The Ibizan 900 June 2019

Our Little Secret

On your holidays? Welcome to Ibiza, and welcome also to this special edition of our island newspaper. Special in it being our 900th issue, quite a landmark, but also in being one of our monthly bumper editions compiled with Ibiza tourists foremost in our minds.

You will still find local news, some of which might interest you regardless of the duration of your stay, but most of the pages to follow are dedicated to giving you infor-

mation on island events, fiestas, culture, history, beaches, gastronomy, music, sports, fashion, art, and a good dose of clubbing too.

We want to show you that Ibiza is a melting pot of ideas, lifestyles, passions and choices. We give you the information, you see what might tickle your fancy. To start off on the right foot, here is our little secret just for you.

June is definitely the best month to visit. Not just saying

that, we don’t say the same to all the tourists. June is definitely the best.

Holidays in May - a lot of the island isn’t open yet. The locals enjoy the quiet, but as a tourist you didn’t come to Ibiza to experience half of it shut.

July— too many kids. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve got them, I love them, but on holiday there is only so much (Con nued on page 3)

I said a Hip Hop,

Killer Exchange

We Are 900

a Hip Hop, a Hip Hip Hippedy Hip hop and don’t stop—We’re all excited again, Sugarhill Gang, in At Night

Pound to Euro Woes? You won’t even care after a fix of our beat the system guide.

We thought it a good excuse to get ourselves Blinged up, Balearic style.

The Joy of Joyas, page 2 & 3

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Ibizan Jewellery  Nick Gibbs

mon sight today as it forms an important part of the dress worn in traditional Ibizan dancing, Ball Pages.

See our article elsewhere for more on the dancing, and see our agenda pages for performances The history of individual emprendada can often be traced back many generations. There are two types of emprendada worn according to the costume and celebration of the day.

In Ibiza’s rich cultural history and traditions, the vibrant jewellery worn during traditional dancing, Ball Pagés, has far greater significance than simple cosmetic adornment.

The jewellery is worn by both men and women, though the men adopt considerably greater reserve in their bling register,.

For the women, the jewellery in some respects defined them. It defined their stage in maturity, their social and economic position, It was accrued not through any materialistic ability to buy we may recognise now. Nobody went down to the local filigree shop on a Friday night to get an extra couple of 24

Silver & Red Coral The oldest emprendada were made from silver and red coral, normally with several coral necklaces and decorated with silver pins and a filigree crucifix. The crucifix itself was heavily decorated with coral pearls

Scarlett Johansson for Dolce & Gabbana ‘Joyas Ibicencas’ (Ibizan Jewellery) has made a mark on the world of high fashion couture. Ibizan designer Elisa Pomar said it came as a complete surprise to see her work on Milan Catwalks.

For Life

Girls received their first ‘emprendada’, a chain or the cross, on the day of their first communion.

This was then supplemented during her life, including the traditional gift of 24 gold rings from her husband on their wedding day. A gesture to demonstrate his ability to provide for his family.

inch rope chains after a good week on the salt flats.

The Jewellery was earned in so far as it was given when certain events or criteria were fulfilled. The life long association with the Jewellery began at a girl’s first communion when she would receive a chain or crucifix.

Though it may have been a social causation that gave her entitlement to the jewellery, from what I have seen on the subject, it was perfectly acceptable and correct to then display your financial position by the use of the finest quality of craftsmanship and value of gold and gems. That makes perfect sense.

It may have happened over centuries, but there is no way you end up with this style of jewellery without some serious one-upmanship in the mix. But even if it is not to your personal taste, before expressing any critical opinion I remind you of our own traditional folk dancing heritage. In comparison to Morris men, everything has to be higher up the food-chain.

Here we cover the history of the jewellery, its use in folk dance, and one of its greatest exponents, Elisa Pomar.

It was a chance encounter walking past a jewellery shop in Ibiza Old town that originally sparked my interest. The window display was stunning. In style it was unmistakably connected to the Ibizan Jewellery I had seen often in ball pages folk dancing, but also bang up to the minute, contemporary designs, that would give an awful lot of husbands the joy of an easy Christmas gift this year, a sure fire hit that wouldn’t be stuffed away at the back of a drawer.

I didn’t know at that point that the Jewellers was that of Elisa, it was the story of the history that took me back there to her shop.

Emprendada

Emprendada jewellery has been worn by the women of Ibiza for many centuries, however it is still a com-

Traditional Contemporary

Elisa Pomar’s work retains an unmistakable link with the traditional styles and techniques of her illustrious Ibizan Jeweller heritage. But at the same time, there is no question that she is treading water replicating the work of those who went before. Her designs are contemporary and wearable.

and precious stones and it often accompanied a Joia, a richly decorated medallion with an image of the Virgin Mary.

Gold Filigree The newer Emprendada is very similar to the earlier examples in its symbolism but is almost always gold and uses incredibly fine filigree techniques.

In addition to the necklaces, rings are worn on all fingers except the thumb. Some of the rings may be seals bearing the family coat of arms. The earrings and dress buttons are also part of the jewellery adornment.

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Emprendada In comparison, the male jewellery is very modest and usually consists of filigree bells on the waistcoat designed to sound when dancing.

According to tradition the jewels were the dowry of brides, however the first chain or crucifix would be received on the day of their first communion.

The young women would show off their adornments during religious processions or dances and at Sunday mass.

It was a tradition for the groom to present the bride with 24 rings on the day of the wedding.

Elisa Pomar

It seems you cannot go far in the world of Emprendada and traditional Ibizan jewellery without coming across Elisa Pomar.

Few could outdo her on the original Ibicenco material front. Fewer still on artistic talent. She sounds like fun too.

Family Affair The Pomar family have worked in Ibizan jewellery since 1850. Back then, Elisa’s great-greatgrandfather was known on the island as "El Jewelero del Rey", the jeweller to the King, a nickname he was given for providing tokens to the lovers of Al-

Family Heritage

Elisa has been involved and very successful within Ibiza’s adlib group of fashion designers over the last decade.

However her heritage as a Jeweller goes back way longer than that. She grew up watching her grandfather ply his skills and her father after him.

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mini-disco I can take.

August — It’s too hot. Way, way, too hot. And if you are in Playa Den Bossa August is also too many Italians. Not a very PC thing to say, but all I’m saying is that if you are surrounded by five thousand people and you can’t tell whether they are chatting each other up or about to start a fight because both things sound exactly the same, things can get very confusing.

September - After the weather breaks around Sant Bartolomeu’s day at the end of August, and despite it

fonso XIII. The family trade was with her from a very young age. As a child she was eager to finish classes at her school of Our Lady of Consolation to be able to go to their little family jewellery store Marina, and be able to do homework there, while watching how her father and grandfather worked the pieces. "I remember my grandfather with his tongue out to concentrate while working the jewels and a strong smell of acids, it was amazing how bad he smelled!”, she recollected in one of her frequently requested descriptions of an Ibiza long gone.

Elisa sais that despite the proximity of precious metals times were still very hard.

Times changes for the better for Elisa’s family with the arrival of tourism. The family extended their operation in the marina, and Elisa joined her father and grandfather.

It was when her grandfather died that she decided she wanted to take a new direction, to combine her love and respect for their jewellery heritage, but also to apply new techniques and styles.

‘Traditional Contemporary’ sounds like the awful last attempt the catering trade will make when they have run out of absolutely every other food combina-

tion possible.

However in Elisa’s case it is a perfect fit. Her work retains an unmistakable link with the traditional styles and techniques of her illustrious Ibizan Jeweller heritage. But at the same time, there is no question that she is treading water replicating the work of those who went before. Her designs are contemporary and wearable.

being a welcome relief when we get those storms, it just isn’t summer anymore. Not proper summer. The air is different.

October — we’re shut. Great for a late season break though.

So there you go, you have chosen the very best time to visit Ibiza. One request please— be careful who you choose to share this inside information with. We British and Irish in Ibiza have an impeccable reputation to uphold. We wouldn’t want any old riff raff coming over here and upsetting things for us. Before you know it we’d be in the British tabloids, ha, can you imagine that? Mental.

We’ve packed a lot in this issue, but there is much more available on our website and Facebook, along with breaking news. Links below.

On behalf of the vast majority of those in the Ibiza business and local community, we thank you for your custom.

Enjoy your holiday.

Online Unsurprisingly they have become very popular as wedding gifts and this is one of the specialist sections on her website. Nothing is ‘cheap’ as in an ‘under 50€’ range, but when you see the level of detail and quality of the work it all seems very good value indeed.

One word of warning. When I first used the site under the English option, it all appeared to be broken.

As if there were no actual products in the shop. I then changed it to Spanish and it all worked fine.

 Elisa Pomar Castelar, 1, Ibiza Old Town 10:00 - 13:30, 17:00 - 20:30 http://www.elisapomar.es

 Nicholas Gibbs, Editor editor@theibizan.com

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Ongoing Victor Spinelli 'SPiN' Exhibition, Aubergine

Carretera de Sant Miquel KM9.9 Victor Spinelli is an interna-

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Family Museum Workshops 2019  Casa Pagesa Es Porxet, Ibiza Town, 11:00 to 13:00 Thematic workshops aimed at family groups of at least one adult and one or more children between the ages of 6yrs and 12yrs.

Held at Casa Pagesa Es Porxet (C / Lucio Oculacio, 37, Eivissa) and with a price of €5 per participant, registration is required in the Monographic Museum of the Puig des Molins (Vía Romana, 31. Eivissa), from MonFri, 10-14.00.

Workshops II Exhibition of the Ramón Medina Collection, Can Jeroni Cultural Centre

Rototom Sunsplash Launch Party Live Music Las Dalias 16Jun 9pm, San Carlos

Part of the European Reggae Fesitval, In the garden from 9pm there is Rapsusklei and Aciz, and indoors after midnight there is Reggae Yard, Wisdom Sound, Freemind, Rastafairy and Hoppydread. 10€ presale and 15€ on the door.

Dedicated to the work of Vicent Calbet and Antoni Marí Ribas Portmany TueSun 10.30am-1.30pm, ThuSat 6pm-8.30pm, mon closed

Fri 07 Ball Pagès - Traditional Ibicenco Dancing, Es Martell

9pm, At Ibiza Port Authori-

ty, "es Martell" is in front of the Corsairs Monument Ibiza Town Come and see the traditional dance where men entice ladies to join them.

Balearic Chill Out with DJ Phat Phil Cooper, Hostal La Torre

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Craft & Produce Mar-

haggle, socialize and have fun. In this genuine flea market you will find clothes, books, old magazines, records.. and if you don't find what you are looking for you can always taste one of the bocadillos that Ramonet and Vicent prepare in the big saloon, where early riser buyers and sellers enjoy the beautiful view of the sunrise while having breakfast.

Mercat de Forada, San Antonio  10am-4pm, Saturdays, All Year, Can Tixedo,

Ibiza Markets Ibiza’s Hippy Markets have become famous around the world. But there are many other markets too, from Flea Market to Local & Ecological Produce, to Artisan.

In addition to these regular markets there are summer long craft and artisan market stalls at various locations including Ibiza Town Port, San Antonio Fountains, Playa den Bossa and Figueretes.

Also, any agenda listing of a local fiesta will almost certainly be cause for some artisan and produce stalls as part of the celebrations.

The individual markets are listed in the day to day agenda. Full details are available at http://bit.ly/ibizanmarkets

Flea Market, San Jordi  8am-3pm, Saturdays, All Year, The Hippodrome Since 1995 a place where residents meet to sell their second hand treasures, and retailers sell their stock. One of the most cosmopolitan places on the island, a place to

Buscastell, San Antonio Ecological and local produce market with live music, a great initiative where you can buy ecological produce at low-prices, supporting local Ibizan small producers. First class products, paellas at lunch time, books, antiques, live music....this is a little sample of what you´ll find in Forada.

Artisan Market, San José  Saturdays from 9.30am until October 20th A market with handcrafted, local and organic products. A meeting point for the people of our city and for the tourists who visit us every summer where you will be able to buy organic, handcrafted or locally elaborated products.

Also, you will be able to taste the menus prepared by the restaurants of our city.

Las Dalias Hippy Market, San Carlos  10am-dusk, Saturdays, Night Market 7pm-1am

Mondays, San Carlos With origins going back to 1954, the market proper started in 1985 with five stalls. Since then it has gathered artisans from all over the world, filling the Market with colour and fantasy. Now hosting over 200 stalls selling everything from fashion, and jewellery to art and decoration.

Mercadillo de Sant Joan  10am-4pm, Sundays, All Year, San Juan Ecological and hand-made products. There are very few

 June: Saturday 22 and Sunday 23: Greek Myths V: Daedalus and the Labyrinth.

 September: Saturday 21 and Sunday 22: The purple people: Punic clothing.

 October: Saturday 19 and Sunday 20: Way to Machu Pichu.

 November: Saturday 16 and Sunday 17: Catrinas and imps.

 December: Saturday 14 and Sunday 15: Christmas in the World

ket, San Antonio

9am to 5pm, Church Square San Antonio

See markets article for info

Ibosim Presents The

villages in Ibiza that retain that peaceful atmosphere, that local ambiance, that mix of cultures, german people sitting next to old ibizencos, hippies talking to payesas, payesas selling their garden products and home made wine, plus live music, jugglers, and many other surprises ... simply beautiful.

La Huerta Organic Food, Ibiza Town  Sundays, 12-6pm, Agroturismo Can Jaume, Puig den

Valls, Nr Ibiza Town Food and produce from local producers. With live music, a variety of food stalls, and activities for children.

Punta Arabi Hippy Market, Es Canar  Wednesdays, April-October Established in 1973, more than 500 craftsmen and artists offer a variety of their unique creations: crafts, fashion, jewellery, natural cosmetics and more. All surrounded by performances from musicians, artists and living statues.

Hippy Market, Cala Llonga  From 6pm, Thursdays, Promenade, Cala Llonga The market takes place every Thursday evening from 6pm with an array of locally hand crafted articles such as clothes, jewellery, trinkets, pottery and much more, produced by some of Ibiza's finest artisans all at reasonable prices. Located on the promenade it's a perfect place to wander along under the evening stars while listening to live music, looking for a perfect gift, souvenir or personal treat.

Art i Mercat, San Antonio  Fridays 9am-5pm, Church Square, San Antonio, A street market located ibehind San Antonio’s Church, which is a few metres from the main town Fountains Promenade. Art I Mercat offers ecological products, art music and handicrafts.

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Agenda New Beer 'Grodziskie' With a Pizza Party, Ibosim

6pm, Ibosim Brewhouse, c/ Valencia 4, Port des Torrent Port d'es Torrent Ibosim are presenting a new limited-edition beer, Ibosim Grodziskie.

This special edition will

with smoked wheat malt with oak wood from the forests of Eastern Poland and noble hops, an extremely light beer (and only 3% ABV!) but with a great personality. As always, Manolo Pizza Chef will accompany this light beer with serving his delicious artisanal pizzas. in-

WooMoon Opening Party Dance Music Cova Santa 16Jun 5pm, Carretera San Jose KM7, 07817 San José

Watch Tower Visits Ibiza Experience Positive Energy, Faith & Spiritual Rise Up! 21Jun 19:19, Across the Island Rise Up! are a collective of people who believe in a universal consciousness, and each of our own individual ability to have an affect of the energy that is everywhere and in everything.

They take the view that if we give out positive energy, it will have a real effect on the world in which we live, and the people we live among.

19:19 Their 19:19 project in 2019 is asking people to take time each day at 19:19, nineteen minutes past 7 in the evening, to stop what they are doing and spend a minimum of just one minute to focus their minds and energy on sending out love and positivity.

As part of the project they are asking people to make an extra effort to join in on 21st June and 20th July.

On those dates they hope to have a minimum of 5,040 people participating.

Why that very specific number? Quite interesting actually. 5,040 equates to 3.5% of the estimated 144,000 population of ibiza. 3.5% is something of a magic number in the cause of affecting change. Credible studies of political and social history have indicated that for non-violent change to occur it takes 3.5% of the population to actively participate in campaigning for that change to occur.  Find out more and show your support by registering on the Rise Up website: http://riseupibiza.org/ibiza-experience/#participate

History & Culture Torre Des Pí Des Català 08Jun 10am, Camino de Can Miquel Marti II, Playa Migjorn Formentera There is only one defence tower you can go inside and visit on the island of Formentera and that is the Torre Pí des Català, which dates back to the 18th century and has been renovated to its original glory. The watch towers were designed to warn the island against pirate attacks, it sounds like a movie, but was very common along our coasts. The watch towers also had a Watchmen Corps – two soldiers living in close quarters 24/7 except in bad weather, when pirate attacks were considered unlikely.

