Dates you were there: 11th – 15th June with 7 other lads
Where you stayed (resort/hotel): Villa Blanca in San Antonio (5 mins walk from the Lidl, near go karting)
Club nights visited: Only Sundays at Space
Best night: SaS (obv). Arrived about 2am. Not as busy as I have seen it, which is understandable given it’s early in the season. Used the Sunset Terrace as a smoking base/meeting place, few funky tunes but never got busy. Couple of trips up to the Premier Etage to talk nonsense. Spent most of our time in the terrace which was pumping (Technasia & Riva Starr b2b then Tenaglia) but moved to the discoteca from 5 as my mate wanted to see Alan Fitzpatrick. Really enjoyable.
Worst night: Monday! Was a bit of a blue Monday. Although tbf we just drank through the pain.
Best bar: Mambo for breakfast was great. Kasbah too. We watched the football in Shenanigans (new irish bar in the west end) and it was spot on. On our first night we hit the west end for some low-brow debauchery (it’s tradition) and was good craic with no trouble. Most of our drinking and eating was done in the villa though as we had BBQ and cheap booze from Lidl. However, we had a really good last night drinking cocktails in the Bay Bar so it wins.
Best place to eat: Prob Kasbah on this trip. I’d usually eat out every night if with the Mrs but the BBQs were too good/cheap so we didn’t really hit any decent restaurants. We did have a meal at the place beside Savannah at the start of the sunset strip (burger place, can’t remember the name - think it used to be a sushi place) but tbh it wasn’t great. €20 for burger and chips and the bap was pretty stale and burger not worth it.
Money spent: Afraid to check in case I have forgotten about a withdrawal or two! Na, wasn’t too bad, about £500 spending money. Flight about £200, villa about £160, transfers about £20.
Biggest regret: Not booking a longer trip.
Going back?: End of Aug for 2 weeks with the Mrs. Cannot wait.
Top tip: Would def recommend getting a villa if there are enough of you. Have been going to Ibiza since 2000 and this is my first villa experience. My mate brought his laptop and music system and we carried on through most of Monday making as much noise as we wanted. I’m sure the two random gardeners/pool cleaners/maintenance men who turned up enjoyed the beats too, and the sight of 8 lads in their mid-30s trying to keep the party going as long as possible and figure out who was of sound mind enough to coherently communicate with said maintenance men. Luckily we concluded that there really was no need.
Oh and a tip for those standing up at the front on the beach during sunset at Mambo. Put the camera phone away, sit the fk down and enjoy. At the very least let others see/enjoy it. Just because we're sitting down doesn't mean we're not interested.
as they give huge portions...the only drawback is the queue , 30-45mn each time
land in time for breakfast
