogs that defecate in public areas. Six special wastebaskets have been installed with plastic bags for the collection of excrement. "Now we are explaining to animal owners that they must maintain the public areas clean, or there will be we sanctions".

Adopt a pet in Ibiza with D.U.O

D.U.O stands for the Spanish sentence ?Danos Una Oportunidad? which means ?Give us a chance?.

Giving a chance to abandoned dogs and cats is what they have been doing since 1990, when 2 German veterinarians came to Ibiza.

By that time all the homeless cats and dogs were brought to a compound, and if nobody picked them up they were killed... no matter the age, pedigree or physical condition of the animal, to put a end to this, a hand full of Germans and Dutch volunteers created D.U.O.

Since then, D.U.O has become very popular, not just in Ibiza but also in Germany were several celebrities have shown their support.
Many people now come for holidays to Ibiza and go back to their home country with a new friend.

However there are 600 to 700 dogs and several hundred cats in the hands of D.U.O. that are still looking for a new home.

Adopting an animal is not the only way you can help, these animals need food, medicine and so on.
On their web page www.duo-ibiza.de they have a long list of things you can do to make a difference.

Or call +34 - 971 19 74 30

Acciona offers 105.000 extra seats for Easter on Ibiza

The company Acciona Trasmediterránea has made available almost 105,000 seats from the 30th of March to the 9th of April for Ibiza and the rest of the Balearic islands from Barcelona.

During Easter there will be two daily trips that will cover Barcelona - Ibiza, some will be direct connections and others will stop over in Palma de Mallorca.

Daily and direct services between Ibiza and Palma will be also established.

AirOne connects Rome, Naples and Milan to Ibiza

The Italian airline AirOne presented its routes for the summer season, in which it will increase the domestic and international connections from the airport of Rome-Fiumicino.

Also, within the summer program, the company will operate new flights from Rome, Naples and Milan-Linate to Ibiza, Palma, Barcelona and Malaga.


The airline company, that presented its new programming at the Tourism Fair of 'Rome Globe07', and underscored that starting on the 1st of April, it will start up two daily flights between Rome and Vienna shared with Austrian Airlines - both sealed a cooperation agreement to extend the flights between Italy and Austria.

Spas in Ibiza

Spas seem to be one of the most fashionable types of accommodation on Ibiza but since ancient times people have known of the healing power of water.

If you take the first letters of the Latin sentence ?Sanitas Per Aquam? which means ? health through water?, you get the word SPA.

Spas have evolved to a point were they are not limited to therapy through water, but also offer wine therapy, coffee therapy, chocolate therapy, sugar and papaya scrubs, and spas are inventing new and attractive treatments, massages, scrubs, peelings and wraps.

This effort to come up with new treatments is not surprising if you consider the speed at which this the market is growing in Ibiza and world wide. This is normal considering that our live?s are filled with more stress every day.

Ibiza has some world class spas that will do every thing to pamper and relax you.
Check out our list of Hotels with a Spas or our wellness page for full details.

Record breaking April on Ibiza

This April will break all records for visitors in April, according to the forecasts that the tourist sector handles.

Sports events alone, programmed throughout the month will bring 15,000 people. Plus the tourists of Easter and the 3-day weekend holiday of May 1st represent other 15,000 visitors.

The number of open lodging establishments will be the same as last year, but this year the tourist season starts one week earlier and 20% of the hotels of Ibiza will open at the end of April.

Nevertheless, last year the month of April was ?good?, last year 20,000 tourists came, half from which arrived at the island attracted by the organized sports activities over the Easter break.

Skaters will take over Santa Eulalia on Sunday

The main street(Calle San Jaime) in Santa Eulalia, Ibiza will be closed on the morning of the 18th of March (Sunday) for the celebration of the ?Skating day?.
Organized by the 'Association Culturelle College Français Ibiza' , in collaboration with the City council and the Consell Insular.


A similar day was celebrated in October of last year on the marine walkway of the Villa del Rio, with about 70 participants, between the ages of 5 and 35, although in this occasion the ?skating day? will have competitive character and will be divided in 3 categorys, according to the ages.

1st race will be the dedicated to the youngest; the so called ` paseo´ will admit participants between the ages of 4 to 8 years.

2nd The race of ` kilómetro´ is for skaters of 9 to 14 years.

3rd The `milla´, for skaters between 14 and 99 years.

However, "if somebody comes and he?s over 100 years old and the wants to skate we will let him", said the president of the event, Jocelyne Calafat.

Calafat indicated that on this occasion, the races will be celebrated in the San Jaime street because the ground is smoother than the one in the stroll.
The assistants will be treated to French food. Plus there will be a demonstration of Capoeira in front of the town hall, and family games on the beach.