This recently renovated watch tower is open to visitors, take your camera as it has spectacular views Every Saturday from 10am to 1pm. offer you something really different: a recreation of a historical style of beer born in Poland in the 14th century, practically forgotten today, but which in the 19th century conquered the palate of Europe."

Ibosim’s Grodziskie is elaborated entirely

The 4th season will open with more than 12 hours of ART-MAZING music and performances.

Featuring rampue, Monolink, Sahalé , Âpe Chimba Song Weaver, Anstascia, Chaim, Landikhan/LNDKHN, Maga, Brina Knauss, Ricoloop, Valentin Huedo and more tba.

There will of course be the infamous Boulev-Art, with the healthiest food & drinks, the best artists and artisans of the island presenting their new creations and of course immersive experiences and secret journeys into unique sacred spaces..

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Matyas Novak Piano Concert, Palacio Congressos de Santa Eulalia 9pm, Santa Eulalia Located in the Congress Centre of Santa Eulalia

Thematic Workshop - 'Greek Myths V: Daedalus and the Labyrinth', At the Museum  Casa Pagesa Es Porxet, Ibiza Town, from 11:00 to

13:00 Thematic workshops aimed at family groups of at least one adult and one or more children between the ages of 6yrs and 12yrs.

Held at Casa Pagesa Es Porxet (C / Lucio Oculacio, 37, Eivissa) and with a price of €5 per participant, registration is required in the Monographic Museum of the Puig des Molins (Vía Romana, 31. Eivissa), from Mon-Fri, 10-14.00.

Workshops in 2019  June: Saturday 22 and Sunday 23: Greek Myths V: Daedalus and the Labyrinth.

 September: Saturday 21 and Sunday 22: The purple

Ibosim Presents The New Beer 'Grodziskie' Food & Drink Ibosim 07Jun 6pm, Ibosim Brewhouse, c/ Valencia 4, Port des Torrent Port d'es Torrent Ibosim are presenting a new limited-edition beer, Ibosim Grodziskie.

This special edition will offer you something really different: a recreation of a historical style of beer born in Poland in the 14th century, practically forgotten today, but which in the 19th century conquered the palate of

people: Punic clothing.

 October: Saturday 19 and Sunday 20: Way to Machu Pichu.

 November: Saturday 16 and Sunday 17: Catrinas and Europe."

Ibosim’s Grodziskie is elaborated entirely with smoked wheat malt with oak wood from the forests of Eastern Poland and noble hops, an extremely light beer (and only 3% ABV!) but with a great personality. For this presentation the beer Will be accompanied by artisan empanadas, local produce, artisan bread and dolmadakia –a Greek delight made with vine leaves.

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imps.

 December: Saturday 14 and Sunday 15: Christmas in the World

Sat 08 Dramatised Tours of the D’alt Vila , Dept of Tourism

7pm, D'alt Vila Ibiza Town

Every Saturday take a tour with audio guide round the Dalt Vila. Under 7s free, 716yrs 5€, adults 10€. Discounts for pensioners, families. A deposit of 30€ (Con nued on page 14)

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Food & Drink and we didn’t feel cluttered at all. Everything was exactly as described in the description of the room and we made use of the log fire in the evening which gave the suite a cosy feeling.

If you are looking for a quiet getaway to unwind, then this is the place for you, an absolute pleasure to stay in and somewhere we will be returning.

Restaurant Review

Casa Maca , Our Secret Hideaway “Imagine a hideaway haven in the hills of Ibiza brimming with authentic country charm and yet just minutes from all the magic and action the white island

Hierbas Workshop  Fluxà Ibiza, Jesus, Santa Eulalia The Fluxà family will show you the craft distilling process in a traditional distillery and you will be able to make your own Ibizan hierbas (pronounced yerbas), the island’s most highly valued liqueur.

The workshop includes a tour of the botanic garden where you will see more than 20 types of aromatic herbs, more than 10 varieties of chilli peppers and native fruit trees such as carob, cherry, plum and almond trees.

During this tour we will get acquainted with the 17 aromatic herbs needed to make Ibizan herb liqueur and you will learn to identify fennel, thyme, rosemary, lemon verbena, lavender, rue, eucalyptus, chamomile, juniper, oregano and many other plants.

You will pick the right herbs and learn all about the distilling process. You will then mix your picked herbs and make your own artisan herb liqueur.

At the end of the workshop, each participant will have made a bottle of artisan Hierbas to take home with them.

The workshop lasts 2 hours, children are welcome, and the languages spoken are Spanish, English, German, Dutch & French. The workshops are held Monday and Tuesday from 9.30am+-11.30am and Thursday from 7pm -9pm. Cost 29€pp www.fluxaibiza.com

has to offer.”

Casa Maca ia a beautiful rural hotel with spectacular views across the Dalt Vila skyline, it is in the amazingly tranquil and peaceful Can Palau hills, with aromatic lavender fields surrounding it and spacious open planning.

The main building is a 300-year-old farmhouse that has been lovingly refurbished with the original oil mill left in place in the lobby, quite a feature when you go to check in. They have a large and small (children’s) swimming pool, room service facilities, everything you would expect in a high-rise hotel.

There are just 8 Junior Suites and 2 Suites at Casa Maca, which makes this getaway even more intimate and low key. Each of the junior suites has a king size bed, a pull-out sofa bed (for two) in the living room area which also boasts a log fire, an outdoor area which varies from a small terrace or garden area. Each of the bathrooms is almost spa like with whirlpool tubs, rain effect showers and Grown Alchemist organic botanical products. There is all the usual mod-cons as well, LCD TV’s, Wi-Fi, telephone, in room sound systems, a mini bar and tea/coffee making facilities. The 2 suites differ in that they are more spacious, have a whirlpool tub big enough for two, a garden with Pergola for those balmy evenings and complimentary water and soft drinks.

‘In the local Ibicencan dialect, maca translates to beautiful and there couldn’t be a more apt description for this unique Ibiza hotel.’

Hotel Review We were fortunate enough to stay at Casa Maca in March and it is unique, you could have heard a pin drop it was that peaceful, the views are magnificent and watching the sunrise in the morning was special to say the least. All the staff we came across were friendly and accommodating to our needs. Our junior suite was clean and spacious, with ‘Rustic chic’ furnishings, there was plenty of space in the large dark wooden wardrobe

If I must sum up Casa Maca’s menu in one word, it would be luxurious. They have, in creating their menu, achieved not only a rich and lavish menu, but utilised the ingredients to their maximum potential. The restaurant boasts stunning elevated views across Ibiza town and yet a peaceful tranquillity that calms your senses, allowing the superb food to shine out.

Upon being welcomed quite late into the restaurant we were seated, drinks orders taken and advised that the fish starter had sold out – a good sign in its popularity and a word of warning to arrive earlier if you wish all menu options would be available to you. The lack of a fish starter wasn’t a problem for us as in seeing steak tartare and chips on the starter menu was extremely fortuitous and absolutely didn’t disappoint. What would you pay for a steak tartare? To be included in a menu del dia at 18€ is revolutionary and daring to say the least and itcould make you question the quality, well here all doubts can be cast aside.

Starters Steak Tartare and Chips The steak itself was tender and light, a guacamole side dressing an alternative touch, and a sprinkling of freeze -dried raspberries added a different zing to such a classic dish. The chips served separately on the side kept the tartare light, with no feeling of heaviness in the starter.

Vegetable Cream with Stracciatella

The soup was rich, deep and flavourful. The Stracciatella left to melt into the hot soup added a salty almost sour taste which worked perfectly with the sweet potatoes and seasonal vegetables. A little rich for some as one of our guests admitted, but for others it was a soup triumph.

Mains Sea Bass with Babaganush and Watercress The sea bass was cooked and seasoned perfectly and the babaganush creamy in texture and packed with flavour.

Pork ‘Bondiola’ with Sweet Potato Parmentier and Ginger

The serving of pork would get a meat lovers heart racing, particularly for a menu del dia. The pork was tender and plentiful, the sweet potato side a perfect texture balance and a deep sauce that brought all elements together in a hearty winter warming style dish.

Creamy Rice with Spinach and Goats’ Cheese

It’s great to see an interesting vegetarian option on a menu del dia and this caught my eye from the first moment I saw the menu. Unassuming in it’s looks, I’m not sure you can wax lyrical at the sight of a risotto, everything is in the eating/taste. The rice was cooked perfectly, just a touch al dente, the sauce thick and creamy with plenty of spinach and chunks of goat’s cheese melting slowly into the bowl. The creaminess and well thought through ingredient combination were such that I found myself searching for the oozy melted goats’ cheese to add a salty kick.

Desserts Bread with Chocolate and Olive Oil

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Food & Drink

The menu gives you no clue as to this dessert, the title and description vague and intriguing, but it’s definitely worth a try. Chocolate mousse with a sprinkling of salt, olive oil and thin crispy slices of bread. A savoury and sweet masterpiece, a cholate lover’s dream.

Mandarin Sorbet with Prosecco

For me the perfect way to end a decadent meal, light and fruity, with those prosecco bubbles fizzing in your mouth.

Simple and sparkling.

Cheesecake, Framboise and Parmesan Deconstructed and delicious in its design. A small spoon of the fruit, add a touch of cream cheese and a dab of crunchy biscuit base, delectable. We will all approach it differently, but the fact is, we all keep coming back for more – it’s decadent, rich and luxurious, a fitting end to such a special menu.

Our visit to Casa Maca coincided with a birthday and we did not observe our usual ‘photographing food’ standards. But do not be disappointed as we have a few general photos from the Casa Maca restaurant – the food is quite simply as delicious as it looks. We hope you will agree.

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Santa Eulalia, Es Canar

Viva Cala Llonga In conjunction with the Vecinos of the village, with sponsorship of Amante Beach Club, have arranged an exciting programme for 2019 to stage events and entertainment to enhance the holiday experience of our visitors and the island residents.

Welcome To Santa Eulalia The municipality of Santa Eulalia covers many areas including Jesus and Puig den Valls on the outskirts of Ibiza town, to Santa Gertrudis inland, and North to San Carlos. Santa Eulalia has 46km of coastline and some of the finest beaches in Ibiza, including Santa Eulalia with disabled access to the sea and the very first smoke free beach.

From the naturist (optional) Aigua Blanca, to the family friendly open soft sands of Cala Llonga, there is something to suit everybody.

The main tourist destinations are Santa Eulalia, Cala Llonga and Es Canar, and we will shed more light in this guide. Santa Eulalia municipality is also home to some of Ibiza’s most chic and bohemian villages, with Santa Gertrudis and San Carlos continuing to attract those looking for that certain village chic Ibiza cool.

You wouldn’t be experiencing Ibiza without a trip to a hippy market, and you are certainly in the right place as Santa Eulalia has 3 established hippy markets in its borders. Las Dalias in San Carlos and the Punta Arabi hippy market both put claims on being Ibiza’s original hippy market, and the Thursday night market in Cala Llonga gives a smaller, more personal version with the added pleasure of being right on the beachfront promenade—and when visiting in high season, you will appreciate any sea breeze available.

Santa Eulalia History & Culture Here we round up some of Santa Eulalia’s historic and cultural attractions.

Es Puig de Missa (pictured above) It’s hard to miss this stunning church as it is situated on a hilltop overlooking the whole of Santa Eulalia.

Numerous pirate attacks destroyed much of the church and in the middle of the 16th century a new fortified church was built with stronger defences which stands to this day. The church has a domed roof and traditional whitewashed walls, during the 17th century pirate attacks became less and the church was once again used as a religious building, its attached watch tower can also be dated back to the 16th century and is thought to be one of the oldest on the Pitiusas.

Museum of Can Planetes or d’es Molí de Dalt – River Interpretation Centre

the area.

The river of Santa Eulalia and its environment led to a natural area in which people used the river for irrigation for many years. Which is why the system of canals, orchards and mills are still an important part of the landscape of the river valley.

In other parts of the house, there are two classrooms to accommodate arranged courses or meetings and where there are information panels about the historical sites of the river’s environment and the different irrigation systems used.

The Can Planetes’ classrooms also host screenings of educational films, as two short documentaries that deal with the history of the Santa Eulalia River and the Orchard that formed around throughout the centuries.

Can Planetes is open from 10.30am-1.30pm

Trull De Ca N’andreu Museum This former farm of the seventeenth century and very near the centre of Sant Carlos, has been converted into a house museum and preserved for a hundred years. It is

Hippy Market The weekly Thursday evening Hippie Market, with live entertainment has already started, from 6pm every week. A wide range of hand crafted items are on sale all at very reasonable prices.

Open Air Cinema During the peak season there will be Sunday evening open air on the beach cinema. Movies scheduled are, The Greatest Showman, Paddington 2, Mama Mia 2, Alice in Wonderland, Sing and Mary Poppins 2. In addition to this there's a really exciting new attraction, Drive in Movies. Look out for coming details.

Sandcastle Competitions Due to its popularity there will be two Sandcastle competitions in August. A morning of fun for all the family.

Museum of Ethnography In the Puig de Missa of Santa Eulalia there is an old country house called Can Ros, which is now the local museum of ethnography.

Can Ros is a good example of rural architecture of Ibiza, with the “porxo” (main room), kitchen, the different “cases de dormir” (bedrooms), the oil mill, the “porxet” (the upstairs balcony), the well and the cistern.

In the house is a permanent exhibition, this ranges from clothing and jewellery to many household objects used in farm houses, field and craft or specific task’s utensils, musical instruments, weapons, and personal items.

This permanent exhibition is supplemented by temporary solo exhibitions, as well as conducted Workshops and Craft activities in which various traditional craftsmen show us the development of musical instruments, clothing, sandals, toys and objects made from plant fibres.

When visiting Can Ros, you can ask to see any of the historical and ethnographic videos that make up the background.

Laureano Barrau Buñol

The river interpretation centre in Santa Eulalia aims to publicise and show how the river and local residents lived there in the tenth century.

You can visit for free, a typical pagés house with a running flour mill and you can also observe the typical crafts of

interesting to visit because it shows all the elements of traditional Ibizan architecture.

The Trull (mill) dates from 1775 and is one of the few that remain on the island. It also exhibits farm tools, ploughs, millstones, equipment for wine making, tools for manufacturing footwear, musical instruments, weapons, and other typical utensils from the Pitiusan rural world.

Currently housed in the museum of ethnography are 20 works by the renowned Catalan painter Laureano Barrau Buñol. He first visited the island in 1912 and here he found a place for rest and inspiration, enchanted by the lights, the landscapes, the idiosyncrasies of the people and their customs. Finally settling in Santa Eulalia, he painted the landscapes and its people until his death in 1957.

Food & Drink Mar y Tierra Restaurant, Fresh Fish & Fine Steak, Santa Eulalia Marina This charming waterfront restaurant in Santa Eulalia’s marina focus on serving the very best produce. If it can be

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Mar y Tierra #1 Delighted for our client advertisers Simone and Elisa of Marytierra Restaurant. I first came across them in Tripadvisor reviews. The thing that jumped off the page was that so many of the reviews mentioned Simone and Elisa by name, their passion for their food, the produce and the service. At that point earlier in the year they were TripAdvisor #8 in Santa Eulalia. Now they are #1 in Santa Eulalia and an awesome #2 in the whole of Ibiza. I don't think Tripadvisor is right about everything, but in this instance the accolade could not go to better people. Brilliant sourced locally it is sourced locally, and their fish and seafood come with the Ibizan ‘Peix Nostrum’ seal of authenticity. From the farm a huge favourite among their fans is the Tomahawk steak, and they have great vegan fayre on offer too. Patrons Simone and Elisa share a real passion for their food, a passion that comes over time after time in their TripAdvisor reviews. Pride in their produce, passion in their cooking. Brilliant.

The White Bar & Grill is located halfway between the beach and the hippy market.

Celebrating their 10th anniversary this year the bar was formerly named Moe's sports Bar but following a re-brand 2 years ago was changed to the White Bar & Grill. For the last 5 years it has held a position in the top 3 restaurants in Es Cana on trip advisor.

Specialising in gourmet burgers it has gained a great reputation for their sometimes querky Burger of the Week. Outside you will discover the grill/barbecue and poolside terrace where you can enjoy anything from anything from chicken & pork to a selection of steaks including the speciality Wagyu steak.

