DESTINATIONS BALEARICS | RESTARTING TRAVEL
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or decades, Ibiza has been perceived as a party island, with clubs like Pacha, Ushuaïa and Privilege famed for their all-day and all-night raves.
But that’s only half the story of this Balearic haven. Or actually, just one-third of the story, if you factor in the whole island and near neighbour Formentera, as I discover on a welcome break in the week both were added to the UK’s green watchlist. Touring Ibiza, I learn that beyond the famed beach clubs, nightlife and pool parties of Playa d’en Bossa in the south and San Antonio to the west lie a wealth of other Ibizas. In family-friendly Santa Eulalia, on the east coast, I watch toddlers squeal with delight as they paddle calm waters and, later, scoff down calamari and pizza in family- run restaurants where staff keep watchful eyes on them as they tear around. And on the vertiginous north coast, Portinatx’s clear waters cry out to be explored via snorkelling and scuba diving, with landscapes so lush and exotic it’s said to have stood in for the South Pacific in the musical of the same name.
ALTERNATIVE IBIZA
Back down south, island capital Ibiza Town is a pleasing mix of tourist-facing and workaday areas. Dalt Vila, set high among the ramparts of the old town fort, is all white-painted, blue-woodwork houses with washing strung across cobbled streets and bougainvillea bursting with bright pinks and purples.
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