Ibiza is best from the water.
The crossing to Formentera, Es Vedrà at sunset, sea caves off the north coast and the calas you only reach by boat. What each trip is really like, what it costs, and where to book it.
Seven bookings you won’t regret.
First trip or fifth, these are the ones that carry a week here: the all-day beach-hopping cruise, the fast run to Formentera, the sunset sail past Es Vedrà with a drink in your hand.
Beach Hopping Cruise w/ Paddleboard, Food, & Drinks
Cruise Ibiza’s south coast with stops at Cala Bassa and Cala Conta, plus paddleboarding, snorkeling gear, buffet food, and open drinks.
From $81 per person
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Formentera is a morning away.
An hour south of Ibiza the water turns the colour of a swimming pool. Take the fast catamaran or the plain ferry, spend the day on Ses Illetes’ white sand, and be back for a shower before dinner. This is the day trip people plan the whole week around.
Which day on the water is yours?
Everyone gets a day on a boat here; the right one depends on your week. Three good ways to spend it, and every option behind each is already reviewed and priced.
The big crossing
A day on Formentera
from $102 · 1,608 reviews
The catamarans and ferries leave Ibiza through the morning for the run across to Ses Illetes. Pick a boat with lunch and an open bar and the whole day is sorted: sand, snorkel and the crossing both ways, back on Ibiza by evening.
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Golden hour
The sunset sail
from $48 · 192 reviews
Cast off from Sant Antoni as the light goes soft and drop anchor under Es Vedrà while the sun sinks behind it. Most add a snorkel stop at the Atlantis cove on the way out. Bring a layer for the ride home.
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Clear water
Coves and caves
from $68 · 992 reviews
The north coast hides caves and calas the road never reaches. A small boat with masks and paddleboards gets you into all of them, with the clearest swimming on the island in between the stops.
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The night begins at sea.
Long before the clubs open, the sunset boats push off from Sant Antoni: an open bar, a DJ on deck, Es Vedrà going pink on the horizon. Stay on for the boat party or step off at a beach club. Either way the evening starts on the water.
The clearest swimming is a boat ride out.
The best snorkel spots on Ibiza sit off the north coast and around the islets, past where the road stops. These trips carry the masks and the paddleboards and know exactly where to drop anchor.
Take the wheel for the day.
The dirt roads to the north end and the coves off Sant Antoni reward a bit of engine. Jeeps, quads, buggies and jet skis, with the paperwork sorted and a guide out front who knows the tracks.
There is a whole island behind the beaches.
Climb the walls of Dalt Vila at golden hour, wander the pine ridges of the north, or catch a hippie market before the crowds. Ibiza has quiet corners the boats never see, and a good guide knows exactly where they are.
The island, cove by cove.
Ibiza works stretch by stretch of coast. Formentera for the white sand, the north for the sea caves, Sant Antoni for the sunset, Dalt Vila for the evening walk.
Pick your kind of day.
Twelve ways onto the water and off it. Choose the one that sounds like your day and every trip behind it is already reviewed and priced.
Ways to spend a day afloat.
Half of Ibiza only makes sense from a deck. Book the boat, pack the sun cream, and let someone who knows the coast read the charts.
Three days, if it’s your first.
You can’t do the whole island in one trip, but three days covers the best of it. This is the run we would hand a friend flying in tomorrow.
Day 1
Land, then climb the old town
Drop the bags and walk up through Dalt Vila to the cathedral for the view, then take the first sunset from the ramparts. An easy start while the flight wears off.
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Day 2
The big boat day
Catch the morning crossing to Formentera, spend it on Ses Illetes’ white sand with a snorkel stop along the way, and cruise back into the evening light.
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Day 3
Coves, caves and Es Vedrà
Take a small boat up the west coast to the sea caves, swim in the clearest water on the island, then time the ride home for the sun dropping behind Es Vedrà.
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