Sa Marina D'en Sopes

About Sa Marina D'en Sopes

Sa Marina D'en Sopes suits families and couples who want a quiet base in the Ibiza countryside rather than a resort strip. The hotel sits on a rural plot outside the main resort areas, with Santa Eulària des Riu about 6 km away and Cala Llonga about 6.5 km. A car makes the stay easy here: the address is a countryside one, and the east-coast beaches and villages are a short drive rather than a walk.

Sa Marina D'en Sopes is a three-star hotel with an outdoor pool, a garden and a picnic area, so days can pass on site without much planning. Kitchens and a lounge point to longer, self-catering stays, and free car parking takes the daily worry out of where to leave the car. It is a practical, unfussy choice for a week or two of swimming, cooking and driving out to the east coast.

Location: Santa Eulària des Riu

The setting is countryside, outside the main resort areas, in the east of Ibiza. Santa Eulària des Riu, a river town with a promenade and a marina, is 6 km away, and Cala Llonga, a long sheltered inlet with shallow water, is 6.5 km. Ibiza Town port, where ferries leave for Formentera, lies 9.6 km off. Nights are quiet; shops, restaurants and the sea need a drive.

Walking from the door covers the garden, the patio and the lanes nearby; everything else works better by car, with taxis useful for evenings in Ibiza Town. Talamanca bay is 8.7 km away, and Ibiza Airport lies 15.8 km to the south-west. In high summer the pool and the shaded picnic area earn their keep. In May, June and September the roads are quieter and the east coast feels calmer.

Rooms and facilities

Rooms are listed with a kitchen, dishwasher, oven, microwave, refrigerator and washing machine, which suits families who want breakfast and simple lunches on site. A lounge, television and fan are listed too, along with a patio and garden, so there is space to spread out after a day at the coast. Couples can treat Sa Marina D'en Sopes as a quiet base; families get the practical kit resort rooms often lack.

Late arrivals should agree arrangements with the property in advance, since a countryside address and a rural lane are easier to find in daylight. Ask Sa Marina D'en Sopes about cots, linen and towels, how each kitchen is equipped, and where the wifi reaches. The pool and picnic area are shared, so check pool hours and confirm that the outdoor pool is open for your dates.

Getting there

Ibiza Airport (IBZ) is 15.8 km from the hotel in straight-line terms, south-west of Ibiza Town. The simplest approach is a hire car picked up on arrival, because a rural address has no resort centre to aim for. Airport buses run towards Ibiza Town and Santa Eulària des Riu, with more lines in summer, but a final leg still has to be arranged.

From Ibiza Town port, 9.6 km away, ferries cross to La Savina on Formentera; fast sailings take about 30-35 minutes and conventional ferries about an hour. Talamanca is 8.7 km from Sa Marina D'en Sopes and Cala Llonga 6.5 km, both on the eastern side. Flights and ferries thin out in winter and seasonal buses shrink, so check the operators before booking a stay outside the summer.

Beaches, sights and food nearby

Cala Llonga, 6.5 km away, is the closest of the given beaches, a sheltered inlet with shallow water. Talamanca, 8.7 km off, is a calm bay across the marina from Ibiza Town, and Santa Eulària des Riu, 6 km away, has a promenade and marina for an evening stroll. Walking the walls of Dalt Vila is 10.1 km from the hotel, and the Puig des Molins necropolis is 10.6 km.

Las Dalias market at Sant Carles is 8 km away; days change with the season, so check before setting out. Ibiza's food is built around fish: bullit de peix, the island stew served in two courses, and arròs a banda, rice cooked in fish stock. Both are worth ordering in Santa Eulària or Ibiza Town, and the kitchen at Sa Marina D'en Sopes covers the nights you stay in.

A day from Sa Marina D'en Sopes

Begin with a swim in the outdoor pool and breakfast on the patio at Sa Marina D'en Sopes. Drive 6 km to Santa Eulària des Riu for the promenade and the marina, then 6.5 km on to Cala Llonga for a long, shallow swim. Come back for the shaded garden during the hottest hours, when the picnic area and the car park are the quietest corners of the plot.

In the late afternoon, drive 10.1 km to Ibiza Town and walk the Renaissance walls of Dalt Vila, with the cathedral at the top; the Puig des Molins necropolis is 10.6 km from the hotel. On another day, head 8 km to the Las Dalias market at Sant Carles when it is open. Finish with fish and rice on the east side, then the short run home.

Practical tips

Ibiza's holiday season is short. From roughly November to April many hotels, beach bars and seasonal bus lines close, so confirm opening dates with Sa Marina D'en Sopes before booking a winter stay, and expect the busiest weeks in July and August, when roads, beaches and the pool fill. Accommodation also charges the Balearic sustainable tourism tax per person per night; rates vary by season and category, children under 16 are exempt, and current rules sit with the Govern de les Illes Balears.

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