Most serenity-seekers decamp to the lesser-developed Balearic isles of Formentera and Menorca. However Ibiza additionally has a quiet facet, with pristine secluded seashores, a pastoral countryside, and small inland villages with a bohemian soul that harks again to the island’s hippie previous. Considered one of its best-known pure areas is the UNESCO-listed Ses Salines Pure Park, an unlimited ecological sanctuary with salt flats and roughly 200 species of birds. The island can also be recognized for its dense meadows of water-cleaning Posidonia seagrass, that are among the many greatest preserved within the Mediterranean. The once-sleepy city of Santa Gertrudis is now one of many island’s hotspots, with stylish boutiques like Es Cucons, vigorous eating places together with an outpost of New York-born Il Buco, and an all-seasons Parra & Romero gallery. Not removed from that’s the village of Sant Mateu d’Albarca, the place you’ll discover the farm-to-table restaurant Juntos, which serves vegetable-centric dishes with elements sourced from the 173-acre farm. (Don’t depart with out perusing ceramics, botanical-dyed robes, and different goodies on the expertly edited on-site boutique). Even the island’s well-known occasion scene has grown up; as we speak, the toughest rope on the town is arguably the gastronomic chiringuito Jondal, helmed by El Bulli alum Rafa Zafra.
Keep Right here: Based in 1999 by Barcelona native Margaret Von Korff and her Ibiza-born husband Luis Trigueros, Cas Gasi is without doubt one of the island’s authentic agroturismos. A 19th-century finca is on the coronary heart of the sprawling property, which contains 4 hectares of fruit orchards and vegetable gardens together with two swimming pools, an open-air-yoga platform, and a revamped spa providing reiki and Ayurvedic massages.
Catalonia Past Barcelona
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