The bar stocks a wide range of beers, wines and premium spirits including a large selection of gin and local products. So whether you're looking for a romantic dinner or a venue to hold a celebration this place has it all. https://www.facebook.com/pg/thewhitebarandgrill

Mariposa Pool Bar & Restaurant, Cala Llonga The idea of ‘living the dream’ under the Mediterranean

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Donde Marian y Miguel, Spanish Restaurant & Grill, Santa Eulalia-Es Canar Road If you want to savour an authentic Spanish meal offering the very best in produce and flavour, Donde Maria y Miguel Restaurant is the perfect setting. Select from their display of fine Iberican meats or fresh fish, or perhaps one of their wonderful rice paellas. It is no surprise that Donde Maria y Miguel are chosen for so many family celebration and business lunches – follow the locals and you can’t go wrong.

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Glitter and Gin Event Food & Drink The White Bar and Grill 15Jun 7.30pm, Es Canar

The White bar and Grill will become a unique ‘Law Gin Pop Up’ in es Cana and professional mixologist Raquel will be making Law G&T’s infused with a variety of flavours at ½ price. As well as serving the special edition ‘It’s the Law burger’ which incorporates all the botanicals of the Law Gin, the clever chefs will also be creating a Gin flambeed steak with pink Gin onions. There will be a glitter station on hand to get you sparkled up for the after party which will be held at Granny’s Bar and the Cel Blau supermarket will be offering 10% off Law Gin on the night.

Mine’s a G&T – it’s the Law! To celebrate World Gin Day, come and enjoy 1/2 price LAW G&T's, visit the glitter station and try out the "It's the LAW burger"

sun becomes reality at the Mariposa. Nestled in the hills behind the Cala Llonga village, and with spectacular views out over the bay, the Mariposa team and regulars will give you the warmest of welcomes.

Start your day with a bacon and brie toasted sandwich and café con leche, followed by a dip in the pool, and sip on some cocktails from your poolside lounger. Heaven.

Sunday lunch & Live Music from Coco at Mariposa Sunday 7th June. See agenda section and advert

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Noche de San Juan Sunday 23 June, Various Locations June 24th is the Patron Saint’s day of John the Baptist or San Juan. It is widely celebrated all over the world including mainland Spain, and Ibiza is no exception.

Being the patron saint of the town of San Juan, the fiesta and celebrations there are taken very seriously, but there are also celebrations in other parts of the island.

The night of San Juan (La Noche de San Juan) is usually celebrated with music starting in the evening of the 23rd with bonfires and/or fireworks at midnight to see in the 24th. As it occurs just a few days after the Summer Solstice (the longest day on June 21st), it is also used as a celebration of the start of the summer.

Traditionally, and this still happens in some places, people jump over the bonfires, or run over hot coals, as a way of purifying the body and soul. Traditionally, you should throw into the fire something old that represents something you no longer want in your life or a piece of paper where you are meant to write those things you want to change. It is also customary in Ibiza to eat San Juan macaroni, made with curly noodles cooked in milk, sugar, cinnamon and lemon rind. Other typical cuisine of Ibiza, such as orelletes, wine or traditional spirits are also eaten in family homes.

Sant Joan de Labritja From 9pm to 4am there will be an artisan and creative market of recycled and handmade products. At 10.30pm Tom Mayor will perform live in concert. The parade of puppets will be begin at 11.45pm as well as the ritual of the four elements in the Plaza de España. At Midnight the Bonfires of San Juan or ‘Foguerons’ will start behind the church. Here you can jump the bonfires and purify your body and soul.

Once the bonfires are finished, the party will continue with DJs Djamal playing Disco, Funk & Soul on the old Town Hall Street, Javi Box and The Selecters with music from the 60s, 70s and 80s in the Plaza de España .

Ibiza Town In Ibiza Town, San Joan is celebrated on the beaches of ses Figueretes and Talamanca. New to this year’s celebrations though, the council will distribute firewood and allow people to start bonfires in specifically allocated areas.

ses Figueretes Beach In Ses Figueretes at 7pm, on the Julian Verdera Square next to the beach, activities begin with musical entertainment and workshops and games for the little ones.

At 8.30pm there is the traditional tasting of the ‘macarrons’ of Sant Joan. From

10pm, DJ Alex Hinohouse will play and at midnight there will be fireworks on the beach.

Talamanca Beach In the beach of Talamanca, there will also be tasting of macarrons de Sant Joan from 8.30pm and from 9.30pm Ricardito and the Latinos will play a live concert.

In the Ses Figueres neighbourhood, located at the end of Talamanca beach, there will be a musical performance by Contra Band.

Can Escandell Activities begin at 6pm with a Petanque tournament. At 9pm there will be a women's indoor soccer tournament. At 8.30pm there will be a circus for adults and children held by Party Planet and Avara. At 10.30pm, a festival with the group ‘The Queen Ibiza’ and at midnight, the lighting of the San Juan bonfire. There will also be no shortage of the traditional San Juan pasta dish ‘macarrons’.

Sant Antoni This year the celebration of the bonfires of San Juan will be at the beach of Caló des Moro. At 8pm the Ibiza Swing Lab will organize a Swing dance rally.

Santa Eulalia  Puig d'en Valls At 6.30pm there are children's workshops, at 8pm you can enjoy the contest of ‘macarrons’ of San Juan and a popular Sardinada with Ball Pages and a Windrose concert at 10.15pm, then the lighting of the bonfires of San Juan at midnight, behind the Church, in the great square.

Santa Gertrudis  There will be activities starting at 7pm with musical performances from Chris Martos, Ivan Domenech and DJ Fjordi Cardona. At midnight, the bonfires of San Juan will be lit.  Santa Eulària There will be activities from 5pm to 7pm including children's workshops in sa Font d'en Lluna, under the old bridge or Pont Vell, as well as workshops in the Punt Jove (Youth Club).

From 7.30pm to 8.30pm there is a concert with Lucy & Diamonds, in the street Isidoro Macabich. In the square of Isidor Macabich there will be a concert from the Blues Mafia and Saligardos and a performance of Es mals Esperits y Espiritrons.

Finally, at midnight there will be the lighting of the bonfires of San Juan.

Wherever you are in Ibiza, there will be somewhere you can experience this magical night it is highly recommended, even if you choose not to ‘jump the fire’.

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History & Culture A History Of Ibiza c2000 B.C. Dolmen Settlers The megalithic dolmen grave in Ca Na Costa in the North of Formentera originates from around 2,000 B.C. It is the only indication of inhabitants of that time on the Pitiuses. On Ibiza findings of early history were only made sporadically, and it is unknown whether they were left from visitors or settlers of the island. Antic scripts prove that the Pitiuses were well known in antiquity.

Ball Pagès  Es Martell, Ibiza Town ‘With a stroke of castanets this charming and colourful dance begins’.

It is so primitive that even today the exact origin is unknown, though in June 2012 it was declared of Important Cultural significance.

Ball Pagès is a traditional Ibizan & Formentera folk dance of unknown origin which dates back to time immemorial and has been preserved ever since.

This traditional dance is displayed every Saturday from 9pm at "es Martell", (in front of the Corsairs Monument) at Ibiza port.

Here’s a little inside knowledge on this ancient tradition.

The instruments Drum: Elaborated using the wood of the trunk of the pine tree and animal pelt ( usually goat or rabbit) Flute : made from oleander Castanets : made from junipèr "Espasí" : A percussion instrument in the form of a sword ( espasa = sword, espasí= little sword) "Xeremia" : an instrument made from cane

The Costumes  Female Costume A black dress known as a "Gonella", this is the most ancient form of dress and is made from wool and linen.

White dress, made from cotton with a white apron.

Coloured dress, the most recent form, the most "modern", may be accompanied by a "sombrero" (hat), without jewellery.

Manta, with tassels and always worn with the dress.

"Emprendada", gold and silver jewellery worn by women.

"Espardenyes" straw, canvass or faffia footwear.

 Male Costume Black outfit, trousers, shirt or/and jacket White outfit, made from flannel or cotton worn with a beret and a waistcoat with silver buttons.

Toca, a woolen waistband around the waist.

Espardenyes.

The Dance The man calls to the women by playing the castanets. "sa curta" - this element is danced briefly by older members of the community to a gentle rhythm and begins the festivities.

"Sa llarga" - danced to a vigorous and spectacular rhythm, pay attention to the jumps made by men.

Varionts, the "filera", partner-swapping and the nine or twelve "Rodades" ( turns) to bring the festivities to an end.

c700 B.C. Phoenicians The Phoenicians, a seafaring merchant people from Tyros in the Lebanon of today, who had storehouses all over the Mediterranean, establish a base in Sa Caleta in the South West of Ibiza.

654 B.C. Carthaginians The Carthaginians, a people descended from the Phoenicians, who founded an own state in today's Tunisia, build the town Ibosim. The settlement of the island's inland begins.

Under the Carthaginians the natural saltpans on the South coast grow into a regular industry. Numerous ceramic workshops develop. With the construction of temples for the gods Tanit and Bes arts and crafts are cultivated. The trade flourishes and with it the town. On the Puig de Molins the necropolis expands with its subterranean graves over an area of 50 000 square meters. With the Carthaginians the Sabina and the pomegranate tree arrive on the island.

The Carthaginian General Hannibal (246-182 BACK,), who marched with his elephants from the Iberian mainland over the Alps to fight against Rome, is born according to the legend on the small Ibicenco island of La Conejera in front of San Antoni. The same honour is claimed by Minorca.

123 B.C. Romans

the Christians, reaches Medina Iabissa. Lead by the Catalan General Guillerm de Montgri in the name of the Aragon Crown the Christian army beats the Moors and chases them from the Island. The Catalonians baptize Medina Iabissa to the name of Eivissa and name the five districts Pla de Vila, Ses Salines, Portmany, Balanzat, and Quartó des Rei. Later they become the municipalities Eivissa, Sant Josep de sa Talaia, Sant Antoni de Portmany, Sant Miguel de Balanzat, and Santa Eularia des Riu. With the creation of the Balearic Kingdom in 1276 the Pitiuses come under Majorcan administration.

1469 Spain & Pirates The marriage of Isabella I. of Castile and Ferdinand II. of Aragon becomes the foundation stone for a unified Spanish State, which includes the Balearics. Yet the Spanish Crown is far away and the pirates near. The incessant attacks demand many victims. The last inhabitants of Formentera flee to Eivissa and leave their island without a soul. On Ibiza watchtowers are built. In 1555 King Charles I. (who reigns as Charles V. in Germany) has the town wall renovated and bastioned by the Italian master builder Giovanni Battista Calvi. The construction works last thirty years. As elsewhere the population of Ibiza increasingly impoverishes. In 1652 half the town population dies of the plague.

1715 Castilian Spain During the Spanish War of Succession Phillip V of Castile defeats the Hapsburg Charles II. The Balearics fought on the side of the Hapsburgs and are now occupied by the Castilians. The Crown confiscates the salt works, the only industrial source of revenue on the island and abolishes the since 1299 existing autonomous organ of administration, the Universitat, which permitted a relative independence. Castilian becomes the official language and Eivissa receives the name Ibiza. Poverty increases and with it freebooting. To protect themselves from continuous attacks by foreign pirates, Ibicencos choose to be corsair, which means they asked the Crown for a licence for attacking hostile ships.

Only in 1908 did Spain sign the Convention of Paris of 1856 in which other sea powers abolished the privateering of corsairs.

After Rome's victory in the Third Punic war and the destruction of Carthage the Romans conquer Ibosim and name her Ebusus.

During the reign of the Caesar Vespasian the island receives as Municipium Flavium Ebusitanium the right of coinage.

The salt works and the mining of lead near Sant Carles increase in importance. The island finds additional riches with the extraction of the famous purple colour from the abundantly found sea snails. The Romans introduce a caste of bureaucrats, start construction of roads and bridges and intensify the cultivation of wine. Ebusus too was Christianized, when Caesar Constantine (280 - 337 A.D.), after moving the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium, declared Christianity as state religion,

The first hotel is built. Ibiza has already the reputation of a paradisiacal island among artists and intellectuals on the Spanish mainland. Slowly she becomes internationally known. Among others the Dadaist Raoul Hausmann, the philosopher Walter Benjamin and the writer Paul Elliott spend longer periods on the island.

426 A.D. Vandals

1936 Civil War

During the migration of the Germanic tribes the East Germanic Vandals under their leader Geiserich invade the Western Mediterranean and found a new state in North Africa taking also Ebusus under their control for a century.

533 Byzantium The East Roman Caesar Justinian destroys the Vandal Empire, Ebusus returns to the control of Byzantium.

711 Moors The Moors defeat the West Goths who had settled on the Spanish mainland, and conquer the Balearic Islands. The remaining West Goths found the Kingdom of Asturia. In the North East the Spanish region with the capital Barcelona develops inside the Empire of the Franks. The internal chaos has consequences for the islands, which suffer from the permanent conquests and the changing authorities.

902 Moors Córdoba The Caliph of Córdoba captures Ebusus and changes her name to Medina Iabissa. Order returns and with it the island flourishes again.

Islam exists as a religion beside Christianity.

The Moors introduce their rich agricultural knowledge; build terraced fields and irrigation systems. They plant orchards, and vegetable gardens. Art and science revive. The island is divided into five administrative districts: Alhaueth, Algarb, Portumany, Benizamid, and Xarch. From 1014 Medina Iabissa belongs to the Caliphate of Dénia.

1235 Aragon Reconquista, the re-conquest of Islamic Spain by

1934 Tourism

The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 sets and end to this. On Ibiza the Republicans can only hold out against the fascist Phalange from the 8th of August to the 20th of September 1936. Franco's victory in 1939 is the beginning of the dictatorship in Spain.

1958 Airport & Hippies With the opening of the airport tourism begins on Ibiza, leaving every other industry behind. At first the artists come, then the hippies, then the package tourist and the masses. They bring unexpected prosperity, population increase and a change in the landscape of the Pitiuses.

1975 Democracy Franco dies. Juan Carlos becomes king of Spain and starts the transition to democracy. In 1978 the Constitution is passed. In 1986 Spain becomes a member of the EU. Since 1982 the Balearic Islands are autonomous with an own parliament, where the different Island Councils of Majorca, Minorca and the Pitiuses fight heavily over competencies. In 2007 Ibiza and Formentera receive each their own Island Council. The Catalan language becomes again the official language beside the Castilian, and is more and more used in school education. At the airport both names Ibiza / Eivissa are used.

1999 World Heritage Status The Unesco declares the walled old town of Ibiza, the Necropolis on the Puig des Molins, the rests of the first Phoenician settlement of Sa Caleta, and the Neptune sea grass fields between the Salinas of Ibiza and Formentera as a world heritage sites.

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Travel June 2019 ARIES - Nine of pentacles

Aries you may feel a strong desire for change during the summer as you start to shift your focus around career and finances, plenty of opportunity is all around you right now as abundance and financial independence is the key with this card, set your intentions high and dream big and clarify what you truly desire in your heart.

TAURUS - Three of Pentacles

Keep your eye on the ball this week Taurus if you have started a new project with more than one person. Make sure you are on the same page listening to your gut feeling along with clear communication, great determination and commitment, will set the ball rolling into a creative work in progress. Stick to your plan you have what it takes to make it happen.

GEMINI - Ten of Swords

Gemini You might be feeling low in energy this week, as this card indicates ending painful situations that no longer serve you, as you pass through the shadow, opportunity beckons for you to experience and move into new directions off your life that will bring you more love, joy fun and laughter.

Overthinking creates confusion keep it simple.

CANCER - Hierophant

Cancer Walking in nature and taking time to self-nurture, meditate and listening to your inner guidance will help put you back on track and feeling energised, especially where family and friends are concerned. If you’re going steady in a relationship there could be talks off marriage, you may also feel the call to study or develop a new skill or two.

LEO - Eight of Swords

Leo this week you may feel a sense of frustration and limitation in situations where you feel your hands are tied that is only temporary. Take a deep breath and shift gear by letting go off limiting beliefs that block you. Expressing what you think and feel this week will be paramount in getting your truth across in sticky situations.

VIRGO - Page of Wands

Virgo you’re in seed planting mode where you are looking for new potential and growth in your creative artistic desires, by birthing new ideas and prioritizing what you feel more in alignment with. You will get your ideas off to a flying start. Cast your magic beans on the fertile Earth and through your labour of love you will flourish and grow.

LIBRA - The Chariot

Libra this week pay attention to your journey to what is unfolding within and around you, you might feel a sense off feeling overloaded by other people’s problems or doing too much. Balance is what’s needed for you to move in a more positive direction. A short break away or visit overseas will have you nourished and feeling energized in no time.

