Hellllllooo IBIZAAA!! ☀️☀️
The long awaited girls trip was finally here. You maybe reading this and thinking, you've had more than enough girls trips how is this long awaited! Basically the uni girls and I had wanted to go to Ibiza since we pretty much first met at uni, 2015 was the first time we thought we could have enough money to enjoy the worldwide recognised party island, but unfortunately life came first and none of us had the time to organise or money to enjoy! But we were dedicated to making sure 2016 was our year!
We booked the flights early this year for a bargain price but our organisation wasn't as in tune for booking accommodation as we only managed to sort this out a few weeks before we departed and due to most of us going on copious holidays throughout the year our holiday spending fund was lacking. But there was no turning back, we were going, finally to Ibiza....
We arrived at midnight with a plane full of girls applying a face full of make up ready for their first night. We looked at them in horror, were they serious!? We'd just endured a full day of work, there was no chance in hell we were hitting in infamous strip or any drinking establishment for that matter. We were going straight to bed, we've changed! Were we too past it for Ibiza? No, clearly we were just too sensible 😒
After a well-earned sleep, we woke up around 11am thanks to our black out blinds! We ripped open the shutters and were treated to bright blue skies and a hint of the marina.
We quickly packed our beach bags desperate to work on our last chance tan before summer came to an end and headed out for an explore and breakfast.
This was the lane next to our Air BnB apartment! We were located within Dalt Villa, kind of within the grounds of the castle in the Old Town area of Ibiza.
We spotted a great place to refuel with great seating and an even better view of the marina! We stuck to tradition following all of our trips to Spanish towns and started the holiday with tomato tostadas, orange juice and a cafe con leche.
Definitely time for the beach, we walked through the town and made our way to Playa d'en Bossa - a popular beach away from San Antonio but still full of party-goers! It was perfect, until we got approached by our first club promoter. The first of many might I add. A real pain in the arse.
After a lunch of salad (budget and healthy) - body prep for Harriet's wedding - we decided to make our way back to get a froyo ready to head somewhere for a few drinks before dinner and to hopefully we a sunset. We got a boat back (€3) which took us into the marina of the Old Town.
After gaining a full-time obsession for Llallao (frozen yoghurt) and passing it on route back to the apartment we could hardly resist! Obviously I topped mine with dulce de leche, crumbled Oreo and Smarties! Not my healthiest decision but definitely the right one!
After a quick shower and change into clothes that would make up look the most tanned we headed out in search for tapas. Look at the beautiful-ness we were dealing with!
We found a cute little tapas bar on the marina. Great spot for people watching and watching the sun go down! Plus we had the most amazing waiter who happened to have a very Northern British accent but was actually fully Spanish having been brought up in Tenerife, he just had a load of Northern friends.
After dinner we went on to ogle the super yachts that seemed to shotgun the front row at the marina, before being invited onto one of them. We were told to come back later for a private party! Now this did ring alarm bells, but how often do you get to experience a super yacht? And safety in numbers right!
Whilst we waited we headed to a leafy Spanish lounge bar for a couple of mojitos and mint sheesha.
This was our evening's party boat... Amazing!! To be honest it was a rather strange scene, we had to leave our mobiles and ID at the 'reception' but we were given free drinks all night. In the end we realised it sounded to good to be true so we didn't stick around for fear that they may take us to Bermuda or somewhere we didn't plan to be heading! Also please note there were hundreds of other people on the boat so it wasn't too odd!
The next day we were up bright and early and we awoke to skies that were ridiculously blue but I think the below pictures shows how beautiful Ibiza is.
We spent the day at a different beach which was slightly closer called Figuertas. The actually beach seemed slightly dirty and there were a few unruly characters, so we didn't stick around too long instead heading for a long lunch in the shade as we enjoyed some protection away from the sun.
That evening we headed across the Island to Cotton Beach Club in Cala Tarida with more than enough time to experience the sunsets Ibiza had to offer.
Safe to say we were not left disappointed, plus the sushi was incredible as was the wine.
We were up early the following day to head across by ferry to Formentura. I don't think I'm going to write anything, the pictures speak for themself. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful...
After our perfectly timed sunset ferry home we got ready for dinner where we planned to eat even more tapas. You can never get enough. I think I have eaten my body weight in tapas this year. Had to use the filter!
We made an excellent choice to head over to a completely different beach and it was well worth the hike and sweat to get there. Talamanca Beach was small and very Spanish and the surroundings were beautiful.
We had a lovely day at the beach with plenty of swimming and lunch at a beach restaurant and ate the most amazing goats cheese salad. Before heading back to get ready for Ushuaia where Aviici was performing, but not before a few selfies.
It was soooo so so good! The atmosphere was ridiculous and we had an amazing night! If you're ever in Ibiza, make sure you book tickets to Ushuaia and have the best night ever.
After a another day at Talamanca Beach (luckily it had luggage storage for our suitcases) it was time for our final stop - Experimental Beach, only 5 miles from the airport but with incredible views and the most insane sunset!
I think it's clear to see our last evening in magical Ibiza was pretty special! We then headed on our way to the airport for 1am and managed to bag some seats for a few hours kip as our flight was at 4am and we all had to work the next day!
Until next time Ibiza - next stop; New York xoxo
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