When most individuals consider Ibiza they think about loopy golf equipment and night time life, fancy seashore golf equipment, luxurious yachts, gorgeous seashores and mesmerising sunsets. That is all true however I’d heard there was a quieter, extra non secular, hippie aspect to the island so I hoped on an affordable flight to go and discover the opposite, hippie aspect of Ibiza and to see if it was doable to take pleasure in Ibiza on a price range.
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The place to Keep in Ibiza on a Funds
The very first thing to resolve when planning a visit is the place to remain in Ibiza – it will have an enormous impact in your expertise right here so that you would possibly need to analysis into the totally different areas and locations in Ibiza.
In case you are in search of pumping golf equipment and loopy nightlife then you definately’ll need to keep within the in style areas of San Antonio, Playa d´en Bossa and Ibiza City. However if you wish to keep away from that and discover the extra peaceable, hippie aspect of the White Isle (and the extra reasonably priced aspect!) then you definately’ll need to keep away from these areas.
Ibiza just isn’t often called a price range vacation spot, most inns and Air BnB rooms in Ibiza price not less than €100 per night time and even hostel dorm rooms have been about €30 per night time.
If you wish to have a extra price range pleasant and extra peaceable and laid again Ibiza journey then head as a substitute to the North of Ibiza particularly areas round Es Canar, Portinatx, Benirras and San Carlos and San Vicent.
Renting an residence with a kitchen is a great price range tip as it can save you alot of cash however cooking your personal meals as a substitute of consuming out in eating places on a regular basis.
Some good price range flats in Ibiza I like to recommend:
View of Es Vedra from Petunia Ibiza
Boho Hippie Stylish Ibiza Lodges
In case you are in search of a boho hippie stylish resort in Ibiza, slightly than a price range hippie keep, then take a look at:
Extra Ibiza Funds Stays – Hostels, Farm (Finca) Stays and Campsites.
Different choices for price range acommodation in Ibiza embrace backpacker hostels, farm (finca) stays and campsites.
A farm keep like Agroturismo Rural Can Prats inland close to the hippy village of San Charles or Finca Ecológica Ibicenca in San Rafael, gives you a style of genuine rural Ibizan life far past the seashores, vacationers and nightclubs.
Agroturismo Rural Can Prats Farmstay in Ibiza
There are additionally a few campsites in Ibiza like Tenting Cala Nova and Tenting La Playa, each close to to Es Canar, which provide the least expensive lodging in Ibiza.
Even when you don’t have a tent, or don’t need the effort and expense of taking it on the aircraft, no worries, these Ibiza campsites even present tents, cabins, tipis, yurts and caravans for a trouble free glamping expertise. There’s even the choice of a tenting kitchen or shared kitchen so you may cook dinner your personal meals too.
Backpacker Hostels in Ibiza
Youth or backpacker hostels are sometimes an excellent and sociable price range selection. It’s an amazing place to fulfill different travellers and most have shared kitchens so it can save you cash by cooking your personal meals.
Nevertheless there usually are not many backpacker hostels in Ibiza and most are extra get together centered, I don’t know when you’ll discover a lot peace within the hostels in Ibiza!
Anyway, my prime picks for hostels are the colorful and arty Giramundo (solely personal rooms although) and Amistat Hostel which has a swimming pool and dorms. They’re each positioned in Ibiza City.
Tenting La Playa, Es Canar
I select to remain at Tenting La Playa which is located in an excellent peaceable spot proper by the ocean within the north of the island, a world away from the noise and crowds round clubbing mecca San Antonio.
The campsite is located proper on the coast simply steps away from Cala Martina on one aspect the place you may calm down on the seashore and on the opposite aspect is a jetty good for morning meditation or simply leaping off into the clear, glowing water. It’s solely 10 minutes stroll into Es Canar, a laid again resort city with a seashore, inns, outlets, bars and eating places, and it’s subsequent door to the well-known Wednesday Punta Arabi Hippie Market.
They’ve an enormous number of quirky lodging choices, you may carry your personal tent or campervan or rent a tent, vibrant retro caravan, picket bungalow, yurt, tipi and even the large love shack caravan or an previous transformed bus.
I opted to remain in one in every of their Nomad Tents which was an enormous, spacious, pre pitched tent with an actual mattress, electrical energy and sea views. I liked falling asleep to the sound of the waves and waking as much as views over the water and having the ability to soar into the ocean.
I went in September so it was cheaper than in peak season and per week price me €441. There’s loads of showers and bathrooms which can be in good situation with respectable sizzling water and what actually attracted me to remain at Tenting La Playa is the actions on supply together with yoga within the mornings and a extremely enjoyable African dance class. There’s additionally muay thai, dance, hula hoop and meditation lessons in excessive season.
