Sunflower Books: Landscapes of IBIZA & FORMENTERA: WALKS AND CAR TOURS

Ibiza and Formentera, 3rd (2007; updated 01/11/08)

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Updates for walks and car tours (drives) on Ibiza and Formentera given below supplement those provided in the guidebook. It is vital that this Update is read in conjunction with the text of the book, but note that the Update applies only to the edition stated and not to any earlier editions. (If you have an older edition of this book and want to "upgrade" to the latest edition at half price, click here.)

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Buses: All change! In Sant Antoni the bus station has been moved yet again (June 2007). It is now located south of the statium (7 on the plan on page 21). It is doubtful that buses now run out to '8' on the plan, so for Walk 12 you will probably have to use the plan on page 21 to make your way to the coast. (Sunflower)

Walk 1: At the 2h-point, if you turn left you come to another tunnel which leads straight to the cathedral in D'Alt Vila. (Author, 3/08)

Walk 6: We have just returned from a holiday in Ibiza 12th-19th May 2008. We tried to follow the above walk, but found there was no signpost for the Torre Des Savinar. After several wrong turns, we met a German couple half way down a track, who told us they had been this way five years ago and it led to the Torre Des Savinar, but now the track was blocked by a wire fence. We could see the fence been broken in one place, so we all climbed over and made our way, firstly to the Mirador and then on to the Torre itself. The views were fantastic, and the solitude and atmosphere was incredible. I don't know if we were supposed to climb over the fence or not, but with this barrier and the sign post being removed, someone obviously does not want people doing this walk! (User, 5/08) There never was a signpost for the walk. However, since publication of the book, a new fence has been erected. But it is there to stop motorised traffic. Just 20m/yds to the left there is a gap for walkers to pass through. There is an even better and prettier ascent to the tower some 50m/yds past the fence - it heads up to the left, and a friend of mine has promised to keep this route clear and waymarked in future. (Hans Losse, 3/6/08) + Further to comments in the online update about this walk, I confirm that there is no signpost to show the track off the Cala d'Hort road. My wife and I completed the walk earlier this month (Oct 2008) however. The track off is on a right-hand corner (going towards Cala d'Hort), there is a square house, currently painted a beige colour, a few metres after the turn-off on the right-hand side of the road; the track off is asphalted to begin with but after a few metres turns to gravel. There is ample parking off the track, on the left, shortly afterwards; if walking from there, ignore 2 (not 1) turn-offs to the right on the way to the mirador. Do not be deterred by all this detail - the walk to the tower is worth doing! (e-mail, 10.08)
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Walk 9 - we attempted this, starting from Cala Xarraca, but the path just disappeared soon after the 'roundabout' referred to on page 64; we tried to find another route which is described on the return route, page 65, but turned back when a sheep-sized barking black dog emerged from a farm and ran menacingly towards us! (e-mail, 10.08)
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Walk 13 - the instructions on page 76 are not correct; turn off the lane as directed to the left of a wall, then look for a track down on the left - not waymarked - about 20 metres after turning off the lane. If you find this, the remainder of the walk is fairly straightforward - it is also scenic and well worth the effort. (e-mail, 10.08)