Outside of Ibiza City

Not quite as grand, nor as ancient as the Dalt Vila, the Sa Penya quarter of the lower town snuggles between the harbour and the ramparts, a maze of raked passages and narrow streets crimped by balconied, whitewashed houses. Here, especially along the waterside promenade and c/d'Enmig, the evening passeig reaches its exuberant peak and everyone - local and visitor alike - gravitates towards the bars and restaurants. This is where many of the shops are too, occupying almost every doorway that isn't a bar.

Finally, and further to the west, the new town is generally of less interest, but there's activity here as well, centerd on the boulevard-like Passeig de Vara de Rey and the leafy, traffic-free Plaça des Parc just to the south. Both places have scores of cafés and restaurants and are popular meeting places.