Ibiza is a small island with plenty to offer: fine beaches, plenty of sunshine, great food and nightlife to suit all ages. Green hills and open plains become golden sand bathed in the warm Mediterranean, and as resorts flourish on the coast, traditional life still thrives inland.
Once thought sacred by the Carthaginians, people now make pilgrimages to Ibiza?s shore for a very different type of worship ? sun, sand, music and fashion have become the new religion of today?s visitors. First made fashionable by the hippy generation of the 1960s, Ibiza?s popularity has continued to grow, but not at the expense of the island?s traditions and natural beauty. Its peasant past is not forgotten, captured in the folk dances you can see performed across the island.
It?s hard to believe that this is an island which can attract some of wealthiest and most fashionable people in the Western world, while women in traditional Ibecian dress can still be seen collecting almonds from the orchards. However, in the rural villages nestled among pine covered hills and fertile valleys, that is exactly how people continue to live, regardless of the bustling resorts on the coasts below.
Ibiza has a home for every kind of holidaymaker, for those looking for a carefree family break, a hideaway immersed in local culture or bright lights and glamour. From the cosmopolitan Ibiza town where private yachts anchor in front of Gothic churches, to the endlessly energetic San Antonio, to the picturesque and calm resorts such as Portinatx, Ibiza really is the island with it all.
