Best beach: the cove we found at the bottom of the cliff by the hotel.
Wow u spent alot and you barely drink and don't do anything else....what did you spend your money on!Dates you were there:april 28th -May 9th
Where you stayed:Tropical/Tarba
Club nights visited:Octan opening, IMS Dalt vila defected eden, Ims dalt vila defected octan defected Hi opening , Bmi opening defected amnesia dc10 opening, KOD bora bora ,pacha ibz talents, obeach opening melon bom pikes opening, ants ushuaia opening Bmi Agoria Glitterbox Hi
Best nightefected MS Dalt villa/Glitterbox Hi ibz
Worst night:Hi Opening
Best bar:i don't do bars
Best place to eat:Es rebost de can prat in san an ,right next door to hotel (went there 4 times)
Best beach and/or beach club:Blue Marlin Ibz
Money spent:2600€ , above my budget that used to be 1500€
Biggest regret:not going to Eden Opening where 2 djs i follow played, defected amnesia was not so good and i could be on free list too, forgot to bring my food to leave alond dc10 opening (at 3h30 i left otherwise i'll be back alive n kickin 4h30am but without food i was a wreck)
Going back?:Aug 6th -Aug 14th
Top tip:Always make friends on dancefloor if mates not close by or already left the club, i havent been annoyed along dc10 opening, ims dalt villa, pacha
Observations and/or conclusion:Ibiza is not cheap, tix raise by 33% (cocktail in bm 14 to 18€)i ve done too many parties, i will do 1/3 of what ive done (won't be the case for closing parties ), too many restaurants too,I will do ibz on a budget for aug trip
Yeah, so good....
I'd like to call out a couple of heads we saw play that I thoroughly enjoyed. Nina Kraviz, never seen her before and what I had heard was a bit meh. However, she blew me away at Amnesia and properly banged it out on one of the best soundsystems I've ever heard in that main room (not heard it like that in there before!). Keep politics off the dancefloor! She finished about 6am to the entire room applauding. Then followed an absolute gem of a find...Patrick Mason. Go check out his sets for 'Hor' on YouTube. The man can play (and dance!!). Will definitely be going to see him play again. We went in the terrace a couple of times at the opening but it was mega boring and the sound was shite. Also enjoyed Ben Hemsley at Zoo.
I honestly have so much to say after my 2 weeks in Paradise and really quite some interesting observations too
... Long review
I honestly have so much to say after my 2 weeks in Paradise and really quite some interesting observations too
Dates you were there:
31st May - 14th June and I now have discovered two weeks isn't long enough
Where you stayed:
The White Apartments San Antonio port - This is my second time here and we got the same room. Bloody brilliant having a large spacious apartment with super king size bed, plenty of storage and all working appliances including iron and board. Service we received and overall value for money in my opinion you cannot beat it for the location. We brought along ear plugs which helped massively as road traffic and 6am noise can get a bit much which was a game changer.
Worth mentioning too was we had a 125cc scooter for 13 days which was discounted due to long rent. Be sure to shop about though as you should be paying roughly 20/25 euro a day oh and please avoid cooltra!
Club nights visited:
Pacha Music on - as always this night delivers without fail. However the warm up acts Lauren Lane and Luciano were not exactly that great. Marco was night and day difference in performance and the crowd at 6am were dancing like it was 1am.
Pacha in my opinion also is by far the best club on the island no question about it. Best sound system it manages to be perfectly clear without being too loud almost as if you are wearing headphones, perfectly airconditioned room all night a real modern club with two superb chillout spots in the garden loads of clean toilets never a wait and the most friendly security and bar staff. Now that they have opened up some of the VIP spots helps with bottle necks meaning you can move around a packed night club very easily and can find perfect spots to enjoy the music without interruption.
Amnesia K&P 20 yr special - this was an ok night just a bit cool to mix up the nights out. Crowd before and after Judge Jules were flat in my opinion and it lacked any real buzz all night. The old school music while cool to hear tunes you haven't listened to in so long turns out were not exactly that great to dance to or lets say took you on a journey.
DC10 Solid Grooves opening - This was also an ok night nothing special here. To announce on the day an early start to try and create some panic was annoying along with the 'accidental' leak that marco carola was the special did hack me off. Because it spoilt our evening plans of arriving at 11pm but instead worried of queues we arrived at 7pm and it was completely dead. To add to my annoyance I had to sit and look at stush females walk straight from the entrance to the VIP area like they had paid their dues and you know they probably been sliding into DM's.
