Ibiza

Ibiza airport handles heavy seasonal traffic including significant private movements; ferries connect from mainland Spain and Mallorca. Transfers to the north of the island take up to an hour on narrow roads.

For yacht arrivals, Ibiza town and Marina Botafoch are the main berths, with anchorages off the southern coast and Formentera.

Villas divide by region: the south and south-west for proximity to town, beach clubs and sunset; the north for pine forest, quiet coves and a different island altogether; the east around Santa Eulalia for families.

Many properties are working fincas with land, which means privacy, but also means checking the practical details — air conditioning, water pressure, road access for larger vehicles.

Formentera is the classic day: a crossing, an anchorage off the sandbars, lunch ashore, and back in the late afternoon. Beyond it, the north-coast coves and the sea caves along the west are reachable only by boat.

Charter weeks use Ibiza and Formentera together, sometimes extending to Mallorca.

Beach restaurants on the south coast and Formentera, farm-to-table places inland, serious rooms in Ibiza town, and sunset spots on the west coast where the food is secondary and everyone knows it.

Reservations in season are competitive, particularly for sunset tables and Formentera lunches, and many carry minimum spends.

Ibiza’s clubs operate at a scale and standard that is genuinely unusual, with residencies programmed months ahead. Beach clubs run through the afternoon into the evening; the clubs themselves start late and finish very late.

Table service and guest lists are handled by each venue and remain subject to their approval, minimum spends and door policy. Entry, age and identification requirements are enforced.

Finca weddings are the island’s signature — long tables under trees, a party that continues late, and a supplier base that handles this weekly through the season. Beach clubs and villas also host, subject to their own permissions.

Noise regulations and licensing have tightened considerably in recent years, and private-property events are regulated. Any venue’s ability to host must be confirmed in writing rather than assumed from its size.

Dalt Vila, the walled old town above Ibiza port, is a genuine sixteenth-century fortress and worth an evening. Beyond it: the markets, the north-coast beaches, the salt flats at dusk, and a wellness culture that runs from serious retreats to a practitioner at the villa.