Hotel Levante

About Hotel Levante

Hotel Levante suits travellers who want to be in Es Pujols rather than out in the countryside. The village centre is 0.4 km away, which makes an evening walk for dinner an easy habit and keeps the return trip short. The hotel also works for anyone touring Formentera by bike, since the island is flat and the lanes between the villages are short. Couples, friends and families tend to share the same plan here: a pool, a beach and a late lunch.

Hotel Levante is a three-star hotel, so the appeal lies in the basics rather than in extras: a swimming pool, a spa, bars and a restaurant are all listed among its facilities. It is a hotel rather than a villa or an apartment, which means the running of the place is handled by someone else. For a week of beach mornings, long lunches and slow evenings, that covers the ground well.

Location: Es Pujols

Es Pujols is Formentera's liveliest village, with a beach, boat houses along the water and evening bars that keep the place awake after dark. Hotel Levante sits in this area, 0.4 km from the centre by straight line. Sant Ferran de ses Roques, the crossroads village between the lagoon and the south coast, is 1.7 km away; the small capital, Sant Francesc Xavier, is 3 km, and La Savina, where the ferries dock, is 3.7 km.

Walking covers the village and the beach at Es Pujols; anything further is better by bike, scooter, bus or taxi. Sant Ferran de ses Roques at 1.7 km is a comfortable cycle, while Sant Francesc Xavier at 3 km and La Savina at 3.7 km are easier with wheels. In July and August the village fills up and the lanes get busy, so mornings and late afternoons are calmer. May, June, September and October bring quieter streets and shorter queues.

Rooms and facilities

Facilities at Hotel Levante are listed as a swimming pool, a spa, bars and a restaurant. Read that as a base with water for hot afternoons and a spa for the end of a long walk or ride, with the bars and restaurant covering the hours when going out again feels like effort. Couples can build the day around the pool; families can use it as the anchor of an afternoon; late arrivals will want to know what is still serving.

What the facilities do not settle is timing, so confirm the details with Hotel Levante before booking: whether the pool and spa stay open in the month you travel, whether the restaurant serves every evening or only part of the season, and how late the bars run. Ask about arrival times if your ferry reaches La Savina in the evening, and about anything a younger guest in the party needs.

Getting there

Fly to Ibiza Airport (IBZ), about 7 km south-west of Ibiza Town, then cross the town to the port and take the ferry to La Savina. Fast ferries take about 30-35 minutes and conventional ferries about an hour; sailings are frequent in season and fewer in winter, so check the operators before you fix a date. From La Savina, Hotel Levante is 3.7 km away by straight line.

From the port, a taxi or a bus covers the 3.7 km to Hotel Levante, and bikes can be hired in the villages for the flat roads. Formentera marks green routes (circuits verds) for walking and cycling, and scooters are common. The Consell de Formentera caps visitor vehicles in high season, so check its rules before bringing or hiring a car, and confirm current bus lines locally.

Beaches, sights and food nearby

Es Pujols, 0.4 km away, has the nearest beach alongside the boat houses and evening bars. Ca na Costa, a megalithic tomb about 4,000 years old and the oldest known monument on the Pitiusas, is 1.2 km from Hotel Levante. The lagoons of Ses Salines Natural Park, where birds gather, are 2.3 km away, and Sant Francesc Xavier, with its fortified 18th-century church, market and shops, is 3.1 km.

Further out, Ses Illetes and the Espalmador islet lie in the north, Platja de Migjorn runs along the south coast, and Cala Saona faces west below red cliffs. Plan those with a map, or ask at Hotel Levante which roads are quietest. Island food runs to peix sec (dried fish), island salads and fresh fish, served in the villages and in the beach bars that open for the season.

A day from Hotel Levante

Start with the walk into Es Pujols, 0.4 km from Hotel Levante, for coffee and the beach. Then take the 1.2 km to Ca na Costa to see the megalithic tomb before the day heats up, and continue 2.3 km to the lagoons, where birds work the shallows of Ses Salines Natural Park. Come back for the pool in the middle of the day.

In the late afternoon, head 3.1 km to Sant Francesc Xavier for the fortified church and the shops around it, or keep it short with the 1.7 km to Sant Ferran de ses Roques. Back in Es Pujols, 0.4 km from Hotel Levante, the bars take over as the beach empties. Keep the plan loose: the island is flat and these hops are short.

Practical tips

Much of Formentera's tourism business closes roughly from November to April, so confirm Hotel Levante's opening dates before booking a winter or early-spring trip; the main towns stay open year-round. Peak crowds arrive in July and August, with May, June, September and October quieter. Expect the sustainable tourism tax (the ecotasa) to be added by Hotel Levante, charged per person per night; rates depend on season and accommodation type, children under 16 are exempt, and the Govern de les Illes Balears publishes the current rules.

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