{"id":34868,"date":"2023-07-06T11:55:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T09:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.santjosep.net\/la-costa-oeste-y-sur-de-ibiza-por-mar\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T10:17:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T08:17:03","slug":"la-costa-oeste-y-sur-de-ibiza-por-mar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.santjosep.net\/en\/la-costa-oeste-y-sur-de-ibiza-por-mar\/","title":{"rendered":"A sea trip along Ibiza\u2019s western and southern coasts"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation=”no” enable_text_marquee=”no”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over 80 kilometres <\/strong>and 32 beaches<\/strong>. These two figures illustrate the enormous potential of Sant Josep de sa Talaia for sailing enthusiasts. This municipal district boasts some truly iconic landscapes, instagrammed by visitors from all over the world,<\/strong> with views that have come to form part of our collective imagination. A tour along this area of the island’s coast reveals the compelling beauty<\/strong> of a shoreline replete with little hideaways waiting to be discovered, with the true essence of the Mediterranean providing a visual feast for our eyes, and for our hearts as well.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”34690″ img_size=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1688636028151{margin-top: 15px !important;margin-bottom: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1688636262855{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Es Vedr\u00e0 y es Vedranells<\/em><\/h6>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Imagine setting off from the southern tip of the municipality which is also the southern part of the island.<\/strong> There, at the end of the popular d’en Bossa beach,<\/a> the centre of entertainment and attraction in this part of the island, and where its huge expanse of sand comes to an end, you will see a rocky promontory topped by the lookout tower of Sa Sal Rossa<\/a>. It also known as the Tower of the Carregador,<\/a> or salt loader, because at one time this was where the cargo from the nearby salt pans was loaded. If you reach this spot by sea at the base of the 18th century tower, you will see some little boatsheds where an irregular jetty shaped from stones reaches out into the sea. This will be your first plunge into the waters of History. It is La Xanga<\/a> which at one time was Ibiza’s first salt port where Phoenicians, Arabs and Christians all traded in this intense business activity. The remains of a cobbled square and some cisterns<\/a> are witness to the existence of a salt industry in the square which, built in the 16th century, was the site for exporting the island’s white gold. Previously, in the Phoenician -Carthaginian era this place was used to unload and cut up the tuna fished in the nearby almadrabas<\/em> – tuna netting traps.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1688636311608{margin-top: 15px !important;}”]