SCORPIO - The World

Scorpio with Pluto in your ruling planet, you are able to go wide and deep into any situation that needs your attention, this card gives you a sense off fulfilment, wholeness, achievement and unlimited resources in any new adventures like travel, moving abroad long term relationships and expansion in business and financial prosperity. Harmonizing your emotions will help you to go full steam ahead.

SAGITTARIUS - King of Swords

The week is all about love and speaking your truth and paying particular attention to the strength off your relationship. As Mars enters Cancer heating up your eighth house off intimacy, a strong relationship will thrive with passion, a flighty superficial relationship will bore you and hold no interest which will fizzle out quickly. With summer around the corner love is all-round you Sagittarius.

CAPRICORN - Four of Wands

This week is all about the home for you Capricorn, house renovations, home improvements, or looking for new property will bring you more joy and comfort on the home front, as you look to create more balance and harmony with the people you live with. Home entertainment and socializing with friends, family and loved ones will fill your heart with love.

AQUARIUS - Page of Pentacles

Any creative ideas and kick-starting projects around exercising, eating healthy, self-pampering and artistic adventures. Sets the tone where you will feel more up lifted and energized. Making time for yourself and having fun in doing what makes you feel good can lead you to new encounters if you are free and single. Good time to network your ideas.

PISCES - Ten of Cups

If you been feeling low in energy or stuck in a rut this card can indicate having loving and supportive family and friends around you, who you can reach out to that will help you through this temporary situation. Your emotions will be up and down this week, being compassionate and kind to yourself brings hidden treasure off pure delight and joy.

New €100 and €200 Banknotes The European Central Bank has confirmed the issue of new €100 and €200 notes started at the beginning of June.

The new notes have some very advanced security measures, using what is known as the "feel, look and tilt" method.

The new €100 and €200 notes are the final two in the Europa series, which was introduced to replace the original notes.

The new notes are now the same height as the €50 banknote, a move taken to make them easier to process by machines.

The ECB said that at the end of 2018 there were about 2.7 billion €100 notes in circulation, amounting to 13% of the total banknotes.

Old versions remain legal tender but will be gradually withdrawn by banks.

How to Spot a Dud 100 or 200€ Banknote Look to the top of the silver stripe. A satellite hologram

shows € symbols that appear to move around the number when the banknote is tilted. This becomes clearer under direct light.

The silver stripe also shows a portrait of Europa, an

architectural design and a € symbol.

In addition there is an enhanced emerald number. While the emerald number is present on all the other notes of the Europa series, this enhanced version also shows € symbols inside the number.

These enhanced security features all make them more

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Travel Pound v Euro, How Much Has it Really Cost You?

Item & Cost

2016

Bottle of Hierbas 16€

£100 would get The same £100 you 8.6 bottles of would get you 7 the drink you fell bottles now in love with in Ibiza

Sure, that is a lot of Hierbas wasted, but the friends you bought it for won’t like it anyway.

Small Water in Nightclub 10€

£100 back in 2016 Now the same would get you 13 money would tiny bottles of buy 11. water.

You’ll feel totally shafted back in 2016, and you still will today. No change.

Cocktail 25€

£150 would get you 8 cocktails at some swanky joint

Now your £150 Now we are getting somewhere. The best would buy you 7 summation of the cost of the B word exchange rate. You were getting every 8th Cocktail for free, now it’s gonna cost you.

There has been much discussion of the post B word effect of Sterling and Euro exchange rates.

The tourism industry in the med, including Ibiza, is certainly fearful. Hotel and travel industry bosses frequently ask for opinion on whether our countryfolk will continue to travel abroad with less buying power at their disposal.

It is an issue that I am sure many travellers have considered, but my response has always been that the weather, not exchange rates is more of a factor. If Britain has a few hot summers, that might make a dent.

But until then they can rest assured that the British and Irish will continue in big numbers to do everything possible to get at least one annual dose of summer sun.

But that is not to say tourists feeling the effect might make their holidays a little shorter, or dropping a hotel star to keep the price reasonable. In Ibiza that means 5 star to 4 star as it’s all we’ve got.

Another point I will put to those fretting in the industry is that Ibiza may well be shielded from the effects of the exchange rate slump more than many other destina-

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This option will appeal to those on a budget. Beat the Brexit blues by getting so blitzed nowhere will let you spend your money anyway. Note: You will have lost all your money by morning.

Breakfast at Johnny’s Cheap

A full English breakfast with tea and toast would cost you £4.20

In 2019 that same plate of deliciousness would cost you £4.95

Come on now, it is a huge breakfast, double English sausage and everything, and you are moaning about 75p, get a grip.

Back when it was cheaper to go on holiday than stay at home. Highest spike at £1 buying 1,73€ on October 27th 2000

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tions, because of its unique clientele.

It seems reasonable to suppose that family of four with a mortgage, expenses, and baby on the way, is going to be affected by exchange rates far more than a 24 hour party person who’s responsibilities extend to their iPhone and assuaging the demands of an insta’ following.

When I came to Ibiza back in the day I cannot ever recall knowing what the exchange rate was, or even an inkling if it was high or low. I just got on a plane with a debit card in one pocket and a credit card in the other.

Getting home with available funds on either was an

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unexpected bonus, and also reason for some regret thinking what I might have missed in not having blown all my funds. The point is that a significant group of people just don’t care, and Ibiza has a higher ratio of

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…. your average British Tourist won’t be so much bothered about the price of a drink, as whether or not they are allowed to buy one”

those people than most other places. Kind of ironic that the island seems determined to rid itself of just those people, but we won’t go into that here.

Shopping Basket Whether you fall into the group of people who care about exchange rates or do not, we thought it might be interesting to see what affect the fluctuations have really had over time.

To do so we will use a ‘typical’ Ibiza holiday shopping basket, and considered the effects of pound sterling purchasing power from then to now. It should be noted that it will not be undertaken in an entirely serious manner, but you can get some reasonable data from it if you want to.

The Big Gap There was a time when the pound was so strong against the Euro that it was cheaper to go on holiday than stay home. Back in the heady heights of 99/00 the Millennium roll spiked at a pound buying 1.73 euros.

Living the dream.

The B Word Gap

The lowest low was way before Brexit was even a glint in the English lexicon’s eye.

The Gap! We are using the pre brext average, 1,38€, and the current 1,12€

Those days have long gone and so we will apply our costings to a more short term timescale—from Brexit to the present day.

As you can see, there is an ‘in your pocket’ price difference, and it is perhaps well summed up as every 8th Cocktail free.

Would that put many people off? I don’t think so. Far more likely they will be put off by some of the barmy regulations being enforced on the island and its tourism.

Issues such as banning alcohol as part of an all inclusive holiday, draconian restrictions on off duty sales and opening times, and many more, in my humble opinion, your average British Tourist won’t be so much bothered about the price of a drink, as whether or not they are allowed to buy one.

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Agenda is required for audio guide lease. To book call 971399232 or email informacioturistica@eivissa.es

Microbrewery Tours, Ibosim

6pm, The Brewhouse Port d'es Torrent San José See expanded article for more details Booking is required and you can contact them at info@cervezaibosim.com +34 635 793 281. http:// www.cervezaibosim.com

Watch Tower Visits, Torre Des Pí Des Català

10am, Camino de Can Miquel Marti II, Playa Migjorn Formentera This recently renovated watch tower is open to visitors, take your camera as it has spectacular views Every Saturday from 10am to 1pm

Yoga, The Beach

12noon, Next to Els Pins hotel, San Antonio Bay everybody is welcome

Balearic Chill Out with DJ Andy Wilson, Hostal La Torre

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Saturday Markets,

Various locations around the island Las Dalias Hippy Market, Mercat de Forada local & ecological market, San Jordi Flea Market, San Jose Artisan Market See markets article for info

Guided Walk in Puig d'en Valls, Dept of Tourism

10am, Puig d'en Valls Sports Centre Santa Eulalia An easy countryside heritage walk (2.5hrs) suitable for adults and children.

Wear comfortable clothing/shoes, bring a snack and water. Places are limited, please confirm attendance. To register: call 971330728 or email turisme@santaeularia.com

Guided Walk in Buscastell, Dept of Tourism 10am, TBC Ibiza

An easy walk of around 3 hours, showing the 'treasures of Buscastell'.

Wear comfortable clothing/shoes, bring a snack and water. Places are limited, you must register and the meeting point willbe emailed to you. To register email: ciesamunts@gmail.com

Flamingo Tours Playing Live at Ocean Drive, Hotel Ocean Drive

9pm, Marina Botafoch Ibiza Town Experince everything from rhythm'n'blues of cavernous exoticism and deep soul, to frenetic surf and a rockabilly thrilling.

Sun 09 Sunday Service, English Speaking Church

10.30am, Various Locations Services are held at churches in San Rafael and Santa Eulalia. Details on the website. http:// www.ibizachurch.org

Paddy Slater, Donnegans

10.30pm, San Antonio Bay Live folk and toe tapping music for all the family.

Balearic Chill Out with DJ Alfredo, Hostal La Torre

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Sunday Markets,

San Juan & Puig den Valls See markets article for info

Sunday Lunch & Live Music @ Mariposa

1pm, Mariposa in Cala llonga. See their ad on the Santa Eulalia Page.

A very special Sunday Lunch with traditional roast served between 1 and 4pm, with live music from the duet Coco starting at 3pm.

Mon 10 Balearic Chill Out with DJ Pippi, Hostal La Torre 6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing

sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Tues 11 Yoga, The Beach

12noon, Next to Els Pins hotel, San Antonio Bay everybody is welcome

Roberto Campoli, Donnegans

10.30pm, San Antonio Bay A live acoustic set you'll be singing along to

Balearic Chill Out with DJ Jose Padilla, Hostal La Torre

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Live Guitar Music with Paco Fernandez, Kumharas 9pm, San Antonio Bay The inventor of Balearic Flamenco brings his new fusion sound, of soft flamenco with influences of the Carribean/Arabia and hip hop/dance twists.

Wed 12 Yoga, The Beach

12noon, Next to Els Pins hotel, San Antonio Bay everybody is welcome

Black & White Duo, Donnegans

10.30pm, San Antonio Bay A live performance of energetic pop/dance music and classics with a twist

Balearic Chill Out with DJ Pete Gooding and Leo Mas, Hostal La Torre

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Hippy Market, Punta Arabi

Times vary, Punta Arabi Es Canar See markets article for info

Thu 13

Fri 14 Ball Pagès - Traditional Ibicenco Dancing, Es Martell

9pm, At Ibiza Port Authority, "es Martell" is in front of the Corsairs Monument Ibiza Town Come and see the traditional dance where men entice ladies to join them.

Balearic Chill Out with The Brothers Grimm, Hostal La Torre

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Craft & Produce Market, San Antonio

9am to 5pm, Church Square San Antonio See markets article for info

Sat 15 Microbrewery Tours, Ibosim

6pm, The Brewhouse Port d'es Torrent San José Enjoy a tour of Ibiza's only brewery, a beer tasting and tapas. Booking is required and you can contact them at info@cervezaibosim.com +34 635 793 281. http:// www.cervezaibosim.com

Yoga, The Beach

12noon, Next to Els Pins hotel, San Antonio Bay everybody is welcome

Balearic Chill Out with DJ Andy Wilson, Hostal La Torre

Great March for LGTBIQ Rights,

9pm, San Antonio Headlining is Alexander O'Neal followed by Adamski. Anna Greenwood Rave Karaoke, Chalkie White and Doctor Feelgood will be taking you back to the 80's, 90's and 00's. 'Ain't no party like Boom Boom party!'

Tickets available online www.boomboomibiza.com

info@cervezaibosim.com

Various locations around the island Las Dalias Hippy Market, Mercat de Forada local & ecological market, San Jordi Flea Market, San Jose Artisan Market See markets article for info

Hippy Market, Viva Cala llonga

Boom Boom Ibiza Opening Party , Es Paradis

Ibosim are presenting a new limited-edition beer, Snowden, Russian Imperial Stout.

Ibosim Snowden is an exquisitely complex beer of very limited edition, a true sensory experience. With the combination of seven types of malt you get roasted notes, hints of liquorice, raisins and nuts, an intense body, velvety texture and a deep black colour. Its character is completed with the Japanese hops Sorachi Ace and with a subsequent maturation with French oak shavings cured in white rum distilled by their friends from Bows Distillerie. As if not enough, they wanted to gild the lily and make three amazing variations on this basis playing with different additional ingredients. Enjoy it without hurry.

As always Manolo Pizza Chef will be serving his delicious artisanal pizzas to accompany the beer.

Saturday Markets,

Glitter and Gin Event, The White Bar and Grill

From 6pm, The promenade Cala Llonga See markets article for info

Food & Drink Ibosim 21Jun 6pm, Ibosim Brewhouse, c/ Valencia 4, Port des Torrent Port d'es Torrent

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Balearic Chill Out with DJ Medusa Odyssey, Hostal La Torre

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Ibosim Presents The New Beer 'Snowden' With a Pizza Party

7.30pm, Es Canar To celebrate World Gin Day, come and enjoy 1/2 price LAW G&T's, visit the glitter staion and try out the "It's the LAW burger"

7pm, Fishermans Guild, Ibiza Port This main parade will start at 7pm and continue until midnight, when the party moves to B12 Gallery.

Solidarity Auction, Villa Mercedes

San Antonio Come to join us and contribute at our Solidarity Auction organized by Elena Torres´s association for research of early cancer detection. This event will be concluded by a solidarity dinner (reservation needed). More information: 971348543

Sun 16 Sunday Service, English Speaking Church

10.30am, Various Locations Services are held at churches in San Rafael and Santa Eulalia. Details on the website. http:// www.ibizachurch.org

Paddy Slater, Donnegans

10.30pm, San Antonio Bay Live folk and toe tapping music for all the family.

Balearic Chill Out with DJ Alfredo, Hostal La Torre

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Sunday Markets,

San Juan & Puig den Valls See markets article for info

WooMoon Opening Party, Cova Santa

5pm, Carretera San Jose KM7, 07817 San José The 4th season will open with more than 12 hours of ART-MAZING music and performances Featuring rampue, Monolink, Sahalé , Âpe Chimba - Song Weaver, Anstascia, Chaim, (Con nued on page 15)

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Agenda Landikhan/LNDKHN, Maga, Brina Knauss, Ricoloop, Valentin Huedo and more

Rototom Sunsplash Launch Party, Las Dalias

9pm, San Carlos Part of the European Reggae Fesitval, In the garden from 9pm there is Rapsusklei and Aciz, and indoors after midnight there is Reggae Yard, Wisdom Sound, Freemind, Rastafairy and Hoppydread 10€ presale and 15€ on the door

Mon 17 Balearic Chill Out with DJ Pippi, Hostal La Torre

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Tue 18 Yoga, The Beach

12noon, Next to Els Pins hotel, San Antonio Bay everybody is welcome

Roberto Campoli, Donnegans

10.30pm, San Antonio Bay A live acoustic set you'll be singing along to

Balearic Chill Out with DJ Jose Padilla, Hostal La Torre

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Outdoor Cinema showing 'A Star is Born', Amante Beach Club

10pm, Cala Llonga A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral. English with Spanish subtitles 30€ per ticket

Wed 19 Yoga, The Beach

12noon, Next to Els Pins hotel, San Antonio Bay everybody is welcome

Black & White Duo, Donnegans

10.30pm, San Antonio Bay A live performance of energetic pop/dance music and classics with a twist

Balearic Chill Out with DJ Pete Gooding, Hostal La Torre

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Outdoor Cinema showing 'Bohemian Rhapsody', Casa Maca 9.30pm, Can Palau De Dalt, s/n Ibiza Town English with Spanish subtitles. Casa Maca is a beautiful boutique hotel with unrivalled views of Dalt Vila. The package includes a beanbag, blanket, popcorn, and a welcome drink.

30€ per ticket

Thu 20 Balearic Chill Out with DJ Medusa Odyssey, Hostal La Torre

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Hippy Market, Viva Cala llonga

From 6pm, The promenade Cala Llonga See markets article for info

Hippy Market, Punta Arabi

Times vary, Punta Arabi Es Canar See markets article for info

Fri 21 Ball Pagès - Traditional Ibicenco Dancing, Es Martell

9pm, At Ibiza Port Authority, "es Martell" is in front of the Corsairs Monument Ibiza Town Come and see the traditional dance where men entice ladies to join them.

