Inside, our 2018 tourist resort guides with maps, key information, places to go and things to do covering all of Ibiza & Formentera’s main resort centres.
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47 C, Scorchio!
A hot August is nothing new to Ibiza, but with Spanish weather agency AEMET reporting an extended heatwave with temperatures consistently hitting a ‘real feel’ of 47oC, that’s sizzling even by our standards. Ibiza and Formentera have been under a yellow alert for high temperatures since Wednesday and while actual temperatures will be around 33-35 degrees, forecasters
have given a ‘real feel’ of up to 47 degrees—or to put it another way—Scorchio!. And there will be no let up at night, as temperatures of up to 26 degrees are to be expected. According to leading Spanish weather portal El Tiempo, the high temperatures are due to a weather front from Africa reaching the Balearics, and temperatures are not
expected to drop significantly until the middle of August at the earliest—and as many locals will tell you, once we are in the August heatwave it tends to just go on and on until the Saint Bartholomew's fiestas on August 24th. The Spanish Ministry of Health have issued the following advice to help you cope with the extreme heat. (Con nued on page 3)