The North (Santa Gertrudis & Sant Joan)

A look around

What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

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Where it sits

The circle is The North and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

• Las Dalias & the hippie markets32 min taxi10.8 km
• The superclubs34 min taxi11.2 km
• Dalt Vila, the walled old town37 min taxi12.2 km
• The Sant Antoni sunset strip38 min taxi12.7 km
• Playa d'en Bossa & Ushuaïa45 min taxi15.1 km
• Ses Salines beach & salt flats59 min taxi19.6 km
• Cala Comte & the west-coast beaches59 min taxi19.6 km
• Es Vedrà & Cala d'Hort73 min taxi24.5 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 10.Sunset drums at Benirràs — A pine-fringed cove in the north where, on Sunday evenings, a loose circle of drummers still beats the sun down over the sea — an old hippie tradition that survives the club era. Come early with a picnic; the most soulful sunset on the island, and the north's quiet answer to the strips.
• 12.Santa Gertrudis village — The boho heart of the interior — a tiny whitewashed village square ringed with galleries, tapas bars and the famous Bar Costa, full of a moneyed-hippie crowd. A lovely, laid-back lunch stop that shows the chic, arty side of rural Ibiza; pair it with a drive through the pine hills.
• 13.Portinatx & the north coves — The far north's calm, family-friendly bays — Portinatx's sheltered coves of clear shallow water, and wilder gems like Cala Xarraca and Aguas Blancas nearby. Quieter, greener and gentler than the south's beaches; the place to base a relaxed, un-clubby island week with kids or a book.
• 16.Cova de Can Marçà — A dramatic old smugglers' cave in the cliffs above Port de Sant Miquel in the north — a lit walkway past stalactites, an underground waterfall and a balcony over the sea. A fun, cool hour out of the sun and a good one with kids; combine it with a swim in the pretty bay below.