Balearic Chill Out with The Brothers Grimm, Hostal La Torre

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Craft & Produce Market, San Antonio

9am to 5pm, Church Square San Antonio See markets article for info

Ibiza Experience Positive Energy,, Rise Up! 19:19, Across the Island Rise Up are asking everybody to join them at 19:19, or 19 minutes past 7, to create a collective consiousness of positive energy. See the full article for more details. http:// riseupibiza.org

Ibosim Presents The New Beer 'Snowden' With a Pizza Party, Ibosim

Menu Maridaje, Villa Mercedes

San Antonio Would you like to dine with us under the stars? Come and enjoy our special pairing menu we have prepared with Royal Bliss. The evening will be accompanied by live music. More information: 971348543

Microbrewery Tours, Ibosim

6pm, The Brewhouse Port d'es Torrent San José Enjoy a tour of Ibiza's only brewery, a beer tasting and tapas. Booking is required and you can contact them at info@cervezaibosim.com +34 635 793 281. http:// www.cervezaibosim.com

Yoga, The Beach

12noon, Next to Els Pins hotel, San Antonio Bay everybody is welcome

Balearic Chill Out with DJ Andy Wilson, Hostal La Torre

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Saturday Markets,

Yoga, The Beach

12noon, Next to Els Pins hotel, San Antonio Bay everybody is welcome

Roberto Campoli, Donnegans

10.30pm, San Antonio Bay A live acoustic set you'll be singing along to

Live Guitar Music with Paco Fernandez, Kumharas

Sunday Service, English Speaking Church

10.30am, Various Locations Services are held at churches in San Rafael and Santa Eulalia. Details on the website. http:// www.ibizachurch.org

Paddy Slater, Donnegans

10.30pm, San Antonio Bay Live folk and toe tapping music for all the family.

Balearic Chill Out with DJ Alfredo, Hostal La Torre

Noche de San Juan Locations Around The Island See Article

11am, C/Lucio Oculacio, 37, Ibiza Ibiza Town See expanded article for more details

Tue 25

Sun 23

10pm, Carrer de Vicent Serra i Orvay, 22 Ibiza Town A Hip'n'roll band from Mallorca -the essence of hip hip receives an adrenaline rush based on muscle funk and rock,

Thematic Workshop 'Greek Myths V: Daedalus and the Labyrinth', At the Museum , Casa Pagesa Es Porxet,

10pm, San Antonio Grupo Extra, are a latin music group that coverss, the merengue, bachata and urban rhythms. They are at the top of their career with hits like "me emborracharé," "te vas" and "Te amo", and receive a great reception among the Latin, European and Spanish public. This 2019 Tour includes not only England but right here in Ibiza, nowhere else in Spain. Tickets cost 25€

Balearic Chill Out with DJ Jose Padilla, Hostal La Torre

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Sat 22

Live in Concert Grupo Extra, Es Paradis

Various locations around the island Las Dalias Hippy Market, Mercat de Forada local & ecological market, San Jordi Flea Market, San Jose Artisan Market See markets article for info

6pm, Ibosim Brewhouse, c/ Valencia 4, Port des Torrent Port d'es Torrent Ibosim are presenting a new limited-edition beer, Snowden, Russian Imperial Stout. See full article.

Live 'Trigga' Concert, sa Qëstió

La Torre

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Sunday Markets,

San Juan & Puig den Valls See markets article for info

Thematic Workshop 'Greek Myths V: Daedalus and the Labyrinth', At the Museum , Casa Pagesa Es Porxet, 11am, C/Lucio Oculacio, 37, Ibiza Ibiza Town See expanded article for more details

Mon 24 Balearic Chill Out with DJ Pippi, Hostal

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

9pm, San Antonio Bay The inventor of Balearic Flamenco brings his new fusion sound, of soft flamenco with influences of the Carribean/Arabia and hip hop/dance twists.

Wed 26 Yoga, The Beach

12noon, Next to Els Pins hotel, San Antonio Bay everybody is welcome

Black & White Duo, Donnegans

10.30pm, San Antonio Bay A live performance of energetic pop/dance music and classics with a twist

Balearic Chill Out with DJ Pete Gooding, Hostal La Torre

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Thu 27 Balearic Chill Out with DJ Medusa Odyssey, Hostal La Torre

6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing sunset with our Balearic chill out music More information: 971342275

Hippy Market, Viva Cala llonga

From 6pm, The promenade Cala Llonga See markets article for info

Hippy Market, Punta

Opening Exhibition: "Geometrías III" by Julio Bauzá Art & Crafts Can Jeroni Cultural Centre 28Jun 7.30pm, Av. Cubells, 2 San José The art of Bauzá suggests a cosmos, which he does not try to encompass in its totality, superimposing geometric figures that are sometimes interchangeable.

A circle can be affirmed as a square and vice versa.

His new geometric compositions are presented as almost poetic structures, in them the precision of the form is also a spiritual habitat where solitude and wisdom develops through forms, maintaining the link with Malevich and Russian Supremacism as north and guide.'

Opening from Tue-Sun from 10.30am to 1.30pm, Thu -Sat from 6.30pm-8.30pm, closed Mon

Arabi

Times vary, Punta Arabi Es Canar See markets article for info

Fri 28 Ball Pagès - Traditional Ibicenco Dancing, Es Martell

9pm, At Ibiza Port Authority, "es Martell" is in front

of the Corsairs Monument Ibiza Town Come and see the traditional dance where men entice ladies to join them.

Balearic Chill Out with The Brothers Grimm, Hostal La Torre 6pm, San Antonio Join us for an amazing

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San Antonio Bay Relish Restaurant & Lounge Bar Just footsteps from the beach of Cala De Bou, the restaurant and bar extends into a large covered terrace, gardens and a private pool for the exclusive use of relish patrons. Plus on Sundays Relish offers a traditional Sunday Roast.

2019 brings a great new addition to the Bay culinary selection as Relish bring a range of Tapas to their menu, global flavours from Africa, Asia, Europe and America, but served in the traditional Tapas style of small plates perfect for sharing.

Relish pride themselves on a simple philosophy - good food, cooked well, fairly priced. Booking with immediate confirmation is available on the website.

Entertainment Donnegans Irish Pub It is hard to know what category to list Donnegans, as they do many things, and do them all very well. Day and night it is a bar with a welcome as warm as the draught Guinness and Magners are cold. They show all sports including hurling, and have a great menu of reasonably priced home cooked food from snacks to full meals.

But it is perhaps their entertainment that really sets them apart. With a regular line up of live performers with the common denominator of making sure everyone has a great time.

Check our agenda and their facebook for events.

Welcome To The Bay

Most tourists will have booked it as San Antonio Bay, most locals call it Cala de Bou, and its official name is Bahia de Portmany, so let’s just settle on The Bay, an area as diverse as its many names.

The ‘Bay’ suggested in the name is actually just the Southern half of the entire San Antonio bay. It was given the addition descriptor by travel agents as a way of distinguishing it from the main San Antonio town, which was felt important in reflecting its hotels’ more family orientated offerings.

To confuse matters further ‘The Bay’ that is really half of the bay, is itself comprised of several smaller bays that line its coast from Port Des Torrent at its most Westerly point, all the way to Pinet Playa, the last substantial beach to the East.

The coast between the series of beaches is of rugged rocks, as in the feature photo above at Punta de ses Fontanelles.

Most of the hotels, bars and restaurants line Carrer des Calo and Carrer Cala de Bou, known locally as the lower bay road, and these are complimented by a good selection of restaurants dotted along the shore on the various beaches.

The Bay is in the midst of a major period of redevelopment. Over recent years and still ongoing, many of its midmarket hotel and apartment complexes have received multimillion euro upgrades, many emerging as 4 and 5 star luxury accommodation, reflecting a general change happening throughout Ibiza.

The result is a melting pot of styles and services, from simple low cost cafés and bars to an ever increasing number of chic cocktail bars and eateries, from the most basic family budget apartments to the very top tariffs of Ibiza’s 5 star elite.

Though the changes are coming thick and fast, Cala de Bou has a strong sense of community among its local population, with a high proportion of native British and Irish year-round residents and workers.

Food & Drink See adverts on facing page

Little India, Authentic Sri Lankan & Indian Restaurant

 Above: Pinet Playa has soft sands and a gently sloping

The restaurant that puts the Bom in the Bay, Chef Vipula puts his Sri Lankan heritage into every delicious dal, beautiful biriyani and majestic madras that leaves his kitchen. Unsurprisingly, it can get busy in the summer months, so if planning ahead a booking on their website is a good idea. If exhausted by a hard day on the beach, a take-away service is available to be enjoyed back in the hotel – expect neighbour-envy as those glorious smells waft across the balcony.

shelf, but you’ll be hard pushed to find it this quiet from May to October

Bucanero The bar that sunk a thousand shots is back with a broadside bang. More on Bucanero next month, once we’ve been to do a bit of, er, research (hic!)

Playa Bella Cabaret Terrace Fancy some good old family cabaret? The Playa Bella apartments kick off with nightly cash Bingo followed by a roster of live cabaret featuring everything from tribute acts to comedy to drag and some very talented musical acts. All this takes place on their beachfront terrace which also has a great range of food available day and night.

Getting Around Walking & Cycling.

Aside from the inevitable diversions into its many bars and cafés, the length of the Bay’s main tourist street can be covered on foot in a brisk half hour.

It is possible to walk the coastline, though there are areas of rocks and uneven ground to cover between the coves and beaches. There are several shops renting cycles along the bay.

Water Taxis A very pleasant way to get to San Antonio town is to use one of the water taxis that cross the bay at half hourly intervals day and into the evening, and in high season into the night.

The water taxis have several departure points along the bay—see our map.

Helpful Hints There are two pharmacies in the Bay—shown by the white cross on a green circle on our map. Pharmacies and other non -tourist businesses open mornings 9 to 1 or 2pm, and again in the afternoon 5-8pm.

There are many, many, seemingly a ridiculous amount, of cashpoint machines in the Bay. Note that you will get far better rates and incur lower fees by using the cash machines attached to or operated by actual banks.

News—Promenade Extension

Beaches

Funded by the tourist tax that you will see is costing you a few euros a day at the foot of your hotel bill, the Bay is to have a promenade built along its entire length from Port Des Torrent, through to a connection with the San Antonio promenade. This major development will connect the two halves of San Antonio and is sure to change the face of the bay as we see it today. We hope you will come back in future years and make use of it—you are paying for it after all :-)

Platja d’en Xinxó

Commonly known as Playa Bella, this busy beach is set in calm waters with plenty of watersports available to hire. It also houses one of the Island’s favourite sunset bars—Kumharas.

Platja des Pinet ‘Beach of the Small Pine tree’, 100 metres long and only 20 wide, Pinet Playa is home to the Reggae Bar, re-opened in 2018 after a year’s closure. Pinet Playa has gently sloping sand into shallow water. Perfect for children and families.

Platja d’en Serral 85 metres long and man-made, this beach can get very busy as tourists take advantage of the shallow waters.

Platja de S’Estanyol Another 80 metre long. All these beaches are of a golden coloured sands with various rocky points. You can access all kind of services due to them all being in a highly touristic area and they all offer various types of water sports.

Port des Torrent ‘Port of the Stream’ is a 100 metre long beach surrounded by hotels and bars. It is one of Ibiza’s most enclosed natural ports so it is a perfect Ibizan style combination between a tourist beach and a fisherman’s bay.

 ‘Proper’ Curry at Little India. that’s all you need to know.

Johnny’s Pub, Established 1993 Johnny’s is a Bay institution. Popular with locals and tourists alike, they are open for food to eat in and takeaway from morning through to late—usually very late, and at some point on your holiday, you’ll be glad of that.

We locals can’t have their exceptional English breakfast as often as we’d like, but you’re on holiday, so indulge yourself.

Double British sausage and bacon, double egg, tomatoes, mushrooms, beans, toast and tea or coffee—plus a portion of jam for reasons we’ve never fully understood.

 No Spanish holiday is complete without a long, leisure-

ly, lunch of traditional Paella, and you’ll have to go a long way to find a better one than The Beach, or a better setting come to that.

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San Antonio Bay Urban Lounge Ibiza Urban opens at 10.30am, closes at 5am. On arrival you’ve got the choice of the chill-out lounge area, sunbeds, daybeds and clamshells, or regular tables for food and settling in for a session, or high tables for those on a mission, plus an indoor club area for some late night revelry. Should you arrive early doors you’ll be wanting some breakfast. Our top picks, Sirloin Steak, Eggs, Hash browns and Toast (you are on holiday after all), or for those looking for something lighter, Avocado and Red Onion on Toast. The full menu range is epic, so much choice but everybody raves about the Chicken or Shrimp Fajitas. The late night plancha fires up to fill your needs through to the early hours.

One thing we particularly love about Urban is the drinks range. For those on a budget there are some great offers to get the party started. And for the connoisseurs among us Urban have an excellent premium Gin range.

One stand-out offer, 2 cocktail jugs and a shisha pipe for 30€. Superb value. https://www.facebook.com/pg/ UrbanLoungeIbiza

3 Great Things To Do The Bay A Good Old Fashioned Bar Crawl The Bay lends itself to a bar crawl—one long street you can’t get lost, even when on the altogether more challenging return leg. It is a great way to get to know your surroundings and find out what the bay has to offer. Please drink responsibly—for the other 50 weeks of the year.

Sunset Cocktails Whether from the awesome rooftop vantage of the hidden gem of Aperture, the appropriately named Rooftop 9, or the bohemian laid back cool of Kumharas, a holiday to Ibiza has to include at least one sunset. Top tip—don’t be put off by what seems less than perfect weather in the hours before—the most spectacular sunsets are often when least expected.

Take A Boat Trip Many of Ibiza’s finest beaches in its southwestern corner, along with the magical rock of Es Vedra, are accessible from boat trips running from The Bay. There are many options available, but all will show you a very

 Relish Restaurant’s all new for 2019 Tapas Range. Yes, it does taste as good as it looks.

different side of Ibiza.

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Ibiza Town Welcome to Ibiza Town & Friends Ibiza Town, Marina Botafoch, Talamanca, Playa d’en Bossa & Figueretes. All are very different in character and content. Ibiza Town, the island capital, has its own special bohemian chic with a touch of freak. The D’alt Vila is home to some of Ibiza’s greatest cultural and historic gems. Marina Botafoch oozes new money, and even if you haven’t got it, some enjoy just being around it. Figueretes is a ’real’ neighbourhood mixed with Tourism, and in our opinion it mixes well. And Playa d’en Bossa is Ibiza’s resort to have undergone most development and change in recent years, and home to the new names at the top of the Superclub league.

However there is some good sense to us grouping such odd bedfellows. They all connect in an unbroken urban area and so movement between the areas is easy and regular. Aside from the mid August meltdown, a walk from one end to the other is not great exertion. We love the Ibiza Town strip for exactly this reason. It gives you the choice of so many different facets of Ibiza, at most a few euros in a taxi away.

A Word From Our Sponsors  Please support those who support us.

Royal Plaza, Ibiza Town The Royal Plaza offer a taste of traditional 4 star quality and service from the days before corporate branding made hotels anonymous. If you are already here you can’t take advantage of the superb accommodation—but remember it for next time. You can however enjoy a meal on their rooftop terrace with unrivalled views over the Dalt Vila.

Special, very special.

Jack’s Irish Pub, Figueretes Our east coast home-from-home. Figueretes finest Jack’s offer just about everything you could want in a proper pub, just with added sunshine.

Guinness on draught—of course, but also Kilkenny Red Ale and Strongbow from the pumps. Plus, and though it might not be a big one for tourists, it certainly is for us residents—proper pies pasties & sausage rolls.

With 5 big screen TVs and 4 satellite streams, whatever your sporting preference, if it’s on, they’ve got it.

Jack’s is under new management, with Donald and Milena at the helm.

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All charters include the services of a skipper, with drinks included. Options include half-days, sunsets, sleepovers and the always popular Formentera.

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Ibiza Town, Talamanca,

Pirate Tower Welcome to Ibiza Town (etc.)

Ibiza Town, Marina Botafoch, Talamanca, Playa d’en Bossa & Figueretes. All are very different in character and content. Ibiza Town, the island capital, has its own special bohemian chic with a touch of freak. The D’alt Vila is home to some of Ibiza’s greatest cultural and historic gems. Marina Botafoch oozes new money, and even if you haven’t got it, some enjoy just being around it. Figueretes is a ’real’ neighbourhood mixed with Tourism, and in our opinion it mixes well. And Playa d’en Bossa is Ibiza’s resort to have undergone most development and change in recent years, and home to the new names at the top of the Superclub league.

However there is some good sense to us grouping such odd bedfellows. They all connect in an unbroken urban area and so movement between the areas is easy and regular. Aside from the mid August meltdown, a walk from one end to the other is not great exertion. We love the Ibiza Town strip for exactly this reason. It gives you the choice of so many different facets of Ibiza, at most a few euros in a taxi away.