Music wise it all became very mono in both the terrace and main I genuinely did struggle. The girlfriend started getting very bored too and what was the nail in the coffin for us even though we really wanted to stay until the end was the garden as a chill out spot. It makes you feel like you are on some back street ally in the centre of Blackpool slumped up in a dark corner homeless and so you start questioning what you are doing with your life. Funny enough I was actually sat next to a couple of girls from Geordie Shore at 5am which was the kicker and so we left.
I now am finding it ever so hard to even respect DC10 as a venue and I think they have that place totally wrong and I hand on heart believe it is going to fail miserably at some point. It will be the new Es Paradis 20euro a ticket. Garden is a dive after midnight, toilets are as bad, security make the terrace even more busier than it needs to be and the sound system in the terrace needs the lows pulled right back
Amnesia Pyramid opening - Lilly Palmers 2hr set was quite possibly one of if not the best live set I have ever experienced and this is saying something considering the music completely cut out due to a tech fault right in the peak!! But this did not put her off her stride she managed to come back from that and still deliver one rollercoaster ride of hopes and dreams. Her track choice was dynamic I can honestly say each track sounded so different to the next. The sound in the main room was perfect you could pick out all the detail which given what she was playing was so important and then the system punched when the time was right. The lights in the ceiling dropping down and retracting just added to how wonky it got in there. The crowd were just going wild for it too I ended up having to get some fresh air afterwards because I was sweating so much!.
We returned for Adam Beyer which was a bit more dark and hard hitting. Also the ice cannon fired at times which I needed so badly!!
Villalobos in the Terrace at 0430 was a bit of a weird atmosphere. Quite the contrast music wise going from the main which is a good thing but when your amped up its hard to go so chill. His set didn't do it for me and the terrace was also half full and just a little too chill. We called it at night at 0500
Pyramid is also a LGBT night for sure though I don't believe it is advertised as such. A lot of gay guys there and then there were performers on the stage in full on bondage.
Ocean Beach Hotbed - I don't really have much to say other than I now realise OB is all a great big fad. Whilst the venue is overall very well designed I have noticed the service isn't as good as it was pre pandemic and for sure the food has gone down hill. As the day proceeds you find there really isn't much of a build up to anything worth going for because the DJ's are literally wedding performers and the dance area is all a bit shit. Me and the girlfriend really tried to dance and enjoy it after about 8pm but it was completely dire it was just all so very pretentious. To top it all off I had some jumped up moody teenager walk clean straight into me nose to nose expecting me to move out of his way while I was clearly dancing which I of course refused and forced him to walk around me which he ended up with no choice in doing. For then him and his mate to to proceed to stand starring at me and calling me a 'waste man'. What they didn't realise was my girlfriend clearly heard them and isn't one to mess with so she actually ended up scaring them off!! funny though that they see me at Solid Grooves opening which of course they would attend that sort of event, and actually one of them came up and sincerely apologised which I told him I whole heartedly accept and I respect him for doing so and that in no way should they be bringing that attitude to Ibiza no one is about that here.
Best night:
It has to be music on, Pacha but I want to shout out Lilly Palmer again for being such a real stand out. Her set was full of energy and emotion a fire breathing 2hr masterclass set that when it did finish you were left some what disappointed. It got you questioning how did 2hrs pass so quickly.
Worst night:
Ocean Beach Hotbed / DC10 Solid Grooves opening
Best bar:
Best place to eat:
Shout out to Mint / Kumharas / Pikes Roast / Dalt Villa ( I wouldn't chose and so fit them all in!)
Best beach and/or beach club:
Shout out to Cala Gracio / Bora Bora / Cala Bassa / Cala Benirras / Ses Salinas / Es Canar / Cala Llonga / Cala Salada / Cala Tarida / Cala Vedella
The best had to be out of Cala Gracio, Cala Tarida (secret cove to the right) and Cala Vedella
Money spent:
Roughly £2800
Biggest regret:
Didn't have an afternoon where I just sat and drank at a bar / Mambo rocks with a handful of beers for sunset
Going back?:
in August or September
Top tip:
You don't need to go to a club every single night. Hire transport and enjoy the island
Observations and/or conclusion:
1. There are significantly more females to males
2. Numbers are still not where they need to be
3. Airport has had some money spent on it during the pandemic (didn't present proof of booster to anyone)
4. Bins need to be placed around Mambo to try entice people throwing their fags all over the ground. Or someone employed to fire a paintball gun at anyone spotted tossing spent fags on the ground with no respect.