While Ibiza was beautiful, I have to say that it was incredibly disappointing. By most accounts, Ibiza is supposed to be the "Unidisputed Party Capital of the World". False. Perhaps in the summer, which I actually highly doubt, but this is certainly not the case in the winter. I understand that we went during off-season, but I honestly wonder if people move to the island for the summer and then move to mainland Spain for the other seasons. There was simply no one on the island!
The first day that we got there, it happened to be some random island holiday (only for the islands right there) and absolutely everything was shut down. We hardly saw anyone that first day, no stores were open, no restaurants were open, but we were content with the fact that our hotel balconies looked out onto a beach with beautiful views. The second day was not much better. We were hoping that the island would come to life, but it didn't. The siesta hours were impossible to figure out. I know that I joke that they don't actually work in France, but they really really don't work in Ibiza. Nothing would open until around noon, then they would close from 4pm to 8pm for siesta, then they might open again at 10pm for dinner. Super random schedule, and they were never held to these hours either. Everything on the island was overpriced and the food wasn't even that great (although we did have a really good breakfast one day).
So, we tried the beaches. It was cloudy. They were nice, but not particularly large, or private, or the nicest sand, or really anything that would make me describe them as all that stunning. Granted it was the beginning of March, so we let this slide.
Next, and last, on the list to try was the nightlife. Nothing was open that first night, so we were stuck hoping that our second night would be fantastic. We found the only club that is open in the winter, luckily it was near our hotel, but it turns out that they were actually closed too. They only open on Fridays and Saturdays (this was a Wednesday). Alright, option two, a bar. Nope. We tried to go into one that looked like it was at least open, and it turned out to be a gentleman's club. As soon as we walked in some lady came running up and was like no girls no girls! After that we just tanked and decided that partying in Ibiza does not exist at all in the off-season. It was a huge disappointment. I can't say how the parties are on the weekend, maybe they are ok, but I really don't see that much potential in the island.
It was one of the poorest islands I have ever seen. There were hardly any parts that were built up, and certainly no high-rise hotels or anything. The island was big enough to have a McDonalds, but at this point, who isn't? Even with an influx of tourists in the summer, the island cannot physically support that many people and I can see no way that they party harder or bigger than they do in Cancun. So in my book, this myth is BUSTED!
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