Ibiza is a Mediterranean island located off the coast of Spain. It has over 125,000 inhabitants and a climate influenced by the Sahara desert, with mild winters and cooler summers. Popular activities for visitors include visiting famous clubs and beaches, as well as historical monuments like the Portal of Ses Taules entrance and the 13th century Gothic and Baroque Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows. The island is also known for the 7th century Phoenician necropolis of Puig de Molins and has produced notable figures like priest Isidor Macabich and landscape painter Narcis Puget Viñas. Local cuisine features seafood, vegetables, rice and fish stews, with a specialty

1. IBIZA

2. GENERAL INFORMATION

3. Ibiza is a mediterranean island 79 kilometers away from Valencia´s coast, in Spain. It is Balearic island´s third largest, an autonomous community of Spain. It has got 125053 inhabitants and it is a part of a group of the western Balearic archipelago called “Pine islands” composed of itself and Formentera. Ibiza´s climated is Mediterranean and influenced of Sahara desert with temperature of 17ºC and scarces rainfalls. It has milder winters and sligtly cooler summers than Majorca

4. WHAT CAN YOU DO HERE???

5. You can go to some clubs such as Amnesia, Pachá, the Divine, Paradis…(which are the best known), for fun. You can also go to some of the most famous and beautiful beaches of Ibiza, Sant Antoni

6. SOME MONUMENTS…

7. Portal of Ses Taules: is the main entrance door to the walled city or Dalt Vila. It is Renaissance style.

8. THE CAHEDRAL OF OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows: located in Dalt Vila. It is a cathedral built in the thirteenth century. It is Gothic but the ship is Baroque. In the seventeenth century it was remoled so also has works of art in Renaissance style interior. This cathedral pays homage Santa Maria Maggiore and the Virgin of the Snows, because they are the two festivals were closed to 8 of August, when Catalans conquered Ibiza, they wanted to build a cathedral to commemorate this event. You can visit the Museum of the Sacristy.

10. THE NECROPOLIS PUIG OF MOLINS The necropolis Puig of Molins: this museum was built by the Phoenicians in the seventh century J.C

13. IMPORTANT PEOPLE WHO WERE BORN THERE

14. Isidor Macabich was a priest who was born in Ibiza on 10 September 1883, in a fairly affluent family. Narcis Puget Viñas(1874-1960) was a photographer and painter and became interested in landscapes of Ibiza and Formentera, who managed to translated into living works of impressionist light. Besides the first artist of Pine was a general recognition that, soon became a reference for Ibiza and Formentera´s painters of the twentieth century.

15. FOOD

16. The cousine is based on Mediterranean´s typical products: mainly seafood (cod, octpus, squid…), cooked vegetables, garlic´s sauce, casseroles, rice, fish stw, wrasing rajada raya (that is a casserole)… The Ibiza´s most typical dishes are: pages sofrit (with lamb, chicken, potatoes, sausage, chopped almonds)

17. .. You can come to Ibiza for a holiday or just to take you a few days rest and you can also go out to nightclubs to have fun.