What is still recommended though is sunset at The Cafe del Mar, Mambo or Savannah all next door to each other in San Antonio very chilled and a mixed age group, the drinks are a touch expensive but the setting makes it worthwhile, an impressive addition to the San Antonio waterfront is a new promenade that runs for a couple of miles around the harbour and leads around to the three bars, carry on further around the headland after the 3 bars and there are a couple of hotels with bars where you can also view the stunning sunsets.
Pay a visit to Tropicana bar in San Antonio show your face there a few times and Stuart originally from Bethnal Green 30 years ago will surely sort you out with passes for the clubs, this bar was made famous by the boys from Wham, George and Andrew drank there regularly in 1982 when they released there song Club Tropicana and the video was filmed at nearby Pikes Hotel, yours truly was invited but overslept so I’m gutted every time I see the video and see all my old mates in the background having a drink.
Ibiza Town is well worth a visit everything still based around the Zoo bar and port area but do if you visit try and take a walk up to the old town the D’Alt Vila, you can go to the top in the early evening and get some great photos there are also some great restaurants inside the walls of the old town.
If you are looking for a nice family friendly resort then Cala Vedella should fit the bill as it is quite small and hasn’t hardly changed in 30 years with safe bathing although it occasionally it has jellyfish, if you visit have lunch at Cana Sofia overlooking the beach, the chef has just been named the 5th best chef in Spain and the 2nd best in Ibiza, in all the years I’ve visited the food has always been good and the service excellent.
Another great restaurant is at Es Torrent on the beach you need a car to visit and it is on the pricey side but the John Dory fish is first class as again is the service, you can pick up the signs for Es Torrent on the San Josep road heading towards Porroig, not far from here also is the famous Blue Marlin at Cala Jondal often visited by celebs.
Another place to feast is Es Mirador on the San Josep road just after you leave the village heading towards San Antonio just been taken over by some Dutch people we visited on the 2nd night it was open so some dishes weren’t available but it had a nice atmosphere and overlooked a valley to the sea in the distance but the people who run it were very keen to please, San Josep itself is a typically ibicencan village and worth spending a couple of hours some great little tapas bars are based in the village.
Finally if you are feeling adventurous catch a ferry to the neighbouring island of Formentera from Ibiza Town, hire some bikes in the port and cycle along the tracks that lead to Playa Illetes azure seas and white sand await as near to the carribbean as possible but don’t forget the sun tan cream, if all that cycling makes you hungryJuan & Andreas restaurant on the beach awaits, this is quite a famous restaurant in Spain on occasion frequented by the Real Madrid football team.
