Day 4 Ibizia! Pop usually 100,000 but in summer grows to around 1 million with young clubbers descending onto the island they say – must be awful! Island about 8 miles wide & 25 miles long (old measures here) & relatively quiet until discovered by the hippies in the 60s.
Also known as Isle of Pines and/or White Island. Most imposing feature on arrival is the old city Dalt Vila – a walled city & World Heritage site. Hence the historical & hedonist background to this area.
My observation is an island of contrasts from beaches & populated high rise resort areas to quiet inland areas with their white washed houses and land covered in almond, olive & fig trees & very sleepy! Very green because of heavy overnight dew. Very eclectic mix of shops, bars & narrow alleys – still can see hippie legacy in fashion, predominance of white gauze/cotton but also some high fashion. Ad lib fashion trend/market now well known.
Main income is tourism, salt mining, fishing & agriculture. Unique to Ibiza is the Ibicenco Hound- funny looking dog – skinny, long snout and big ears.
