Cala Tarida Spain, Traveller Information CALA TARIDA
Sheltered by a backdrop
of well urbanised hills, this is the longest and widest beach of fine white sand,
this side of the island. The clean, clear waters over a sandy bottom are shallow
to quite a way out on the right, deeper and more rocky to the left.
Interestingly shaped rocks to swim out to for a solitary sunbathe. No shade
so take coverups. Reached by ferry, bus or good road. Very popular family beach.
Activities: Pedaloes, diving school, volleyball
Size: 275 metres
long, 30-100 metres wide.
Reached by car or ferry in the summer season,
follow signposts from San Antonio or San José.
C'as Mila Chiringuito
Restaurant
Cala Tarida Chiringuito - This eatery at the centre of the
beach has excellent breakfasts, snacks & simple meals at good prices. It also
has a little beachwear boutique.
Situated at 15 minutes at the west of
San Antonio, Cala tarida will offer you it emerauld water and it 285 meters of
white sand.
This beach is very attended, in fact a large number of hotels
are situated aroud the beach.
The beach can be reached by bus or by boat
from San Antonio
- Hotels
- Bar, restaurants
- Water sports
- Creu Roja life guard
Situation This magnificent family Club has been
completely renovated and upgraded to 4 star standard. Situated in the quiet bay
of Cala Tarida, the beautiful sandy beach is only a few steps away. In the area
you will find small bars and restaurants. The quiet town of San José is
approximately 6 km away and San Antonio is approximately 10 Km away. (Daytime
regular bus service available).
The facilities include; non-smoking air
conditioned buffet restaurant with show cooking and microwave for baby food, (Gentlemen
are obliged to wear long trousers at dinner), bar and Mediterranean grill restaurant
on the beach, a new roof top restaurant and a new pizzeria. Children¹s menus
available.
ACCESS: Take the road from Ibiza to Sant Josep de sa
Talaia and make a left at km 13, onto the paved road. Follow signs to the beach.
The beach is also accessible from San Antoni de Portmany through the road to Port
des Torrent.
TRANSPORTATION: By car or bicycle. There is a bus
line to the beach during the summer.
DISTANCES: 19 km from Ibiza and
6 km from Sant Josep de sa Talaia.
DESCRIPRTION: Enclosed and safe
beach with multiple areas of flat rocks and small islands by the shore, forming
a beautiful, rich scenery.
LENGTH: 250 m.
WIDTH: From 40 to 50
m.
TERRAIN: Mostly fine, natural, white sand, with some higher areas made
of flat rocks.
DEPTH: Mostly sandy substrata and not very deep. The depth
at 25 m from the shoreline is only 1 m.
ORIENTATION AND PREDOMINANT WINDS:
Its Southwestern exposure brings mild winds either diagonally or from the sea
inland.
SCENERY: The scenery in this area is very unique, with its variety
of rock formations and structure.
There are two small islands in the
middle of the beach, on which people tend to sunbathe. It also has an array of
water sport facilities (scuba-diving club that organises diving excursions, pedal
boat hire, etc). The area is set in a beautiful location surrounded by mountains
full of pine trees. It is full of families from the area. It has excellent services
and facilities for the disabled with access to the beach by ramp.
Sheltered
by a backdrop of well urbanised hills, this is the longest and widest beach, of
fine white sand, this side of the island. The clean, clear waters over a sandy
bottom are shallow to quite a way out on the right, deeper and more pebbly to
the left. Interestingly shaped rocks to swim out to for a solitary sunbathe. No
shade so take cover-ups. Reached by bus or car on a good road or ferry.
Shopping in San Antonio, Ibiza
In San Antonio you'll find everything
from large department stores to fashion, music and souvenirs.
Amazing
Selection of Sportswear
'Grupo el Coral', 3 unique stores at the same
location where you will find the biggest selection of leisure, sportswear and
equipment on the island – at top value prices.
The residents
favourite
Nicely central in San An this is Ibiza's first ever, and still
the best for courtesy, personal service and excellent quality throughout. Impressive
Off License, and extensive Deli section with fresh foods.
Men's
Fashion
20 yds down from the Church it's quality all the way, in this
well presented shop, where more than half of the display area is dedicated to
the fabulous collection of Genuine, quality Lacoste for men. Great value prices
and many other designer labels.
San Antonio's Bars and smaller Clubs
Fed up with the clubs' extortionate prices? Enjoy our San Antonio Bar Special
If, as we, you are fed up paying 50 entry and 10 for a beer, read
our reviews below of some excellent alternatives.
Some are full
on music bars with dancing and club-feel, some are perfect for lazing away the
hot and steamy days with a cool cocktail, whilst others offer a more traditional
pub atmosphere, with games, shows and great value prices....!!
Kanya
- The New Sunset Bar and Thai Restaurant
As the only bar-cum-club on
the sunset strip and with a 4am licence, it's no surprise this orange and blue
multi-coloured creation is becoming one of the more admired sunset locations.
Get your towel down early, as Kanya's beautiful pool and sun terrace can become
one of the busiest places to sunbath during the day along the 'Strip', with the
all day party crew chilling out. When day turns to night, flock to the in-and-outdoor
dance floors for the nightly pre-parties to sample the après midnight dance
licence from the phat sound-system.
And you can grab a bite in the Thai
restaurant at Kanya or something lighter from the tasty snack bar menu (Spaghetti
Bolognaise - 10 ). Drinks aren't cheap, but remember this is a legendary
place to watch the sun say 'adios'.
