Ibiza this Summer?

Question

I'm going to ibiza for for the first time this summerWhich hotel should i stay at?where are the best places/beaches to hang out in?how much cash will i need for a 2 week stay?

What are the Do's and Dont's?

anything you can tell me will be very helpful.

Answer 1

Hi, well I will try. About the hotels, there are so many that you do not need to worry since usually the quality of Sopnish hotels is much better than in many other countries at least in a quality/price relation. You can write in any search aengine

+ibiza +hoteles +online and you will be able to "visit the hotel" virtually and know where it is located and if its convenient for you. From two stars on hotels, and or hostals are good enough and they are quite cheap. You can find places from 20 to 50 euros a night qthat are decent enough and well located.

About money it depends what you want to do and spend. Alcohol is dirt cheap, bars too and clubs quite cheap. You can also eat well for not much if you avoid tourist places, and go into the places you see more spaniards. Calculate at least somewhere from 25 to 50 euros to eat, drink and baring/clubing, basically. Tips are custommary and they do improve the service very much especially if you want to repeat same place or thing other day. A tip of 5 -10 % of the bill is enough for any service.

The beaches are all very good just try avoiding beaches infront of huge hotels or tourist complexes better go to a Cala instead of a playa, Calas are smaller and generally less known even though any map will mention a good number of Calas as well as Playas.

Do anything you want, only migh get in trouble from dringking and driving, if you drive at nigh from a disco really drunk,, so police stops you. You can do many things even if they are forbidden since a) spanish do many forbidden things since that is our custom, if we feel a law is not good we do not comply, just check how people park and or most people do not pay traffic tickets for example. b) Ibiza depends so much on tourism that usually police will not bother tourists unless they themselves are bothering others really bad.

Dont take a lot of money with you to the street since petty theft is not uncommon and you might also avoid it anyway by not looking extra touristy. Even though it is not a place famous for its crime so most people have no problems there. If you drin k you can get very drunk while you maintain your manners and pose, if there is something clear in Spanish culture is that neither alcohol nor drugs are an excuse to be a jerk, so as long as you are polite you can blow your mind away.

Finally do not give money in advance to anyone for any type of deal, first you see whatever you want to buy legal or illegal, test it and if you like then pay but never, I repeat, never in advance since you might loose your money.

People are quite tolerant and young spanish people will be able to recommend you or indicate you where to go, buy , eat or get whatever you want without getting scandalized etc. In spain everybody asks other people in the stree for infor and they will provide you detailed info, even walk you to nearby places in the city to show you. We say "preguntando se llega a roma" meaning "ask and you can reach Rome" or you can get what you want by only asking.

Just be open, friendly and polite and you will have access to everything you want or need. Try to avoid touristy places since they will always be more expensive yet not better.

Have fun

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