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lthough called Ibiza in Spanish, the official name is the Catalan Eivissa (as restored in 1986) and its inhabitants call it the Vila d'Eivissa or usually simply Vila ("Town"). The English tend to call it Ibiza Town, just as a way of distinguishing it from Ibiza the Island as a whole.

It is divided into two main parts: the old town, called the Dalt Vi-

Guillem de Montgrí  Nicole Torres The Plaça d'Espanya, near the Dominican Monastery of Dalt Vila, offers spectacular views of the harbour, the district of Sa Penya, the dam at Botafoc and the little islands on the way to Formentera.

The statue in the centre of the mirador represents Guillem de Montgrí, elected archbishop of Tarragona who promoted the conquest of Ibiza over the Arabs in 1235. Every 8th of August commemorates the conquest and the authorities make a floral offering at this figure. It is a reproduction of the sarcophagus of the tomb, kept in the Cathedral of Girona.

la (literally "Upper Town"), located on a little mountain by the sea, and the modern part, called the Eixample ("extension").

Sights include the cathedral of Santa Maria d'Eivissa (14th century), located at the top of the Dalt Vila, and the Punic necropolis of Puig des Molins.

Ibiza Town is the administrative and commercial centre of the Island. Adjoining its northern edge is Marina Botafoch where you will routinely see some of the world’s most luxurious motor cruisers and yachts.

Explore Dalt Vila Aside from exploring the Dalt Vila at your own leisure, there are audio visual tours available for very little price.

Baluarte de Sant Pere  Portal Nou, Dalt Vila, Ibiza Town An audio visual tour showing how it was possible to build the great

The pirate tower is on a hill at the end of Playa D’en Bossa Known as La Torre de sa Sal Rossa or Torre des Carregador, it was built in the 16th century to protect the island and its inhabitants from invaders. With a strategic location of looking out across to Formentera and Ibiza Town, this tower was also designed to protect the workers who collected and loaded salt from the nearby salt flats and could provide refuge to 150-200 people.

It is arguably the most emblematic in the Pitiüses (Ibiza and Formentera) and has been designated as a monument of cultural interest. It is one of the only pirate towers in Ibiza that is open to the public as a tourist attraction and is a good opportunity to see inside and learn about the towers, which can be found in many strategic defensive positions around the island.

Inside there is a small exhibition giving information about the tower and its history and you can go up the stairs onto the roof, where there are great views along the beach across to Dalt Vila and beyond and across the sea towards Formentera.

It is a relatively easy 10 minute walk up to the tower from the end of the beach (near Coco Beach where there is parking) or you can access it by car from the unpaved road that leads from Sant Francesc.

The tower is open now until October 31 from Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00-14.00 hours (closed on Monday).

Entrance is free.

walls of the Dalt Vila.

Opening Times  Tue-Fri 10am-2pm and 5pm-8pm, Sat-Sun 10am-2pm, Mon and holidays closed, adults 2€, under 12’s/over 65’s/residents free, students and groups 1.50€. More info on +34 971392390

Baluarte de Sant Jaume  Ronda Calvi, Dalt Vila, Ibiza Town Inside, military technology from the 16th to the 18th centuries is presented. Located in the house of the Bastions are the main pieces of artillery that covered wide spaces with their crossfire.

There are cannons, a heavy mortar, carabiners, swords, helmets and corselets that visitors can wear.

Opening and Reservation

Tue-Fri 10am-2pm and 5pm-8pm, Sat-Sun 10am-2pm, Mon and holidays closed, a minimum group of 5 is required, adults 1.50€, under 12’s/over 65’s/residents free, to visit the bastion call +34 971392390 or email madinayabisa@eivissa.es

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Shebizan  Amanda O’Riordan It’s the most wonderful time of the year. No, not Christmas - the month of June.

Firstly, because it’s 100% summertime and secondly, it’s my birthday month. Those who know me well will tell you how I like to stretch out the celebrations across all four weekends of June. 2019 is no exception.

This weekend (instalment 1) is all about lunching at Soho House and partying with my other half on Saturday night.

I also love June because it’s time to strip off and wear as little as possible, meaning shorts and cropped tops. And this trend does not just apply to me.

ASOS have launched a collection of crop tops for men

Meet The Rocket Man’s Tailor

and have recently had to fight back against people mocking the range. People have described them as ‘moob tubes’, generally indulging in online ridicule.

However, ASOS has hit back at those mocking its releases – explaining that the tops are a part of breaking down fashion norms, something they’re proud to be doing.

And we’ve got to agree with ASOS on this one – the clothing is a little different to what we see on the average day, but what’s the problem? Men’s crop tops were pretty common back in the 80s and this fashion brand wants to bring it back. We should be embracing our differences, and not mocking men for liking what they like. I reckon the models in the pictures are rocking the look.

Onto this week’s slightly odd instalment, we solve the long-suffering problems many women face, the VPL and the TAMPON, Handerpants exist, Nostril hair extensions are a thing and more Men’s SUMMER Fashion to bring you slap bang wallop into 2019

If you haven’t been away this week on some kind of bank holiday-cum-half term break, then you might have gone to the cinema over the bank holiday weekend. And Rocket Man is the film everyone wants to see right now.

Sir Elton John is as famous for his eye-catching outfits as he is for his music - so just imagine being given the job of navigating what Elton wears.

Meet Sean Dixon, the Savile Row tailor who does just that. For more than 20 years his bold designs have added a touch of glamour and sparkle the rocket man’s stage aura.

Now, Dixon is putting on a month-long show of his own, with a display of Elton’s outfits at his Savile Row store. Suffice to say, I’m going to pop-in as soon as I’m back in London.

To give him his formal title - Sean Dixon, CEO and co-founder of Richard James in Savile Row. Sean has worked with Elton John for approximately 24 years. Ever since the day when Elton pulled up outside the shop, wandering in unannounced. The rest, they say…

The pieces in Dixon’s current display have all been worn on stage by Elton. There are two dis-

tinct looks. Firstly, the “silk spots suit”.

The silk spots were originally embodied on a design for ties. Elton fell in love, and asked Sean create an entire suit. He wore it in 2001 when he performed at the Grammy Awards with Eminem.

Amongst other pieces that Sean designed were those worn at Elton’s Million Dollar Piano shows in Las Vegas. They're mind blowing - covered in Swarovski crystals – a huge technical challenge to tailor correctly.

Elton is a performer, and his clothes have to perform too. They need to look good, but they also have to permit movement whilst playing the piano and not overheat. So technical perfection is paramount.

In the right environment, in the right light, the Swarovski crystal jacket is completely stunning.

In Las Vegas, it must have been even more spectacular.

Over the years, Sean has had a long association with Hugh Grant, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig too.

Dressing Bond and the Rocket Man. That’s some CV. Rocket Man is at cinemas now.

 Read Amanda’s fashion blog http://amandazipsitup.com/

Avoiding the VPL & Tampon The VPL and the Tampon. Two 21st century problems that women have to deal with. In an age where we must recycle and reduce waste, there are two answers these potentially life halting dramas.

Firstly, ‘new-age’ women have discovered a ‘natural alternative’ to the tampon. A sea sponge. It apparently absorbs as much as a tampon, but it’s still a natural creature.

Hot on the heels of health warnings about putting garlic in your nether regions comes more medical advice of a similar nature.

Doctor have now urged women to not put this £30 'reusable' sea sponges in their vaginas instead of tampons.

The Holy Sponges "Ritual Menstruation Kit" will set you back £30 and could cause Toxic Shock Syndrome Apparently, anyone who tells you to put a sea sponge in your vagina might be encouraging you to grow more of the bacteria that causes toxic shock syndrome.

There are two factors to consider, if contemplating sponges as a sort of make-shift sanitary

product. The first is that they’re a living organism. The second is that sponges are one of the ingredients used in the tampon back in the 1980s, which were linked to toxic shock syndrome.

Otherwild are the brand behind the kits, and claim that sea sponges “offer ‘bleeding folks’ a gentle, nurturing and intuitive alternative to bleached cotton tampons". They go on to explain how the sponges are a better choice for the environment because they're reusable. Not sure they’ll be on my shopping list, all the same.

Another female concern is the dreaded VPL and Shibue Underwear is the brand to wear to avoid visible panty (and bra) lines.

But this might be worse than going commando. The quest for an invisible panty line has brought the world many things. Breezy nether regions, health issuecausing thongs/ G-strings and a whole industry of Kardashianendorsed sha-

pewear.

But one this lingerie brand has taken things to the next, terrifying level.

Introducing the 'Shibue' - a strapless knicker (if you can call it that) held in place by a soft adhesive pad. It comes in discreet plain material or 'sexy' red lace. The Nipple Covers match too, all stuck on, of course.

Don't worry entirely hairless guys, they’ve got you too.

The only problem is, you can’t walk anywhere or sweat, as they’ll immediately fall off.

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LordvonSchmitt Etsy Store makes and sells these crimes against fashion, crafted from recycled materials. Colourful crochet shorts might look good on Benniras beach in Ibiza or maybe a pocket of Brighton beach at any time of the year. However, they’re definitely not going to give you guys the ‘support’ you need, and leave little to the imagination if you’re jumping for that volley ball.

It seems that ‘Men's fashion’ is undergoing a bit of a metamorphosis.

In May, a company called ACED Design released the ‘RompHim’ – a brightly-coloured male romper suit.

Now, streetwear brand Hologram City has entered the fray, introducing sheer, lace shorts and short-sleeve button-downs for men. As we all know, matching shirts and shorts are definitely a thing this summer.

To nail this ‘look’, men must sport the colourful lace designs with coordinating shirts, tube socks, and bright white trainers.

This isn’t a new trend, as Versace showed men in a similar design on the catwalk back in 2013 and Gucci did the same in 2015.

Honestly though, why shouldn't guys have fun with fashion? Life's too short to confine yourself to a few traditional items of clothing. So men, wear those rompers, crochets and all the see-through lace shorts you want.

Topshop ‘Austin’ Midi Dress Collection Topshop has launched its sell-out £39 Austin midi dress in SIX new colours. They’re the ultimate wedding guest dress.

Topshop released this midi dress back in March, and it proved so popular that it was gone from the shelves within hours.

Now, back by popular demand, the retailer has dropped a whopping six new versions of the same. Quite simply, our summer wedding guest wardrobe is sorted.

Loved across the country by shoppers and influencers, and dubbed the "It Dress" of 2019, prior to its launch Topshop had boldly claimed "everyone will be talking about it this season."

And they were right.

The floral print "Austin Angel" dress – (£39) which was compared to styles by designer Rixo is the perfect dress for every occasion, with a floaty fit, double split front and a gorgeous daisy print in clashing colours.  Austin Floral Daisy Print Angel Sleeve Midi Dress, £39  Austin Polka Dot Print Angel Sleeve Midi Dress, £39,  Austin Floral Star Print Angel Sleeve Midi Dress, £39  Austin Jacquard Angel Sleeve Midi Dress, £39  Austin Floral Print Angel Sleeve Midi Dress, £39 Each version features a flattering open back, feminine, angel sleeves and a stylish double front split.

Dress it up with heels or strappy sandals for a fancy occasion, or add a pair of trainers or flats for a more casual look.

The only question is - which one do we buy first?

Love Island Returns

 Scarf Print Top £26 & Black Wide

Love Island is back, and whether you love it or hate the show overall, it spells the return of Caroline Flack to our screens.

The Love Island host, who returned to the show for the fifth series on Monday June 3rd, is also in the marketplace with her new fashion line—Caroline X River Island Collection This is Caroline’s second exclusive collection for River Island, which launched this month and is instore and online today. She has co-designed this 'seasonal edit' alongside River Island’s in-house team. According to the blurb it’s intended to be a reflection of Caroline's personal style and is perfect for anyone looking to emulate her look.

Consisting of printed micro-mini dresses, graphic tshirts and denim summer essentials, the 22-piece holiday capsule is designed 'to take you straight from beach to bar. It consists of “dresses you can style-up for romantic summer nights or dress down for effortless summer days, belted denim shorts pair perfectly with a luxe satin shirt and cutesy retro print matching sets”.

While I’m not a fan of the collection, it would be criminal to fail to give column inches to such a strong Love Island connection, now that it’s back on our screens. Here are a few looks I don’t mind.  Green Jaquard Dress £46

 Pink Curved Hem Shirt £32 Belted

Leg Trousers £40

 Bandeau Bikini Top £22, Bottoms £14, Brown Print Kimono £55,

 Cropped Denim Jacket £45 Belted Denim Shorts £35

 Tank Top £22 Belted Denim Shorts £35 White Court Shoes £40 Shorts £35

Handerpants Do Exist People around the world really love wearing stupid things. So naturally it was just a matter of time until someone decided to create underpants for hands (and call them Handerpants). You can get them on Amazon and can join thousands of folk on Instagram who are coming together under the #handerpants hashtag.

Here’s the ‘blurb bit’…  Fits Most Hands  Breathable Cotton  Form Fitting  Prevents Chafing  Absorbs Sweat  Distracts Enemies

 Non-Toxic  Great for Jazz Hands ONLY $9.95 (plus shipping) The product sales pitch on Amazon starts by posing the obvious question, ‘Why would anyone want to wear pants on their hands?’ The description then answers its own question: ‘Because it’s cool. Well, kooky. OK, weird.’ We’ll give them that, except for maybe the ‘cool’ part.

Handerpants are made of 95 percent breathable cotton and contain 5 percent spandex for stretchability.

Perhaps the only logical use for them is as a pair of cycling gloves. Worn whilst cycling past people very fast indeed.

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Jarvis Cocker and StereoLab Claire B

Pikes came to the rescue on June 3rd hosting the gig from Stereolab and Jarvis Cocker’s new project JARV…IS as part of the Wax Da Jam opening night, after it was sadly cancelled at Cova Santa. The location in the Plaza Mayor courtyard of Pikes, and with an audience of only 150 invited guests, meant it was an intimate affair and was clearly going to be a very special night.

Stereolab

Starting at 7pm, Stereolab played first to the expectant crowd and their chilled but funky music behind Lætitia’s soft vocals went perfectly with the setting.

JARV-IS

After a break to change over the equipment on the stage, Jarvis and his JARV...IS colleagues appeared onstage, comprising a harp, violin, bass, keyboards, synths and drums. Playing a selection of new and old material, including the new single ‘Must I Evolve?’ and one Pulp song ‘His n Hers’, one of the highlights was ‘Running the World’ which had everyone singing along with the chorus of ‘C**ts are still running the world’, which is still very topical for obvious reasons. Jarvis is still making bold statements and creating innovative and brilliant music with intelligent and witty lyrics, and he hasn’t lost any of his onstage presence. He’s a charismatic, quirky and very entertaining front man and his jerky dance moves are slightly comedic in an endearing way. He was always an unlikely sex symbol, but he still has it at 50-something.

Primavera Tours

The concert was brought to Ibiza with the cooperation of Primavera Tours and it was free, so thanks to them and Pikes for giving us this amazing experience. Seeing as both bands played at the weekend before to crowds of about 10,000 people at Primavera Sound in Barcelona, what we witnessed was truly special. Both bands are currently playing live around Europe and at festivals, so if you get the chance, go and see them.

Music Video—JARV-IS

Check out the video for the latest single from JARV…IS ‘Must I Evolve’ – about evolution and Jarvis’s experiences at raves, it contains the immortal lines ‘Dragging my knuckles, listening to Frankie Knuckles’: http://bit.ly/2Wsz6af

Octan—Ibiza Playa d’en Bossa

Octan Ibiza offers an alternative to the traditional Ibiza club experience, something more intimate and personal, more welcoming and inclusive. Their aim is to bring back a ‘little culture’ to ‘club culture’ by taking a more creative approach to both the environment and their musical programming.

There will be a diverse musical program catering for a whole range of musical tastes and events will be focussed on Friday’s to Sunday’s this summer. Resident DJ’s will set the tone for the night and the club will concentrate on independent, upcoming and underground artists, as well as putting the customers experience above all else.

The Return of Flower Power Claire B

Flower Power returns to Pacha for it’s 39th year, and is on every Wednesday until October 2. Every week you can hear the best music of the 60s, 70s and 80s whilst the crazy decorations and shows take you back to the golden age of rock, psychedelia and love. This year sees the return of Made in Italy in charge of the artistic direction and new resident DJ Joan Ribas. There are new performances, new costumes and three rooms, including the Pachachá and the Funky Room. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Woodstock this year, Flower Power is the most genuinely hippie-chic party in Ibiza, and brings a show full of colour, fun and happiness to Pacha.

