On the west-coast of IBIZA .. the wide bay of "Sant Antoni de Portmany" on the "Balearic Islands"

A view of the bay of "Sant Antoni de Portmany" and its hotels and the small harbor with sailboats and yachts.

Less than 200 meters from the pedestrian zone is the central bus station of SANT ANTONI. From there the buses go every 20 minutes to EIVISSA, and from EIVISSA the buses drive to SANTA EULARIA.

When I was in IBIZA, I heard of SANT ANTONI, that it is not beautiful, because it is completely overrun by the English tourism. Finally I was in SANT ANTONI and I was very pleasantly surprised.

The prices are not as high as in EIVISSA and SANTA EURARIA. "Sant Antoni de Portmany" is in a wide bay, directly in SANT ANTONI is a beautiful sandy beach, and the pedestrian zones are made very attractively.

EIVISSA in IBIZA .. most expensive city of the Balearic Islands

The porto of EIVISSA: pier for the big ferries to Valencia and Barcelona, ​​and for many millions expensive private yachts, and also the capital of IBIZA and the most expensive city on the Balearic Islands. Who wants to spend some days in EIVISSA must pay more than 50€ per night in the most hotels.

Along the harbor there are lots of restaurants and cafes. There they want to get the tourists into their restaurants to get their money by much too high prices. A small meal is mostly already about 20€ and the quality and quantity of the food is not well.

At the porto of Eivissa is also a McDonalds. There costs a Big Mac or Big King more than 6€. And these are the highest prices for fast food, I have seen in Europe. Going down a few hundred meters in the city of EIVISSA, you can find cheaper and usual restaurants and fast-food, such as Cheeseburgers for 5€ or Salat for 5€. There are also the usual Spanish supermarkets like EROSKI and MERCADONA with their normal prices, prices similar to those in the countries of the mainland in Europe.

In the evening until late at night, it is here in EIVISSA very busy. The tourists choose the expensive restaurants near the harbor. In a few cocktail bars you see as Transvestite dressed animateurs, who try to get the tourists into their restaurants.

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Sant Antoni de Portmany in IBIZA .. popular for English tourists

"Sant Antoni de Portmany" at the west-coast of IBIZA is very popolar for the English tourism. There are a lot of possibilities to do activities in the many hotels.

There are a variety of shops for buying souvenirs, many restaurants and English-PUBs, and also the usual Spanish supermarkets for buying food cheaper.

The prices are lower here than in EIVISSA, that is the capital of IBIZA. The bus ride across the island from EIVISSA to SANT ANTONI takes about 20 minutes and costs 2,50€ and for example for 1,60€ you get a coffee in one of the many cafes.

SANT ANTONI has a beautiful more than a kilometer long sandy beach, and along the beach is a nice prommenade. It is good for swimming and sunbathing, but this beach is not comparable to the sandy beach "Platja d'en Bossa" near EIVISSA, that is several kilometers long and is well known because of its famous beach partys from day to midnight.

The beach turns into a pedestrian area with shops, restaurants and PUBs, and at the seaside with sailing boats and small yachts, that are laying in the small harbor. The central bus station is directly behind this pedestrian area and the distance is less than 200 meters by foot.

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Passing IBIZA's east-coast in RYANAIR Boeing 737 and landing

The last three minutes of a flight with RYANAIR lowcost airline in a Boeing-737-800 from Alghero in Sardinia to IBIZA in Spain in October 2011.
During a internet-booking 5 weeks before, I payed only 9€ for this adventure. Even without PRIORITY-boarding, that are 5€ extra booking-costs, I had also a window-seat during this short flight: the flight-time was 75 minutes, and there were many younger passengers, mostly Spaniards and Italians.

I filmed the landing through the little window of the Boeing 737-800, and I had only a small 10 megapixel digital-camera from CANON.
During those three minutes of the landing approach to IBIZA-Airport you can see first the very beautiful and expensive "Santa Eularia des Riu," and its small harbor with yachts and sailboats. Then the "Cala Longa," one of the most beautiful bays in IBIZA, with its nice hotel-facilities at the Mediterranean, and you can see the hotel-facilities of the "Roca Llisa" and a rocky coast with forests and without hotels, and then the hotels of the "Can Pep Simo".

The major port of EIVISSA, also named IBIZA-city, with the very expensive yachts and sailboats and the large ferries that travel to Barcelona, Valencia and Mallorca. The castle you can see in EIVISSA is the "Murallas d' Eivissa", and just before the landing the some kilometers long sandy beach and famous party-mile "Platja d' en Bossa". Dancing on the beach and in the bars to disco and techno music is IN there, party for young tourists from day until late evening. And finally the landing at the IBIZA-Airport.

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