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A new hotel in Ibiza lets clients tune in to the chilled side of the White Isle, writes Alice Barnes-Brown


t’s 8am on a Wednesday morning in Ibiza. I had thought the only people active at this hour would be local commuters, with most tourists sleeping off a big night out at the clubs. But the four-star Fergus Style Punta Arabi, which opened last year, is a hive of activity. Almost 500 stalls are setting up for the weekly hippy market, while thousands of Ibizans and visitors alike gather to see what’s on sale. Ibiza’s largest and oldest hippy market has been happening on this spot since 1973. When the market sets up each Wednesday between April and October, the boho-chic 329-room resort is buzzing with musicians, street-food trucks, fortune tellers, jewellery makers, homeware artisans and more – but the rest of the week, clients will find the resort refreshingly peaceful. It resembles a Balearic village, with rooms set in low-rise, whitewashed Mediterranean buildings shaded by pine and hibiscus trees.


A QUIET PLACE Driving past billboards for big-name DJs and superclubs en route to the resort, I wonder whether my suspicions about Ibiza being exclusively for partygoers are correct. But as we near the island’s rural northeastern corner, gaudy roadside advertising gives way to rustic windmills, leafy vineyards and dry-stone walls. Punta Arabi is a rocky cape, with the Fergus


property its only occupant. At the tip of the cliff, sea on both sides, is the resort’s Thai massage and yoga area, where instructor Marta helps settle us in with a vinyasa class. “They say Ibiza is a spiritual place,” she comments as turbulent waves crash against the coast, “but for some people, it’s just partying.” Perhaps, like yin and yang, there’s room for both. A few steps from the yoga deck is the large, emerald-


green pool, where I take up residence on a Bali bed facing the Med. Resort guests seeking to escape the ²


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