Photo credit: Ana Ruiz

Opening Night

On the opening night of May 29, everyone was given a real flower on entrance and the club was completely decked out with flowers, and guitars and bicycles were suspended from the ceiling, with balloons and other decorations everywhere. There are lots of opportunities for taking photos and selfies, including a Sergeant Pepper Beatles creation outside and statues of the Beatles looking like they are crossing Abbey Road inside. And the Flower Power decorations in and around Ibiza Town have returned to signal the party on Wednesdays.

Performances

On the stages there were performances throughout the

Stripped Back

Occupying the former Sankeys Ibiza venue, they have kept the core of the buildings gritty warehouse appearance and stripped it back to only the most essential club elements, with dark rooms illuminated and finely tuned sound systems. The club itself is like a warren with low ceiling basements, cavernous main rooms, starlit terraces, secret cinemas and pop-up sound systems.

This summer is ‘phase one’ of their ongoing plan which will include a larger scale refurbishment in 2020.

Get Involved Art

They are lloking to collaborate with street artists, light artists and AV artists. The club itself will act as a blank canvas for these artists and will evolve organically through (in some cases, live and real-time) artworks within and around the venue.

night and both male and female dancers. Musically, there was lots of soul and Motown played, along with The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and lots more like this, keeping the dancefloor full.

If you want something different for your clubbing experience, this is the night – it’s pure fun and EDM-free. Put some flowers in your hair, get out your floral and psychedelic clothes and join in with the fun-loving crowd. If this is up your street, it’s always a great night.

More info and tickets: www.pacha.com

Residencies

The main event residencies and guests will be announced over the coming weeks. Ryan O Gorman is Octan Ibiza’s musical director and resident DJ, Stephan Ghenacia, Lindsey Matthews and Kellie Allen will be joining him as the first resident DJ’s announced. Collaborations with visual artists such as Nicholas Dixon and Andreas Brooks have also been confirmed for phase one.

Official Opening

The club officially opens on Sunday, 7th of July with the return of Warriors. Steve Lawler heads an all-star lineup, bringing the venue’s most loved party into the new era. Fuse frontman Enzo Siragusa and co-resident Seb Zito also head the bill with Warriors resident and rising star Ben Sterling supporting. Further acts will be announced in the following weeks.

Follow Octan on social media for updates.

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Boom Boom es paradis “No need to dust off your walkman because you will be blessed with LIVE performances from artists that dominated the music industry across the 80´s,90´s & 00´s, and just like fine wine, these guys just get better with age.” Es Paradis, San Antonio, from 9pm Boom Boom Live will open its doors for the first time this summer, bringing an abundance of old school talent and anthems to one of Ibiza’s original and most breath-taking clubs every Thursday.

From 13th June – 12th September 2019, Es Paradis’ dancefloor will once again become home to live performances by some of the biggest acts and DJs from across the decades.

Opening

Kicking things off in style, the opening party’s line-up features none other than 80s R&B legend, Alexander O’Neal, and acid house icon, Adamski, plus Anna Greenwood - Rave Karaoke and Chalkie White and these guys are out to prove ´There ain´t no party like an old school party´

Line Up

Over the weeks there are so many great artists choose from, we’re already taking a trip down memory lane just reading the line-up.

13th June – Alexander O’Neal, Adamski, Anna Greenwood - Rave Karaoke, Chalkie White 20th June - Lee John (Imagination), Sonique, Anna Greenwood - Rave Karaoke, Chalkie White, Doctor Feelgood 27th June - Snap, Pat Sharpe, Doctor Feelgood 4th July - Sugarhill Gang, Grandmasters Mele Mel & Scorpio of Furious 5, Baby D, Doctor Feelgood 11th July - Robert Owens, EAST 17, Doctor Feelgood 18th July - Aswad, Ratpack, Doctor Feelgood 25th July – Go West, Robin S, Doctor Feelgood 1st August - Jazzie B, General Levy, Darren Jay, Doctor Feelgood 8th August - Alison Limerick, Doctor Feelgood 15th August – Pat Sharpe, Doctor Feelgood 22nd August – Shades Of Rhythm, Doctor Feelgood 29th August – Tony Hadley, SL2, Doctor Feelgood 5th September – Curiosity Killed The Cat, K-Klass, Doctor Feelgood 12th September - Graeme Park, Doctor Feelgood Summer 2019 is set to be the year of revival, leave your boom box at home & head down to Boom Boom Live & enjoy live those acts that took you through 30 years of dance & club anthems.

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San Antonio Balansat, such as Corona, wanted to erect a holy church at Saint Agnès, which could admit all the devotees attending the festival, more numerous years after year. This church, never completely finished, is the one that passed to private property and is still known as the Chapel, which today houses a restaurant.

Aquarium Cap Blanc The aquarium is located inside a natural cave approximately 370m2, where five inlets allow water into the cave ensuring that water is circulate and constantly renewed.

The lake surface is divided into two parts, in them you will find most of the animals living in the aquarium, separated according to their compatibility. There are also up to six tanks distributed through the cave, where other smaller species live.

Aquarium visitors can find an interesting sample of the main species of the Mediterranean Ibiza. Besides live animals, you can also see our collection of samples, in which we find specimens of shark eggs, sea sponges, gastropods, bivalves and other marine invertebrates.

Open from 9.30am-6.30pm, adults 5€, children (4-12yrs) 3€

Beaches

Welcome To San Antonio  San Antonio lost one of its most vibrant characters this year with the passing of Tony Pike, pictured here ‘with friend’ on Cala Salada beach. Photo by Nick Gibbs

While many come here to revel in the party atmosphere, the origin of Sant Antoni de Portmany can be traced back to prehistoric times with artefacts such as early cave paintings and bronze axes being found in the area. The Romans gave it the name Portus Magnus, and the Arabs called it Portumany, then the small fishing village was then forged as an urban centre after the reconquest of King Juame I. In the 14th century, the church of Sant Antoni was built, and the city began to emerge around it. With the threat of privateers and pirates, in the 16th century fortification of the churches took place. To ensure its strategic position many watchtowers were erected along the coastline in the 17th century. Surrounded by impressive cliffs, the fortress of Towers d´en Lluc rises. The relics of which can be found to this day. In Santa Agnès there is an underground chapel, very well preserved, built inside a cave.

San Antonio or Sant Antoni de Portmany if you prefer, boasts not only the world famous sunset strip but an aquarium open to the public, where wildlife is nurtured back to health and released, wide shallow beaches, water sports and a small funfair.

The ‘Paseo’ (promenade) now runs the entire length of the town, from cala des Moro in the North, past Ses Variades open ground, along the length of the world famous Sunset Strip, then along the marina front and fine pedestrianised spec of the Fountains, and then around and along San Antonio’s main s’Arenal beach and onto the huge success that is O Beach. Plans are underway to extend it around the complete bay in coming years.

San Antonio is home to four of the island’s superclubs. Eden and Es Paradis sit opposite each other in the town, and both Privilege and Amnesia a few kilometres away on the borough outskirts.

Also outside the town, to its north, is San Antonio’s greatest secret: the beauty of Santa Agnes offers visitors the opportunity to see what we feel is the area of Ibiza least affected by commercialisation and development. A wonderful corner of natural splendour.

Places to Visit Torres den Lluc In a perfectly strategic position, the archaeological remains of an ancient fortress are located in the northern part of the municipality Albarca. There are still two easily definable oval shaped bases of the towers, joined by a long wall section up to 99.5 metres. The layout is almost rectangular, and researchers consider that the original size was larger, with other sections of wall and other towers joining them. An archaeological excavation in 1994 carried out by the Insular Council revealed that the construction was made of limestone from the same area, but when it was constructed is still vague. Only two ceramic fragments that were found in the excavation probably originate from the Roman imperial period, but with legends of modern times showing the towers as disused they are hard to date. Their almost trapezium shape, is unseen in the Pitiüses and cannot be connected in any chronology, they are estimated as being built between the early antiquity and early middle

ages (4th-5th centuries to 12th-13th centuries.

Santa Agnes Cave Documents from the 14th century repeatedly mention the Holy Cave, a place of worship to a very ancient image of the Roman martyr Saint Agnès.

The origin is found in a story that is still told in Sant Antoni.

Catalan seafarers encountered an overwhelming sea that endangered the ship and all its passengers. One of them, bearer of the image of Saint Agnès, promised to leave it in thanksgiving, to be recognised in the port to where the boat arrived if they could save themselves. Since it escaped from the danger around the port of Sant Antoni de Portmany, on August 24th, and ever since then, the saint has been worshipped.

The simple little chapel at of the bottom of the cave is thought to be from the first centuries of Christianity. In the seventeenth century maintenance works were carried out in the cave and shortly after a religious retreat was built near the door, which has now disappeared. Later, in the first part of the eighteenth century, the inhabitants of Portmany and some parts of

San Antonio has one main beach, s’Arenal, and two small beaches, playa pouet and cala des moro. We have also listed two beaches just north of the town in the San Antonio municipality, gracio and salada. In addition the beaches of San Antonio Bay and Cala Bassa are easily accessible from the water taxis running throughout the day from the San Antonio marina front.

Cala Gracio & Cala Gracioneta These beaches are characterized by their small dimensions (they are about 50 metres long), fine-grained white sand, being surrounded by pine forests with some edifications, the absence of strong winds, crystal clear waters and a very gentle slope.

Cala Saladeta & Cala Salada Cala Saladeta, 40 metres long and 25 wide, together with its big sister, Cala Salada, which is 75 metres long and 20 in width, are part of the same u-shaped sea inlet, between cliffs. Both names mean salty bay! Both are connected to each other by a path along the coast with a panoramic view of this magnificent natural environment. From these beaches you can see Sa Conillera, the largest of Ibiza’s small islands.

S’Arenal Platja des Regueró (the name referrers to the stream that has its mouth on this beach), but most people know it as the beach of Sant Antoni or S’Arenal. It is 650 metres long and only 20 metres wide. Its fine toasted sands, usually calm waters, and central position in this touristic area attracts loads of people.

You can practice various water sports at this beach.

Cala des Moro Caló des Moro, right at the end of the Sunset Strip. It is only 45 metres long and perhaps not one of Ibiza’s most beautiful beaches, but it is a great place to watch the sunset from!

Playa Pouet Platja des Pueto or Pouet(beach of the small well). It is 190 metres long and 40 wide and has clear-coloured fine sands.

Food & Drink Tapas Restaurant and Lounge Bar Tapas is all about global flavours but served in a traditional Spanish Tapas style of small plates perfect for sharing. They have a fantastic range of vegan, vegetarian, gluten free and dairy free options on the menu too. Tapas gets very busy, especially in high season, definitely best to book.

Mambo, Sunset Strip No trip to Ibiza is complete without a sunset on the strip, and if you want to do it in the finest style, Mambo has to be the place to go. Their terrace enjoys spectacular views of the sunset, and you’ll be entertained by some of the world’;s top DJs with Mambos nightly pre-party warm up.

David’s Pizzeria (#14 on the map) David’s is renowned for its Italian-French cuisine and they have a vast menu, including 35 different pizzas to choose from, plus the option of turning any one into Calzone. But if pizza’s not your thing, they also have a selection of pastas, salads, fish and meat dishes to tempt you. David’s also offer a takeaway service and a menu del dia for 12.50€, available till 8.30pm .

Tulp Beach Café, Beach Promenade Tulp Beach Café is located right on San Antonio’s beachfront Promenade. An oasis of bohemian chic laid back cool, it is our default choice for daytime calm, and a regular one for night time fun too. Tulp offer an extensive drink and cocktail selection, and a menu to suit every appetite from a tasty tapas to Dutch and international meals and to cap it all they have spectacular sunset views. See front page advert for details.

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with a few cocktails for sunset, one of the finest moments you can enjoy in Ibiza. But we plumped for entertainment as Savannah have a great line up of local legend DJs in their backroom this year. Offering a far more informal and intimate alternative to the super-clubs, it’s a worthy choice for your late night dancing needs.

La Cantina is a bar and restaurant right on San Antonio’s fountains square. They have undertaken a total restoration over the winter months. You won’t find a better place for a traditional Paella or some fresh caught local fish. But it also offers far more. The La Cantina kitchen is also home to 3 specialist chefs each taking care over their respective Thai, Indian and TexMex division.

Capitulo Dos, Homemade Italian Ice Cream With 31 flavours of traditional Italian ice cream homemade on the premises, there is literally something for everyone. Vegan and gluten free options are also available and this parlour is set in the quieter San Antonio church square, a great place to relax. So the only question is, which flavour do you choose?

Open daily from 12 noon to 9pm.

Savannah, Sunset Strip As with its sister Mambo along the strip, it is difficult to know whether to put Savannah in food or drink or entertainment— both are winners in our book.

On the food front we consider their Lobster, washed down

Villa Mercedes, Restaurant & Terrace In an amazing location on the port, Villa Mercedes delivers stunning views, incredible food and impeccable service. Everybody should have at least one special meal on their holiday, and Villa Mercedes is the perfect choice for a little luxury in your life.

The Corner Shop, British Supermarket The corner shop is located just off the West End and despite it’s small appearance it is packed to the rafters with all your favourite, and missed British goodies. From hot sausage rolls and pies, ‘proper’ English bacon and frozen goods, you can get a taste of home here in Ibiza.

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Formentera “F

ormentera’s reputation as an unspoilt paradise is well deserved,. Crystalline waters, turquoise tones & fine white sandy beaches, Formentera is a perfect dream come true.”

Adapted Beaches There are two adapted beaches in Formentera for those with reduced mobility, Es Pujols and Arenals.

Both have access ramps, a platform with shade, handrails, amphibious chairs and lifeguards. Arenals has adapted bathrooms and reserved parking.

Ses Salines Natural Park

Welcome to Formentera …

For the uninitiated, Formentera is the baby sister Island of Ibiza, sitting just off Ibiza’s South Eastern tip, close to the airport.

Though the name may not be as familiar as Ibiza, once visited you will never forget our little piece of paradise in the Mediterranean.

Ibiza and Formentera are known collectively as the Pitiuses - which means the Pine Trees.

Though they sit within sight of one another and are easily accessible by the many ferries crossing the straits, the two Islands are in most ways independent of each other.

The Beaches There are three main stretches of beach,  North East – Llevant and Tramuntana,  NorthWest – Illetes and Cavall d’en Borràs  South – the coast of Migjorn.

Both Islands have their own Island government, the Consell, which reports directly to the Balearic regional Government in Mallorca. The people of Formentera are proud of that independence and would probably take issue with us referring to them as Ibiza’s baby sister. They are very much their own boss and not to be considered as a region of Ibiza – not if you want to keep on their good side anyway.

Aside from the political borders, the two islands also have very different personalities.

Illetes is the most famous beach on the island and the most visited, however the further you walk, you can still find areas of almost deserted beach, even at peak times.

If you go as far as Llevant, they also have fine white sand along with some rocky areas.

Both areas fall within the Ses Salines d’Eivissa i Formentera Natural Park, a specially protected area where cars and motorbikes are charged for entering, but pedestrians, cyclists and those with electric vehicles may enter free of charge.

You can also find S’Espalmador, a private island that is open to the public. Swimming across from Formentera to S’Espalmador is strictly prohibited due to the sea currents, however a local company makes various crossings each day leaving from La Savina port.

Cliffs dominate the west coast, although you can find the beach of Cala Saona – much loved by families for its shallow clear waters. It’s backdrop are small cliffs and a number of boatyards, picturesque.

The northern part of the island is low and rocky. It is one of the most tranquil parts of the island and an agreeable walking route. The coastal community of Es Caló de Sant Agustí is very highly regarded among locals and visitors for its fishing port & gastronomy.

Getting Around Formentera has regular bus lines that run all year round, with extra services over the summer months.

They also have night buses, excursions and tourist routes with discounts if you purchase your tickets online.

The site is mainly in Spanish but straightforward and notes/important information can be found in English.http://www.busformentera.com

History of Formentera For such a small island, Formentera certainly has a long and chequered history.

Megalithic graves provide evidence that Formentera was inhabited in prehistoric times, going back as far as 2000 BC. Archaeological sites from that time still remain with the most famous one being at Ca na Costa on the outskirts of Es Pujols. Dating from the Early Bronze Age, this is the oldest tomb in the Balearic Islands consisting of a circular chamber surrounded by two concentric circles of paving stones arranged in amazing geometry.

Around 200BC, the Romans arrived on Formentera and used the land mainly for growing wheat. They named the island after the Latin name for wheat – Frumentaria.

After the collapse of the Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, Formentera was conquered by the Vandals, then by the Byzantines.