Club 'Nightlife' - San Antonio's
West End
San Antonio is littered with bars, cheap drink offers and
plenty of up-for-it people. What's even better is there's a nightclub here in
San An that is totally free of charge - don't believe it? Neither did I.
Not even as little as a euro was shelled out by myself to gain entry to 'Nightlife'
situated just across from the taxi rank. From the full-capacity club I realised
that here was an excellent alternative option from the other seven 'super clubs'
and if you're holidaying on a strict budget. Don't let the fact that admission
is free put you off, as you definitely won't be disappointed to find out that
the standard is just as high with first division DJs headlining numerous nights
of the week. All in all, the drinks are inexpensive, the atmosphere is wicked,
the music is for everyone so strap on your dancing shoes and get in there!
Sgt Peppers II - San Antonio Bay
All around the bay in the
busy, barmy summer season, hundreds of drinking dens fight to be 'the one' holding
'the party' with a capital P. Peppers II ranks highly in this league and is probably
one of the best places to simply surrender to the madness. With a near 20 hour
opening licence, Manager Ian ensures around the clock mayhem of friendly family
fun along with urban up-fer-it youngsters lasting until dawn. A spacious terrace
boasting a pool table, bar and TV action is favoured by the more mature crew whilst
inside the intimate dancefloor is the perfect place to get down and boogie to
massive summer anthems from DJ Jaffa. Peppers is renowned for its crazy themed
nights from Monday through to Sunday but if you're too shy to partake, go along
anyway, even if it is just for the chuckling factor! Weekly favourites are 'Miss
Wet T-shirt' and cheeky 'School Nite', I wonder why?!
Pink Panther
- San Antonio Bay
If a night out amongst the notoriously rowdy West
End clan isn't you're thing, head round San Antonio's bay for a colossal collection
of bars where the 'good time' atmosphere is available 7 days a week. About five
minutes walk from Hotel Hawaii, British themed pub 'The Pink Panther' serves a
slap-up meal of fun filled nights. With different deeds most nights of the week,
it would be an easy option to take root here for each and every one of your sundowns.
Sunday, Tuesdays and Fridays are the ever popular pub quiz with the chance
to win 'big cash prizes'. Keeping in theme with back home in blighty, try your
talent at 'Pop Idol Karaoke' on Saturdays and Wednesdays. Other nights by manager
Sue and her crew include Cocktail Parties, Pool Knockout and 'Live' events on
the television.
The Pink Panther opens at 8pm and on the whole, entertainment
starts at 9pm for the 'family friendly' atmosphere. As the board outside says,
If you've never had 'sex on the beach' followed by a 'screaming orgasm' or sipped
your 'wicked willy' while clutching your 'fruity balls', you've never had a cocktail
at the Pink Panther!
Itaca - San Antonio
Taking up a
nice slice along the s'Arenal beach promenade in the midst of other well known
bars, Itaca stands out with its unmistakable Grecian columns and temple-like design.
If your vision is still blurred from the night before and don't know where I mean,
look for the mammoth disco-ball overhanging the funky upstairs cocktail terrace.
Manager Juan and his funky team have managed yet again to make Itaca the official
home of pre-parties such as Tonic and Charly's Angelz and as a result have made
this a favourite haunt of the youthful massive and a great place to kick off the
hours of darkness. For early risers and sun worshippers, Itaca opens at 10am and
the beautiful downstairs terrace is the perfect place to take a pew and watch
San An go by.
Food is top notch from the huge selection on the scrumptious
menu or check out the weekly specials board. I opted for Lasagne, garlic bread
and a large drink, all coming to the very reasonable fee of 8. If you're
good at decision making, check out the rather extensive desserts and cocktails
menu, if not, sod it, you're on holiday, try them all!
Millennium
- San Antonio Bay
Similar in décor and colour to San An's
Itaca, Millennium adorns the main road through San Antonio bay with its columns
and Greek style terrace. With live sporting events shown on the big big screen
and day long meals being their best assets in attracting customers, Pepe and his
staff have no trouble in filling up this sports/disco bar with family holidaymakers.
An indoor pool table and disco dancefloor keep the younger ones occupied as the
big kids, otherwise known as adults, take to the stage for the karaoke and full
monty entertainment specials. A somewhat different crowd makes an appearance on
nights such as 80's disco and Miss wet T-shirt, but all in all a good fun family
way to start your night.
Soulcity @ Simple (Simple Art Bar) - San
Antonio's West End
When you're slap bang in the middle of the west
end, slightly under the influence, and in serious need of a fast food snack attack
(face it, we've all been there) you get yourself to KFC, right? OK. Next time
you're there, probably tonight, finish your chicken, lick your fingers, and head
next door on the right to Soulcity @ Simple for some real finger lickin' fun.
Full to the brim every night with people up for a good time, Soulcity is
without doubt one of the busiest music orientated bars in the west end.
Since Manager Julian's decision to change the music policy away from the typical
'Ibiza house', the DJs play different sets throughout the week orientated around
the variety of music on offer. R&B, Soul, Garage, Hip-Hop and Reggae are among
the favourites, but whatever the choice, whatever the night, if you are up for
a night of drinking and dancing mayhem get yourself to Simple. Being a bar, entrance
is free, you'll find Simple open every night till 6am, party on!
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