With this post we open a new category dedicated to best options for lodging, private properties and hotels in Ibiza and Formentera. For a great start we choose Hotel Xamena a lavish 5 stars estate set on the north coast near San Miguel. It is in Balinese style with a terrific spa offering 52 private jacuzzis with breathtaking vistas of shimmering turquoise bays and fine sand beaches…Words cannot prepare you for the magical setting of this wonderful place. As you approach, the road gradually climbs through a gentle forest of pines to a sparkling white building. When you check in, the Hacienda seems lovely, but not so different from other luxury hotels: it is only when you open the door into your bedroom that the absolute splendor of the Hacienda unfolds.
The hotel is built into the hillside and what appears at first to be a one-story structure actually cascades down the hill with six floors of guestrooms — each with a view “to die for.” Spread before you are giant cliffs of granite that plunge into the sea, forming idyllic, small coves where the blue sea dances in the sunlight. All of the bedrooms have either a terrace or a balcony. If you can afford it….