Ibiza, Spain

Superclubs and superyachts, but also pine forests, hippie markets, and quiet coves in May and October.

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Best time to visit

Month	High	Low	Rain	Season
Jan	15°	10°	32 mm
Feb	15°	10°	23 mm
Mar	18°	11°	26 mm
Apr	20°	13°	31 mm
May	23°	16°	21 mm	prime
Jun	28°	20°	8 mm	prime
Jul	31°	23°	3 mm	prime
Aug	31°	24°	16 mm	prime
Sep	27°	21°	47 mm	prime
Oct	24°	18°	42 mm	prime
Nov	19°	14°	51 mm
Dec	16°	11°	37 mm

30-year averages (1995–2024) from ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo. Rain is the monthly total.

Serves travellers at Budget→Ultra-luxury level. Typically around $250 a day on the ground.

Ranges are typical costs, not quotes. Check the real price before you book.

Buses connect the towns and main beaches, but most people hire a car or scooter, and parking near the clubs and the coves is the problem. A boat reaches the best beaches.
getting around · editorial
Ibiza airport is about twenty minutes from the town. Ferries run from Barcelona, Valencia and Dénia, and across to Formentera.
getting there · editorial
The island runs late: dinner is late, the clubs are later, and the day starts accordingly. Roads to the small coves are narrow with almost nowhere to leave a car.
know before · editorial
Cards everywhere; cash for beach kiosks and the small coves. Tipping is rounding up.
money · editorial
Peak summer is when the island is loudest and fullest. Through the winter most of it closes, clubs and coastal restaurants included.
when not to go · editorial
Ibiza Town for the walled old quarter and the port. Playa d'en Bossa for clubs on the sand. Sant Antoni for the sunset strip. Santa Eulària for families. The north around Sant Joan and Benirràs for pine forest, dirt tracks and quiet.
where to stay · editorial

Dalt Vila
A sixteenth-century walled town, a UNESCO site. Climb up to the cathedral.
Ses Salines
Salt pans still working, and the shallowest beach on the island.
Cala Comte
Clear water over pale sand, looking out at the islets to the west.
Mirador de Es Vedrà
A 400-metre rock rising out of the sea. Nobody lives there and nobody ever has.
Portinatx
The north of the island, where it becomes something else: pine, silence, cove.
Santa Gertrudis
The inland village. A square, a white church, no dance floor.

Eat bullit de peix at a beach-shack lunch
Bullit de peix
The island fisherman's dish: fish poached first, then rice in the same broth.
Hierbas ibicencas, ice cold
The local herb liqueur, served after lunch, very cold.
Flaó
A fresh cheese tart with mint. It does not exist outside the island.

Go to Formentera on the first boat and come back on the last
Drums at sunset at Benirràs
Sunday, no ticket, no organisation, for decades.
A whole day in the north of the island
No club, no guest list, no timetable. The other Ibiza exists.

Kayak to Cala Salada
An hour and a half of paddling along the west coast, arriving the way nobody arrives.