I love summer! Sunshine, ocean, coctails… Where are you headed this season?
If you are in Ibiza, I suggest you check my list of best spots. Found this great article in Conde Nast Traveller. Enjoy.
Ibiza’s best beach clubs
Beachouse
Less brash than the Blue Marlin but slicker than Salinas, Beachouse opened in 2014 on the sands of Playa d’en Bossa. It’s from the team behind Es Cavallet’s El Chiringuito (famous for its Chilli Coconut Mojito) and while the white-on-wood look is similar, the crowd is livelier and days are longer. A new brunch menu draws in sunbathers early, and it’s still buzzing at dinner. The Sunday parties (and accompanying ‘who’ll be there’ hype) are back this summer, with a hush-hush roster of top DJs and the Balearics’ version of a Coachella crew, all skinny tanned limbs and tasselling. Wind down with a stroll to Torre de Sal Rossa, the 16th-century defence tower built to ward off Berber raiders. Alternatively, nip over to celebrated nightclub Space (closing for good at the end of the summer) and stage your own attack on the dancefloor.
Address: Beachouse, Playa d’en Bossa, San Jordi, Ibiza
Telephone: +34 971 396 858
Website: beachouseibiza.com
Cotton Beach Club
Despite its peculiar location in family-friendly timeshare haven Cala Tarida, this clifftop hangout has slotted in nicely to the seaside scene since it opened two years ago. It’s German-Dutch owners didn’t plough the ubiquitous boho groove, and instead the look (and crowd) is glossy and perfectly pressed. It’s always popular for lunch-with-a-view and for smart suppers at Asian restaurant Fay, but this year’s big reveal is the Amphi-Lounge, a terraced sunset viewpoint at the end of the bar. Down at the beach, service continues as usual in the sweet private cabanas, a first for Ibiza. The same team have just opened Cotton Lounge Club – a laidback restaurant that also includes a pizzeria, coffee shop and juice bar – in up-and-coming Figueretas, the waterfront promenade south of Ibiza Town.
Address: Cotton Beach Club, Carrer Posta de Sol, Cala Tarida, Ibiza
Telephone: +34 971 806 180
Website: cottonbeachclub.com
Experimental Beach
Part of the hip Parisian Experimental Group (Experimental Cocktail Club; Grand Pigalle Hotel), this laid-back spot on Cap des Falcó is effortlessly cool. So cool in fact that no one bats an eye at its identity crisis: is it a beach club? Restaurant? Nightspot? It’s all the same to the stylish thirty-somethings in Mara Hoffman swimsuits who come for the oversized day beds, three-hour lunches that blur into epic sunsets – as you’d expect, the cocktails are cracking – and DJ-fuelled dinners. While most beach clubs close at sunset, Experimental Beach is as much somewhere to rock up at night as it is when the sun is shining. There’s no beach exactly, but a headland made of sea-smoothed stones. This summer’s addition of a wooden jetty makes swimming less of a wobbly walk to the water, while kayak and paddleboard hire allows the less languid to explore the surrounding Las Salinas nature reserve.
Address: Experimental Beach, Las Salinas, Ibiza
Telephone: +34 664 331 269
Website: eccbeach.com
