Anchorage

About Anchorage

Anchorage suits travellers who want the marina and the old town within walking distance rather than a resort strip. The hotel is a three-star address at Marina Botafoch, on the edge of Ibiza Town, with Talamanca bay a short walk across the marina. Couples who prefer evenings by the boats to evenings in a club fit here, as do families with older children who are happy to walk. A hire car helps for the island's coves, though the town itself needs no vehicle.

Anchorage is a practical three-star base rather than a full-service resort. The listed facilities cover the essentials of a town stay: a 24-hour front desk for late arrivals, concierge help, free wifi, laundry and dry cleaning, luggage storage and a smoking area. The guest score stands at 4.6 out of 5 from 22 reviews. Expect a simple, urban kind of stay, with the marina, the port and the old town doing most of the work of the holiday.

Location: Talamanca

Anchorage is at Marina Botafoch, on the town side of Talamanca bay on Ibiza's south coast. Talamanca is the calm, shallow bay across the marina from Ibiza Town, and the water stays gentle well out from the shore. The address sits in the Puerto Deportivo part of the marina, among pontoons and moored boats. Ibiza Town port is 0.8 km away and the Dalt Vila hill above it 1.4 km, both walkable.

Walking covers most of it: Talamanca is 0.5 km away, Ibiza Town port 0.8 km, the walls of Dalt Vila 1.3 km and the old town centre 1.4 km. Playa d'en Bossa, at 4.2 km, is a bus or taxi ride rather than a stroll, and the Ses Salines dunes at 9.8 km are easiest by car or seasonal bus (check the island bus operator). High summer fills the marina road with traffic and the old town with people; by late September the same walks are quieter.

Rooms and facilities

For late arrivals, the listed 24-hour front desk is the useful part: a night flight into Ibiza Airport leaves 7.9 km to cover, and the desk is listed as staffed at any hour. Couples get concierge help for plans, wifi for organising the day and laundry for longer stays. Families with older children fit more naturally than families with toddlers, since the listed facilities are town facilities: luggage storage, dry cleaning, a smoking area and a TV. Talamanca bay, 0.5 km away, is the nearest swimming.

Confirm the practical details with Anchorage before booking: check-in and check-out times, whether a cot or extra bed can be added for a child, and what breakfast arrangements exist. Ask which rooms look over the marina and which face inland, and whether any rooms are quieter away from the promenade. If you arrive by car, check what parking is possible near the marina, since the streets around Puerto Deportivo are busy in summer.

Getting there

Ibiza Airport (IBZ) is 7.9 km from Anchorage in a straight line, south-west of Ibiza Town in the municipality of Sant Josep. A taxi from the terminal is the simplest option with luggage. Airport buses run to Ibiza Town, Sant Antoni, Santa Eulària and the south beaches, with more lines in summer, and the island bus operator publishes current routes. A hire car suits a longer stay, though the marina streets are busy in August.

From Ibiza Town port, Anchorage is 0.8 km, a short walk around the marina if you arrive on a ferry from Formentera, Palma, Barcelona, Valencia or Dénia. Talamanca bay is 0.5 km away, Dalt Vila and the old town 1.4 km and Playa d'en Bossa 4.2 km along the coast road. Winter brings fewer flights and sailings, so check the operators and confirm Anchorage's own opening dates before booking a low-season trip.

Beaches, sights and food nearby

The nearest water is Talamanca bay, 0.5 km away, calm and shallow and good for an easy swim. Playa d'en Bossa, the island's longest beach with the clubs behind it, is 4.2 km south. The Ses Salines Natural Park, with its working salt pans, dunes and juniper, begins 9.8 km away at the dunes; the park has been protected since 2001 and is a Ramsar wetland. Dalt Vila, the walled upper town with its 16th-century Renaissance walls and cathedral, is 1.4 km from Anchorage, and the Puig des Molins necropolis is 2 km away.

Food on Ibiza is built around fish and rice. Bullit de peix and arròs a banda are the island fish stew served in two courses, broth with rice first and the fish after, and both appear on menus across the island. Marina Botafoch and Talamanca have their own restaurants, and the old town is a short walk for a later dinner. Ask at the front desk at Anchorage what is open in the week you visit, since many places close out of season.

A day from Anchorage

Start early and walk the 1.4 km into Ibiza Town, climbing through the Renaissance walls into Dalt Vila; the wall circuit, 1.3 km from Anchorage, is best done before the heat builds. Continue 2 km to the Puig des Molins necropolis for the Phoenician-Punic tombs. Come back to the marina for a late lunch, then spend the afternoon in the shallow water at Talamanca, 0.5 km from the hotel.

In the evening, walk the 0.8 km to Ibiza Town port and follow the water past the ferries, or stay on the marina side and watch the boats come in. For a longer day, take a car or a seasonal bus 9.8 km to the Ses Salines dunes, swim where the salt pans meet the sea, and return through Playa d'en Bossa, 4.2 km from Anchorage, for the sunset.

Practical tips

Anchorage is busiest when Ibiza is busiest. Many hotels, beach bars and seasonal buses on the island close roughly from November to April, so check Anchorage's own opening dates before booking a winter stay. The busiest months are July and August; the sea is about 25-26 °C in August and 22-23 °C in June. Expect the Balearic sustainable tourism tax, the ecotasa, to be charged per person per night by the accommodation; rates vary with the type of accommodation and the season, children under 16 are exempt, and the Govern de les Illes Balears publishes the current rules.

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