Core Ibiza Town Hotel

About Core Ibiza Town Hotel

Core Ibiza Town Hotel suits travellers who want to sleep in the middle of Eivissa and spend their budget on the island rather than on the room. The address sits in the lower town, 0.1 km from Dalt Vila, so the walls, the cathedral hill and the port are all on foot. Couples on a short break, friends travelling together and anyone arriving late on a flight will find the position does most of the work.

This is a two-star hotel rather than a resort, and the appeal is the address. A guest score of 4.8/5 from 95 reviews sits alongside a short, practical list: a 24 hour front desk, lifts, free wifi, luggage storage, a safe and a terrace. Treat Core Ibiza Town Hotel as a central base for the island and the building gives you what a base needs.

Location: Dalt Vila and Ibiza Town

Eivissa is the island's capital and its oldest quarter. Dalt Vila, the walled upper town, sits on the hill directly above the port, with Renaissance walls built in the 16th century and the cathedral at the top. The streets below are the working town: offices, shops, cafés and the ferry terminals. Core Ibiza Town Hotel is 0.1 km from that old town and 0.7 km from the port, so both ends of the day are a walk.

Everything within the old town is walkable, and the port, the marina and the Dalt Vila walls are all within a kilometre of the door. Talamanca is 1.7 km away and Playa d'en Bossa 3.1 km, both easy by taxi or on a seasonal bus, while a hire car makes more sense for the north and west coasts. In July and August the centre is loud until late and the pavements are crowded; in May, June and September the same streets are calmer and the light lasts.

Rooms and facilities

Facilities are listed rather than promised, so read the room description before booking. The 24 hour front desk helps anyone landing on a late flight, and luggage storage plus a safe cover the hours between check-out and the ferry. Lifts serve the floors and there is wheelchair access, which matters in a town of steep stepped lanes. A sofa bed appears in the listed set-up, useful for a third person or two children sharing with parents.

Before booking, confirm with Core Ibiza Town Hotel which rooms take the sofa bed and whether the terrace is shared or private, as these are the two points most worth pinning down. Ask about check-in and check-out times where you are arriving late, about lift access to the floor you are given, and about luggage storage if your ferry to Formentera leaves in the evening. Pets are not allowed, which is worth knowing before you plan around a dog.

Getting there

Ibiza Airport (IBZ) is 6.6 km south-west of Core Ibiza Town Hotel on a straight line, in the municipality of Sant Josep. A taxi is the shortest way in with bags; buses from the airport run to Ibiza Town and the south beaches, with more lines in summer, and the island bus operator publishes current routes. A hire car collected at the airport suits a longer island stay, but parking in the old town is its own task.

The port is 0.7 km from the hotel, downhill, and it is where ferries leave for Formentera (La Savina), Palma, Barcelona, Valencia and Dénia. Formentera sailings take about 30-35 minutes on the fast ferries and about an hour on the conventional ones, with frequent departures in season and fewer in winter. Talamanca is 1.7 km away and Playa d'en Bossa 3.1 km. Winter brings fewer flights and ferries, so check the operators and Core Ibiza Town Hotel's own opening dates before booking a cold-month trip.

Beaches, sights and food nearby

The nearest sand is Talamanca, 1.7 km across the marina, a shallow bay that suits families and swimmers who want calm water. Playa d'en Bossa, the island's longest beach, is 3.1 km away and the dunes and salt pans of Ses Salines are 8.9 km south. On foot from the door, the Dalt Vila walls are 0.4 km and the Puig des Molins necropolis, the Phoenician-Punic burial ground, is 0.8 km.

Ibiza eating is built around fish and rice. Bullit de peix comes in two courses, the fish first and then the rice cooked in the broth, and arròs a banda is the same idea in one pan. Both are worth ordering in the streets around the port, a short walk from Core Ibiza Town Hotel. Es Vedrà, the limestone islet about 380 m high off the south-west coast, belongs to a reserve with no landing, and it is best seen from the Cala d'Hort side by car.

A day from Core Ibiza Town Hotel

Start early and walk up to Dalt Vila, 0.4 km from the door, before the day heats: the Renaissance walls, the cathedral at the top and the views over the port take a couple of hours at an easy pace. Come down for coffee in the lower town, then cross to Puig des Molins, 0.8 km away, to see the Phoenician-Punic necropolis. Lunch fits well back near the port, 0.7 km from Core Ibiza Town Hotel.

Spend the afternoon on the sand. Talamanca is 1.7 km away, or take a taxi the 3.1 km to Playa d'en Bossa if you want more space and a longer swim. A car opens up the Ses Salines dunes at 8.9 km, salt pans and juniper and shallow water, and the run back into town is straightforward. End the evening with rice and fish somewhere near the port, then walk the lit lanes below the walls before turning in.

Practical tips

Between roughly November and April many of Ibiza's hotels, beach bars and seasonal buses shut, so check Core Ibiza Town Hotel's own opening dates before booking a winter trip. July and August bring the crowds and the warmest sea, around 25-26 °C in August, while May, June, September and October are easier on foot. Expect the ecotasa, the Balearic sustainable tourism tax, to be added per person per night by the accommodation; the rate varies with the type of accommodation and the season and children under 16 are exempt, so check the Govern de les Illes Balears.

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