Ibiza Rocks Hotel is a hotel operated by Ibiza Rocks in the centre of the town of Sant Antoni de Portmany , on the Spanish island of Ibiza . The hotel is built around a central courtyard with a pool, bar and stage for events in the center. Formerly called Club Paraiso Mediterraneo, the hotel is on the Carrer de Cervantes, in the central area of Sant Antonio.
13-580: The Hotel is within centre of Sant Antoni de Portmany . It is 10.8 miles (17.4 km) north west of Ibiza Town . Club Paraiso Mediterraneo was first opened in 1998 as an apartment hotel with 368 units and had a Spanish 3 star rating. In 2008 the Hotel was bought by the Ibiza Rocks organization with a different ethos to the original apartment hotel complex. Renamed the Ibiza Rocks Hotel ,
26-400: A central courtyard. The hotel room rate includes entrance to the event. Sant Antoni de Portmany ‹The template Manual is being considered for merging .› Sant Antoni de Portmany ( Balearic Catalan: [ˈsant ənˈtɔni ðə puɾˈmaɲ] ; Spanish : San Antonio Abad ), or simply Sant Antoni ( San Antonio ), is a town on the western coast of Ibiza ,
39-545: A couple of streets wide; the main street is the Carrer de Santa Agnès, it hosts a variety of bars ranging from the dance and house music Ibiza is famed for to rock and indie music . Originally the name "The West End" refers to a night time minibus trip from hotels in Es Cana in the 1970s that would come to San Antonio's bars (as Es Cana had no bar scene) and the name of this tour package was "The West End Experience". Since then
52-412: A mass tourism initiative which took place across Spain. As the number of tourists grew, the development of bars, hotels and other tourist infrastructure spread right around to the other side of San Antonio bay, as far as Cala de Bou which lies in the adjacent municipality of Sant Josep de sa Talaia . Since the 1980s British tourists have made up the majority of summertime visitors to San Antonio. The Egg
65-463: Is a statue erected in the early 1990s to commemorate the local claim of having been the birthplace of Christopher Columbus (there is a similar claim that Hannibal was born in the region). The statue is in the shape of an egg, containing at its centre a model of his ship: the Santa Maria . The choice of an egg comes from a story about Columbus, who when seeking funding for his Western route to
78-597: Is referred to as "The West End" . "The Strip" or "het marginaal straatje" . This area is based around Carrer Santa Agnès . Popular bars in this area include the Revolutions, Soho, Dub Diamond, Koppas, Soul City, Taboo and the Tropicanas. Bars generally play more commercial house music than the rest of the Balearic Island . However some of the bars, such as Viva, operate an open decks policy. Outside,
91-467: The Indies, was told it was impossible. He then allegedly asked if standing an egg upright was impossible, and when told that it was, he cracked the base of an egg, thus making it possible for it to stand upright. He was then granted funding. See Egg of Columbus . Part of Sant Antoni's harbourside promenade, Passeig de ses Fonts, is an area which was developed in the early 1990s to improve the appearance of
104-533: The area has become known simply as "The West End". Along the coast of the natural bay of San Antonio de Portmany in the west is the Sunset Strip - a venue where visitors to the island meet at sunset at various bars including the Café del Mar , Café Mambo , where the likes of Swedish House Mafia , Carl Cox , David Guetta and Pete Tong DJ on a regular basis. The west-facing strip of coastline means that it faces
117-493: The hotel began hosting live music events with bands and DJs on its poolside main stage. The hotel has hosted many big name performers including David Guetta , Swedish House Mafia , Ed Sheeran , Craig David , Joel Corry , Rudimental , Jax Jones , Anne-Marie , MK , James Arthur , John Newman , Becky Hill , Ella Henderson , Bastille , Example , Sigma , Pete Tong , Fatboy Slim , Idris Elba , Danny Howard , Nathan Dawe and Gok Wan . The hotel hosts regular events in
130-582: The second-largest town and municipality on the island. It is situated on Sant Antoni Bay on the west coast of the island, part of the Spain autonomous community of the Balearic Islands . For two thousand years, Sant Antoni was a small fishing village that rose from the Roman natural harbor Portus Magnus, but it began to grow in the late 1950s when many hotels and tourist resorts were built as part of
143-471: The streets are littered with chairs and tables where holidaymakers can sit and enjoy a drink. The West End's bars are open seven days a week from May through to the end of September. Moreover, there is a limited number of bars open throughout the week in April and October. During the off season of November to March, only a handful of the bars aimed at the locals and winter workers open at the weekends The area
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#1732772688125156-499: The sunset. Among the harbour of San Antonio there are various boats and ferries that have multiple connections to beaches. These have daily departures from may until end September or October. Also once a week there is a ferry to Formentera. West End, San Antonio, Ibiza It is an entertainment district in Spain that is made up of a few streets and one long bar strip in the popular tourist destination of San Antonio , Ibiza
169-423: The town. There are many plants, including palm trees and rubber plants , as well as large fountains, which are illuminated by night. Across the square are a host of restaurants and cafés offering a view over Sant Antoni Bay. It is also the best place from which to watch the massive fireworks display which celebrates the fiesta of Saint Bartholomew on 24 August. The ' West End ' is an area of San Antonio. Only
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