The Arabs, or Moors, arrived in 711 AD, bringing with them an advanced knowledge of agriculture and irrigation

systems, some of which are still used by farmers today.

The majority of the Moorish population was exterminated when the Catalans arrived in 1235 and conquered the island. Formentera was thus added to the Crown of Aragon and later became part of the medieval Kingdom of Mallorca.

But from 1403 until the late 17th century, persistent pirate attacks and bad harvests rendered Formentera uninhabitable and the abandoned island became a base for the Barbary and Turkish pirates.

In 1697, Carlos of Spain decided to re-settle the island, instructing defence towers to be built, the remains of which can still be seen today. During this time, Formentera’s main industries were the farming of dry fruit trees like olives, almonds and figs and, of course, salt.

This remained the case until the unspoiled nature of the island

attracted an influx of hippies which ultimately led to the island’s tourism boom in the 1950s, a boom that continues, and grows, to this day!

Entry through the corten-framed doorway leads into the towers largest space. Here, the original stone staircase has been replaced with a steel structure hung from above.

Just 230 metres from Migjorn beach and completed in 1763, Historically, access would have been via the upper level for the ‘Pi des catala’ watch tower is one of four defensive look- security, with an overhead opening through which stones or out structures on the coast of Formentera. The landmark boiling liquids could be dropped on attackers. structure measures approximately 12.5 metres in diameter. It  Open Saturdays 10am—1pm. has been recently renovated and is now open to the public.

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Formentera Ferries The

crossing takes around 35 minutes and there are many companies that offer the daily service.

A quick look at the Trasmapi website sees ferries leaving every 30 minutes from Ibiza with those that carry cars (Castaví Jet) at 09.30, 11.30, 16.00, 18.00 and 20.30. Returns are also 30 minutes apart with their car carrying ferry (Castaví Jet) at 10.30, 12.30, 17.00 and 19.30.

A day trip for 2 adults, 2 children and a car is around 142.50€, whereas a day trip using Aquabus for 2 adults and 2 chil-

dren costs 60€. It is best to shop around for your specific needs but the following have routes:-

 Balearia up to 19X daily

 Trasmapi 27 X daily  Aquabus 3X daily  Mediterranea Pitiusa

up to 15 X daily There are a combined 64 sailings available per day on the Ibiza Formentera crossing between Ibiza and Formentera. Sailings are from Ibiza Town all year, and San Antonio during the summer season.

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San Juan The Can Marçà Caves A few minutes drive from the Port of Sant Miquel you can find another of those things that make Ibiza beautiful and magical, the Can Marça Caves. Their formation is dated back 100.000 years and were used for years as refuge for pirates and smugglers.

The opening of the caves for tourist visitation was during the decade of the seventies and thanks to Belgian speleologist Jean Pierre van der Abelle, who together with the hotel promoters of the area made

Photo Cat Milton. Though you’ll be lucky to find it this peaceful in summer, San Juan has a more peaceful and traditional feel about it—more hippy, less vip.

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ant Joan de Labritja is a village and municipality of the Balearic Islands on northern Ibiza.

Among others, the resorts of Portinatx and Cala de Sant Vicent are located there. The actual village of Sant Joan is a quiet street, dominated by an imposing Christian church. One may find several small cafés and restaurants and a taxi rank outside the Municipal Council building. Towards the west of the village is the origin of the Torrent de Labritja, a tributary of the Riu de Santa Eulária, the Balearic Island's only constant-flowing river, although the Torrent only contains water during the winter months throughout the tourist season, the stream is a dry river bed full of green vegetation.

The municipality is the least-populated municipality in Ibiza, and is almost entirely rural. The village of Portinatx on the northern coast, and the western port of Sant Miquel, are the only major tourist areas.

San Juan Sunday Artisan Market Ecological and hand-made products in Sant Joan. From 10am to 4pm every Sunday, winter and summer.

There are very few villages in our islands to keep that peacefull atmosphere, that local ambiance, that mix of cultures, german people sitting next to old ibizencos, hippies talking to payesas, payesas selling their garden products, payeses offering their home-made wine, live music, jugglers... simply beautiful.

Benirrás  Nicole Torres

I have to admit I have a soft spot for Benirrás and it brings back so many great childhood memories.

It is 145 metres long and 45 wide, surrounded by mountains filled with pine trees, and its waters are filled with fish.

It’s emblematic obelisk right in the middle of the bay makes this beach unique to watch the sunset—and for some the obelisk island is also a sunset swimming challenge, though we feel obliged to add some ‘don’t try this at home’ advice to all but the strongest swimmers, and cer-

tainly not to be tackled after a few drinks.

Benirrás is also known for its hippy drumming sessions that start close to the sunset, though its popularity does lead it to get very crowded.

A new park a ride service was introduced in 2017, which means you can leave your car a short way from the beach and take the bus directly to the beach. Also new in 2017, there is also a direct bus service from Ibiza town.

its 300 metres of path and galleries safe for visitors.

Nowadays there are programmed visits every 45 minutes from 10.30am until 8pm (the guides have a lunch break from 1.30 until 2.30, so I recommend you try a nearby restaurant or visit the nearby Port of Sant Miquel while they eat).

There are guided visits in various languages and it will only take you 40 minutes.

Some of the cave galleries have curious names, my favourite is the Buddha temple, which receives its name from a big rock that sort of resembles Buddha.

There are 2000 year old seagull fossils surrounding this temple. As you keep walking in you come to the illuminated wishing lakes - a tradition of making a wish and throwing a coin into the lakes started in the sixties.

Another of my favourite spots of the caves are the waterfalls, which are accompanied with coloured lights and soft music.

When you come back out I recommend you stop and enjoy the view of S'Illa Murada – a little island with a mansion in the middle, if you ask the locals who live there, you will get all kinds of answers. From here you can also contemplate the Port of Sant Miquel.

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News 33 Companies Commit To a Plastic Free Ibiza On the west coast of Ibiza, “4,576,115 microplastics float per square metre”.

Water Sports Ban in 3 of Santa Eulalia’s Beaches S’Argamassa, es Canar and sa Boca des Riu affected The City of Santa Eulalia has confirmed that motorised water sports will be prohibited on the beaches of S’Argamassa, es Canar and sa Boca des Riu due to the protection measures put in place to safeguard the corridors of migratory birds on the islet of Tagomago.

Concessionaires will be unable to provide any nautical activity with motors including jet skis, water skiing, paragliding or banana boats to name a few.

Start of Season According to some of the businessmen consulted by the Diario de Ibiza, they learned of the judgement at the end of April 2019, just as they were preparing for the season ahead.

“We have run out of room for manoeuvre, after having made significant investments in improvements and maintenance, and now I do not even know if I can open the

business,” criticised one affected businessman.

“If we had known at the end of last season we could have looked for an alternative to keep the business, but now I do not know what we can do.” “I have not been able to sleep for a month because of worry,” he adds.

Will The Ban Stick?

It appears that the Council do not share the environmental prohibition and they have already written to the Conselleria to gain a review of their report, which they will contest if refused again as, as far as they understand, the regulations for the protection of birds does not restrict such activities.

More than 30 catering companies on the island have already joined the ‘single use’ plastic reduction scheme promoted by Ibiza and Formentera without Plastic (IPF). Certificates confirming their alliance to becoming single use plastic free have been handed out and stars will be merited according to their use of single plastics.

Over a five-year plan, 33 hotel companies have agreed to eliminate 3 single use plastic products – those that pollute the most and create a timetable to reduce and eliminate single use plastics all together.

Those certified will obtain a qualification which is divided int o three categories: 1 star for those eliminating 3 single use plastic items, 2 stars for removing 50% of single use plastics from their establishments and 3 stars for those eliminating 100% of single use plastics.

“With this certification we want to recognize the good practices of the private sector who add to this mission", explained Sandra Benbeniste, director of the Foundation for the Conservation of Ibiza and Formentera (IPF), during the presentation. Benbeniste also thanked the collaboration for the 20+ local and non-profit organizations who are participating in the project.

In Formentera there are already 50 hotels, restaurants and cafes who are committed to working on this initiative in addition to the 33 hotel companies added. With the approval of pioneering laws at both Balearic and European levels, single use plastics will be banned form 2021.

On the west coast of Ibiza, “4,576,115 microplastics float per square metre”.

The project hopes to raise awareness amongst residents, workers and tourists as to the importance of reducing plastics in our environment.

The young tourist’s body was found lifeless floating in the water around the Bay of Talamanca by a passer-by.

At present there is no indication that any third party was instrumental in his death, the Guardia Civil are investigating the circumstances of this tragic loss.

The Initial Search Guardia Civil were looking for missing 28yr old Jonathan (Johny) Docherty, last seen at the villa he was staying at in the Cap Martinet area, near to the Destino Pacha Resort.

Johny Docherty had been missing since Monday morning and concerns from his family and friends grew as to his whereabouts. He disappeared from the rented villa where he was staying during a house party for a friend’s birthday.

It would appear that he left with no money, phone or passport.

His sister Jordana was beside herself with worry and urged anyone with any information to contact the police.

Their father had flown out to Ibiza to help in any way with the search of his missing son.

Last Seen He was last seen at the villa where he was staying between 6am-10am wearing dark shorts and a t-shirt – clothes the family believe he changed into before leaving the villa, however Jordana said “it’s all a bit confusing at the moment”.

Jordana went on to say that “It was assumed he had just gone to bed but when the other people at the villa started

 Jonathan (Johny) Docherty, 28yrs old

Missing Brit Johny Docherty’s Body Found getting calls from the UK asking them to check up on my brother, they discovered his bed hadn’t been slept in.

“He doesn’t appear to have warned anyone he was going to leave the villa for whatever reason so we’re very confused at the moment.”

The Guardia Civil started investigating his disappearance in the local vicinity to the villa in which he was

staying.

The Appeal The appeal for information had been widespread on Facebook and the posts have been shared hundreds of times.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this most difficult time.

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News Decision Time for San Antonio Politicians  Martin Makepeace They say that a week is a long time in politics so the last 10 days might have seemed like a lifetime for some after the 26 May local elections proved inconclusive for San Antonio.

As predicted there was no clear majority so now it’s all about negotiations between the 5 parties that won seats and, as sometimes happens with proportional representation, those with the fewest votes have the strongest hand.

49% Turnout A low 49% turnout saw the Partido Popular (PP) defy the critics coming first with just over 3000 votes and gaining 9 seats. The Socialist Party (PSOE) came in second

winning 8 seats with 2853 votes while Podemos came in 3rd with 870 votes and 2 seats. The PXE Party (Proposal for Ibiza) gained 458 votes and 1 seat and finally Ciudadanos’ (C’s) returned 436 votes winning 1 seat.

Majority of None 11 seats are needed to form a majority in the 21 seat council so some simple maths is all that’s required to work out that 3 parties will need to team up together to form a coalition government……and this is where it gets interesting.

The centre right C’s have clearly stated on a national level that they won’t work with the left wing Podemos under any circumstances so PSOE’s only hope is that the moderate PXE party join with them and Podemos……,, however PXE had a very public fallout with PSOE just before the election after one of their team switched sides,

something which isn’t taken lightly in Spanish politics.

This spat is still rumbling on and PXE refuse to negotiate with PSOE until they remove their former member from any prospective government team, something they have so far refused to do.

Bedfellows One way forward is for PP, PXE and C’s to form an 11 seat majority government but there’s no love lost between PP and PXE from previous administrations so this isn’t as straightforward as it appears especially after the centre right PXE decided to go with the left wing coalition in 2015 specifically to oust the PP. We now have to wait and see if Marcos Serra (PP) and Joan Torres (PXE) can put the past behind them and look to the future while Simon Planells (PSOE) waits in the wings preparing his own olive branch.

The inauguration of the new council is on 15 June so all parties have little over a week to agree on a way forward for a 3 way deal to form a majority government for San Antonio.

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Cruise Ships Pollute More Than All Cars in Ibiza Cruise ships that arrived in the port of Ibiza in 2017 emitted more sulphur into the atmosphere than all the cars of Ibiza. This incredible, yet unsurprising study was carried out by Transport & Environment (T&E) and details that the Sox emissions were 7.3 times higher than all the cars in the city.

Barcelona, Palma and Venice are, in that order, the European port cities most polluted by cruise ship emissions, followed by Civitavecchia (Rome) and Southampton, according to the study.

The cruises that are polluting the most are Carnival Corporation (which includes Costa Cruises, P & C Cruises, AIDA ...), then Royal Caribbean Cruises, the second largest group in the world in this sector, which exceeds four times the pollution emitted by the whole European fleet of vehicles.

“Cruise ships are floating cities driven by the dirtiest fuel possible, cities are rightly prohibiting pollutant diesel vehicles, but at the same time they are giving a free pass to cruise companies that expel toxic gases," said Faig Abbasov, coordinator of Maritime Transport Policies of T&E.

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We celebrate the Birth of the Christian Church on Sunday the 9th of June this year, Pentecost which commemorates the coming of the HOLY SPIRIT! Shortly after Jesus´ death, resurrection and ascension, the promised gift of the Holy Spirit was “poured out” at Pentecost just as JESUS predicted! Jesus told his disciples, “But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away [referring to his death on the cross]. Unless I go away, the Counsellor [the Holy Spirit] will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.” John 16:7 Often I wonder.....what could be better than fellowship with the

Service Sun 9th, 10.30am Chapel of Lourdes, S.E. see web for info further ahead

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person of Jesus??? In the above verse, Jesus says it is to our advantage that he goes, because when He walked on earth in His physical body, he was subject to many physical limitations.

For instance, He couldn´t always be with every one of His disciples all the time. Through the ministry of the Holy Spirit, He could! Jesus´ enemies thought they were getting rid of Him; however, 120 “little Christs” (that is literally what the word Christian means) came out of the upper room, where they were told to wait until they received the promised gift of the Holy Spirit.

Jesus taught His disciples as no teacher ever had, yet they had very little understanding, because they had not yet received the Holy Spirit. However, when the Holy Spirit came, He led them into all truth and even showed them things to come.

Both the public ministry of Jesus in the Gospels and the public ministry of the church in Acts begin with a life-changing encounter with the Holy Spirit. JESUS preached the

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kingdom of God and demonstrated kingdom power by healing the sick and setting the captives free; and He passed on that same power and authority to his disciples, by the Holy Spirit. It is evident from other first century documents that miracles, signs and wonders were daily occurrences in every Christian community throughout the Roman Empire.

JESUS is the prototype of the Spirit-filled, Spirit-empowered life. The Book of Acts (a continuation of the Gospels) is the story of the disciples receiving what Jesus received in order to do what Jesus did!

“But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth.” John:13 How else can we explain the phenomenal expansion of the Jesus movement in the first and second century that has continued growing worldwide until this day!

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“But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away.

Unless I go away, the Counsellor will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.” John 16:7

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The Sunset Strip/Sunset A San Antonio sunset must be on the ‘must do’ list of most tourists coming to Ibiza. If it isn’t on yours, add it now.

The sunset strip is the world famous home to the setting sun like no other. Home to Café Mambo and its adjacent siblings Savannah, Mint and Fresh among others, settling back with a view of the setting sun, Mojito in hand, as the DJ plays some Balearic beats is hard to beat. Just remember to put your phone down long enough to experience it yourself.

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Of course things are a little more pricey there than elsewhere, that is to be expected, but factor in that the strip hosts some of the world’s biggest DJs playing pre-party sets with no entrance fee, and the price starts to sound a whole lot more reasonable.

It is not just the strip that affords the sunset experience. Bars such as Tulp on the s’Arenal beach are also a great location, and for a truly magical experience a boat charter at sunset is very special, with all the boats coming together just of the strip to soak up the atmosphere from your own superstar for a day cruiser.

Ibosim Brewhouse, Port Des Torrent Ibosim is the first and only beer produced in Ibiza.

Visit the brewery and enjoy a worthy range of craft beers on the taproom terrace, or take it a step fur-

Aguamar Waterpark  Playa d’en Bossa, Opens 17th May If you’re bored with your hotel pool or just fancy something a little more adventurous then Aguamar is for you. Okay, it’s not the biggest and greatest waterpark, but it fits our little island.

There you will find numerous waterslides including the Black Hole and Kamikaze, if you have a head for heights, you’ll be just fine! And it’s not just for the thrill-seekers, there are grass lawns to relax on, a kid’s water park area with smaller slides and a large shallow pool area.

The park itself boasts a restaurant, picnic areas, changing rooms and lockers, as well as safety deposit boxes, sun loungers and parasols.

Prices vary according to your group but can start at 10€ per child and 18€ per adult.

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