There’s not a camp kitchen so I employed a fridge, cooker and kitchen set for the tent which allowed me to go to the grocery store and cook dinner my very own meals enabling me to maintain prices down. If you happen to don’t fancy cooking there may be additionally a well-liked seashore bar on the campsite referred to as Chirincana which serves wholesome breakfast, lunch and dinner with views over the ocean and in addition has stay music 3 instances per week together with a extremely in style get together on Wednesday nights after the Hippie Market.
Tenting La Playa supplied the proper base from which to discover an Ibiza that may be a world away from the clubbing frenzy of San Antonio and was additionally an amazing place to easily hang around, absorb the solar and sea views and take part with the actions. One of many issues I loved probably the most was the coastal stroll from the campsite to the city of Santa Eularia d’es Riu which supplied numerous alternatives to cease at small seashores en route for a swim and sunbathe.
Various/ Hippie issues to do in Ibiza
Ibiza has a protracted hippie historical past. In the course of the fascist rule of Basic Franco (which started in 1936) many artists and political liberals fled to Ibiza and the island turned infamous for its free pondering, liberal angle and magical aura. The 1960’s noticed Ibiza change into the European equal of San Francisco stuffed with artists, writers and musicians. The primary hippy hangouts have been Ibiza City, Sant Joan, Sant Carles and La Mola.
The massive golf equipment like Pacha and Amnesia that began within the Seventies had a vibrant hippy character at first and there are nonetheless bohemian, hippie markets just like the Hippie Market in Punta Arabi on Wednesdays and Las Dalias in San Charles on Saturdays which have been operating for the reason that Seventies. Ibiza’s hippie markets make an exquisite, vibrant day trip looking and purchasing for handicrafts and jewelry within the sunshine, listening to stay music and sampling the refreshment stalls.
One other hippie hangout that also persists at present is the Sunday sundown drum circle at Benirras seashore within the north west. It’s a wonderful seashore hidden away between the cliffs and pine bushes however on Sundays it’s tremendous packed and after I visited there was a handful of hippies drumming surrounded by tons of of vacationers from everywhere in the island taking footage of them. It felt extra like a vacationer attraction than a real drum circle such as you get each sundown in Goa. There are additionally a few nudist seashores in Ibiza which felt extra hippie – you may even get a free mud bathtub at Aguas Blancas.
One factor I couldn’t miss when visiting Ibiza was trying out the magical island of Es Vedra located on the south coast off Cala D’hort. Es Vedra is the supply of many island myths and legends and it’s rumored that this uninhabited monolithic limestone 400 meter excessive rock formation is the third most magnetic level on the planet, after the North Pole and the Bermuda Triangle. (Learn extra Es Vedra myths right here) I don’t understand how true that is however I actually felt a really particular vitality watching the sundown right here.
Ibiza has a magical vitality that lends itself to the various fabulous yoga retreats right here, one of many authentic and greatest is Ibiza Yoga close to Benirras. You may as well simply take a morning yoga class by the seashore at Amante and refuel afterwards with the scrumptious included wholesome buffet breakfast.
If you happen to’re nonetheless feeling lively then it’s fairly a straightforward climb as much as an altitude of 475m on Ibiza’s highest peak Sa Talaia the place you may absorb nice views.
I additionally checked out Ibiza City, do you know that the previous metropolis, Dalt Vila, is UNESCO listed and one of many oldest cities in Europe. It’s bought a cathedral, spectacular sixteenth century fortifications, views and steep, white-washed warren of previous streets to discover filled with galleries, boutiques and native facilities.
However is Ibiza actually an excellent place for hippies?
Ibiza is a wonderful island with loads of peaceable locations to sit back out, gorgeous pure magnificence, magical vibes and a bohemian really feel. There’s a lot to do right here than simply mad partying and clubbing however is it nonetheless an excellent place for hippies? Positive, there’s a particular vitality and a hippie historical past that exhibits by way of the hippie markets and drum circles however to be trustworthy these items have simply change into vacationer points of interest for the trendy nicely heeled vacationers and despite the fact that tenting made it doable to discover Ibiza on a price range the island continues to be too costly for actual hippies anyway.
Ibiza is a good place to take a yoga retreat however there usually are not the plethora of low-cost lessons, workshops and therapeutic therapies such as you’d discover in India or Bali.
To be trustworthy, probably the most hippie a part of my journey was the campsite Tenting La Playa with the funky, distinctive lodging, sea views, seashore bar events, coastal walks, yoga and African dance lessons. There was at all times somebody round taking part in music, chatting, chilling or having a smoke and the spotlight of my journey was simply hanging out on the campsite, being within the nature, absorbing the views, assembly individuals and becoming a member of in with the actions and events there.
Have you ever been to Ibiza? Did you discover the hippie aspect of the island?
