Ibiza for The Three Generations: a Friday-to-Monday weekend
White walls, salt flats, and a rock that hums.
A weekend everyone can keep up with. Flat routes and places to sit, a boat or a funicular for the view, one highlight a day that works at eight and at eighty, and dinners with a long table.
Friday: The promenade and the ramp
- Passeig de Vara de Rey
The town's flat promenade of plane trees and benches, with the harbour at one end and ice cream at the other; everyone finds their pace.
- Dalt Vila by the carriage ramp
Through the drawbridge gate and up the stepless ramp to the first bastion, where there is a bench, a cannon, and the whole harbour.
- Ca n'Alfredo
The island's classic dining room since 1934, with a long table and a menu that suits eight and eighty; the guisat de peix is for sharing.
Saturday: By boat along the coast
- Santa Eulària ferry to Cala Llonga
The little coastal ferry down to Cala Llonga and back, twenty minutes each way with the cliffs alongside; a flat landing at both ends.
- Royalty
The town's café since 1933, with a terrace on the main street, a long menu of Ibizan dishes and a cake counter for the youngest.
- Pont Vell
The old stone bridge over the island's only river, a flat riverside path to it from the promenade, and ducks for the children.
Sunday: Salt and the plaza
- Ses Salines salt pans
Drive the causeway between the pink pools and stop at the viewpoints for flamingos and the salt stacks; no walking required.
- Santa Gertrudis plaza
A flat village square with a white church, two galleries and shade, where the grandparents sit with a coffee while the children circle.
- Can Berri Vell
A 300-year-old farmhouse with a terrace on the village plaza and lamb from the next valley; a long table outside at seven is easy to book.
Monday: The cove and the fortress church
- Sa Caleta Phoenician settlement
A short boardwalk round the island's first town on a red headland, with benches facing the sea; the car park is at the gate.
- Església de Sant Jordi
A white fortress church with a flat plaza in front and a cool nave inside; five minutes from the airport road.
- La Escollera
Lunch on a wooden deck above Es Cavallet beach, paella for the table and a flat walk to the water; the airport is fifteen minutes away.