Chic hill-top 4 bedroom luxury villa with breath-taking views

Es Cavallet beach. Head to Salinas beach but take a left 600m before and this thin road on the salt fields takes you to the lovely Es Cavallet Beach. El Chiringuito was created by the Anglo/French partnership of Jonathan Thorogood and Olivia Fleury, and they have built up a fantastic beach club that caters to all and is family friendly (crèche and kids menu). It is stylish but relaxed. If the seared tuna is on the menu, try it, it’s fantastic. A great place to spend the afternoon and it is now open for delicious early dinners too. You could continue walking down the beach until you get to El Chirin’gay’ which offers a very different scene!       

Es Cavallet beach. This is the neighbouring restaurant to El Chiringuito and occupies an even more impressive spot with stunning southerly views down the coast with a line of ‘torres’ visible until Formentera. The restaurant is only a 30m walk to get to the sand and the food is excellent. Good for dinner too. Open all year so popular with locals and you will need to book even in mid winter. We love this place.                            

Cap D’es Falco (Salinas). Located on a fantastic sunset spot with lovely views along the island’s south coast across the wide bay of Es Codolar. There is a good Mediterranean fish and meat menu (delicious steaks). The beach itself is more limited as getting access to the beautiful turquoise waters can be a little tricky over the pebbly beach; it depends if the walkway is there or not (it regularly gets removed by the local authorities or the waves). We recommend you spend the day at Salinas or Es Cavallet beaches and then head to Experimental on your way home, either for a cocktail or for an early dinner. It will be well worth the five-minute bumpy track through the Salinas salt flats.                                

Attracting more of an exclusive crowd thanks to its well-known beach bars and restaurants. This crescent shaped bay provides for a most spectacular view and is a great sunset spot (although you only see the sun disappear into the water, as opposed to behind the hills, in mid winter).

An extremely lively shore where there is always entertainment to be had either from the beach side or from the private yachts bobbing on anchor in the bay. large smooth rounded stones provide a dividing belt between the white sand of the beach clubs sun-beds and the clear water. Once you are in the water and out swimming it’s truly lovely but getting there can be a bit tricky as the stones make an uncomfortable entrance.

The beach clubs normally have simple wooden jetties to make access much easier but because of this and the more adult focused restaurants we don’t rank Cala Jondal as particularly kid friendly. For a long lunch drifting into off-the-beach cocktails, music and fun, however it is a great spot.

As a major holiday resort, this fine-sanded beach is also the longest on the island. It’s a beautiful beachalthough heavily developed. It has managed to largely shrug off the ‘tacky’ tag as the hotels and restaurants have dramatically improved over the last decade. It now attracts both an international hipster crowd, thanks to its active beach club scene, and a myriad of families thanks to being aligned with the strip of large hotels and apartment blocks. The waters are very safe and good for swimming.

Try some lunch at the fashionable Beachouse (+34 971 396 858, www.beachouseibiza.com). The whole of Playa d’en Bossa is sandy, so soak yourself in the crystalline water and recline back on your sun-bed as you sip a cocktail or four.

You may end up not even going home for a shower and a change but find yourself dancing straight into the beats of some of the world’s best clubs – Ushuaia and Hi are just off the beach.

Tip: Head to the most southern end, toward the ‘torre’, where the beach remains beautiful and virgin with very little development. There are also some relaxed water sports here. Kayaking is our recommendation.

One of Ibiza’s longest and most famous beaches, las Salinas is also one of the closest beaches to the airport in the event you want to go straight there. The beach runs along the Parc Natural Ses Salinas d’Eivissa, a nature reserve lined with pine forest and pristine white sand dunes. The clear waters and copious amounts of seaweed (regularly cleaned in summertime) make swimming at this beach like a kind of natural spa experience.

Several chiringuitos line the beach spinning glitzy tunes in the summer months. This beach attracts a diverse crowd, jet set, hippy, families, nudists, everyone is there at some point during the summer. Enjoy some of the best food for all the family at Jockey Club, one of the original Ibiza beach clubs and still delivering after 30 years (+34 971 395 788, www.jockeyclubibiza.com).

One of the most stunning parts of the beach can be found when you walk to the far left-hand side past the sandy bit and onto the rocky path. As you walk towards the watchtower (Torre de ses Portes) you will discover a series of mini coves, like private little beaches (quickly snatched and closely guarded as such by eager sunbathers). Interesting rock formations can be seen interspersed among the coastal stones, carved into unique forms such as a dragon wearing a Mayan-style headdress. This stretch is also home to many nudists in the busy summer months.

Tip: The afternoons are busiest at this beach so the early risers are more likely to get a spot both in the various car parks and on the beach.