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I rented an apartment in peaceful Roca Llisa, a 10-minute drive from Santa Eularia, with stunning views out to sea.
Wherever you stay though, most attractions will be less than a 40-minute drive away. And part of the appeal is the travelling, stopping off en route for a meal at some remote hostelry.
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If your main aim is to lounge on a beach, you’re spoilt for choice. One of the most famous is Playa d’en Bossa, a three-mile stretch of white sand just south of Ibiza Town. While Playa d’en Bossa has everything from watersports to beachfront boutiques, it’s also home to two of Ibiza’s biggest clubs, so go further afield for peace and quiet. Try Portinatx, to the north, which has a stretch of sand popular with families.
Start by walking up through the Portal de ses Taules and make your way around the walls, passing the six bastions – the strategic lookout points from where cannons could be fired. The walls originally date from the 4th Century BC, but they were reinforced in the mid-16th Century to protect against threats from the Turks.
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There are also old churches, a cathedral and, for culture vultures, a couple of museums, with numerous cafés to stop off at along the way.
Afterwards, head back to the harbour and get lost in its maze of paved streets lined with souvenir shops and restaurants.
Two other things Ibiza is known for are its hippy markets and its sunsets. Hippies began flocking here in the late 1960s, and there are still popular weekly hippy markets, such as Las Dalias, every Saturday.
As for the sunsets, the tiny locality of Na Xamena, reached by impossibly steep but picturesque roads up to one of the northernmost tips of the island, is home to a couple of local residences and Ibiza’s oldest five-star hotel.
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