The inscriptions will take place at 10.30 hours in the Plaza España.

Experts discuss ideas to improve island traffic

The mayor of Ibiza Town, Xico Tarrés, and the enviromental councilman, Joan Rubio, will open the 2nd Road Network Conference at 10:00 AM this morning, in Can Botino (the new Mayor's office).
The conference will last all day today and Friday.

Experts from different tourist cities of the Mediterranean will take part in the conference, where proposals to improve mobility and the traffic in Ibiza will be discussed.
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About 60 people are expected to attend...mainly councilmen of different cities and technicians who work in environmental and traffic departments.

Today, 11 propsitions from technicians of the regions of Sardinia, South Aegean, the Greek City council of Hersonissos, the Consistorio of Granada and the one of Ibiza Town, among other municipalities.

Jaume Sureda Bonnin, Director of Energy of the Govern will also intervene.

In the evening conferences will center on limitations to circulation of private vehicles, the parking problem in the cities, the promotion of the public transport like buses, and the promotion of the use of bicycles as a sustainable tourist transport.

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Helicopter rescues on Ibiza beaches

Joan Pol, the directorof Emergencies of the Balearic government, has arranged for a helicopter that will be able to help in all type of rescues, even those that take place on the coast and beaches of Ibiza.

The new vehicle will allow evacuation of wounded victims from the coast and transfer them to the closest heliport.

This season Ibiza beaches will also have more safety measures, including 69 watchtowers and 17 aid stations distributed around Ibiza.

Legislators are developing a law that will oblige all swimming pool guards to have a similar certificaton as the life guards on the beaches of Ibiza.

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Children on Ibiza start consuming alcohol at 12

The young people of Ibiza begin with the consumption of alcohol on average when they are 12 years old, one year less than the national average, according to a study of the Government of the Balearic Islands.

Consumption has been reduced the least between the scholastic population of 6 to 13 years with respect to 2002 in Ibiza, compared to tobacco and marijuana.

For this reason, insular counciler for Health, Vicent Serra, presented a guide yesterday, destined for parents to prevent the uncontrolled use of alcohol amongst youngsters.

The guide offers suggestions and information so that parents can orient their children in the development of a healthful life, especially regarding decisions which will prevent the cases of abusive consumption of alcohol. Most of the sections of the guide include ideas on how, why and when to speak with the children.

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Equestrian and handicapped-friendly tourism on Ibiza

The Govern wants to deepen the horse back riding tourism program, impelled by Inestur, by extending in Ibiza, and the rest of the islands, the routes through public roads and fincas.
The routes will run through forests and natural parks through which the user (tourist or resident) will be able to discover landscapes of Ibiza, as well as the cultural and historical heritage of these places.

In addition, accessible tourism for handicapped people is another one of the objectives of the Govern.

At least that is the plan. One of the objectives is to give continuity and development to the program ` Tourism for all´. The first project is the creation of cultural and natural spaces, accessible to the blind people. This would include a accessible version of the Web Illes Balears, with tools to help the¡promotion of activites for the handicapped, with the purpose of allowing access in equal conditions to people with different handicaps (auditory, visual, motor, of learning or technological).

Another objective is the development and imporvement of facilities for handicapped-friendly hotels in Ibiza.

The foreign population of Ibiza doubles the national average

Of the 121,865 inhabitants in Ibiza, 25,800 are foreigners.

The citizens of the European Union and Rumanía increased their number whereas the Hispano-Americans population goes down.

And this is posterior to the great increase registered by the foreign population in Ibiza and Formentera in 2004, with more than 4,000 new citizens of outside Spain.

This brings the percentage to 21.19 percent of all residents which is
More than double the national average, according to the National Insitute for Statistics.

This demographic change carries far-reaching consequences for the island of Ibiza.

The foreigners are becoming a political power which can swing elections. And many of them now have the right to vote in municipal elections.
Local politicians, who have traditionally ignored this segment of the population, and its
demands for fairness in areas like air and ferryboat discounts for residents, cannot afford to continue to overlook them any longer.

Es Rickshaw Restaurant Reopens

The restaurant Es Rickshaw on the C/ San Vicente 49 ( calle de los Restaurantes ) Santa Eulalia, Ibiza will reopen on the 15 of March.

To celebrate this event the Es Rickshaw Restaurant wants to invite all friends and clients to a sample tasting party starting at 20:00 hours.
The chef Mariano Arriaga, former chef of the Sydney Café in the harbour of Santa Eulalia describes the food as Mediterranean with Asian influences. We describe it as one of the best restaurants in the island.
This season he will have the help of the Chef Gaston Aita (A very famous chef in Madrid).

To make your reservation call 971 33 01 23 or 677 36 10 58
For more information visit Es Rickshaw.