Geography and location of Ibiza island
Where is Ibiza?
Ibiza island (in Catalan, known as 'Eivissa') is located in the Mediterranean Sea about 80 km off the coast of Denia, Spain.
Ibiza is located just 10 miles to the North of Formentera. Ibiza is the third largest of the Balearic Islands Autonomous Community (Spain).
With Formentera, it is one of the two 'Pine Islands' or 'Pitiusas'.
The island is well-known for its favourable summer weather, good all year round climate and summer club parties which attract large numbers of tourists.
The island and the Spanish Tourist Office have been working to shed the 18-30's image in order to promote more family-oriented tourism.
The Greeks, who came to Ibiza during the time of the Phoenicians, were the first to call the two islands of Ibiza and Formentera the Pity&ucric;ssai ('Pitiusas'), 'pine-covered islands', a translation of the Phoenician name).
With the decline of Phoenicia after the Assyrian invasions, Ibiza came under the control of Carthage, also a former Phoenician colony. The island produced dye, salt, fish sauce (garum), and wool.
Ibiza negotiated a favourable treaty with the Romans, which spared Ibiza from further destruction and allowed it to continue its Carthaginian-Punic institutions well into the Empire days, when it became an official Roman municipality. For this reason, Ibiza offers excellent examples of late Carthaginian-Punic civilization. Some of the Ibicencan property and Architecture is very impressive.
Ibiza today has a typical and unmistakable kind of charm and character. The countryside particularly in the north is a rural patchwork of almonds, olives, figs and wooded hills. Ibiza still retains the air of 1950's Spanish provincial life.
Ibiza is located just 10 miles to the North of Formentera. Ibiza is the third largest of the Balearic Islands Autonomous Community (Spain).
With Formentera, it is one of the two 'Pine Islands' or 'Pitiusas'.
The island is well-known for its favourable summer weather, good all year round climate and summer club parties which attract large numbers of tourists.
The island and the Spanish Tourist Office have been working to shed the 18-30's image in order to promote more family-oriented tourism.
A short history on Ibiza
In 654 BC Phoenician settlers founded a port in the Balearic Islands, as 'Ibossim' (from the Phoenician 'iboshim' dedicated to the god of the music and dance. It was later known to Romans as 'Ebusus'.The Greeks, who came to Ibiza during the time of the Phoenicians, were the first to call the two islands of Ibiza and Formentera the Pity&ucric;ssai ('Pitiusas'), 'pine-covered islands', a translation of the Phoenician name).
With the decline of Phoenicia after the Assyrian invasions, Ibiza came under the control of Carthage, also a former Phoenician colony. The island produced dye, salt, fish sauce (garum), and wool.
Ibiza negotiated a favourable treaty with the Romans, which spared Ibiza from further destruction and allowed it to continue its Carthaginian-Punic institutions well into the Empire days, when it became an official Roman municipality. For this reason, Ibiza offers excellent examples of late Carthaginian-Punic civilization. Some of the Ibicencan property and Architecture is very impressive.
Ibiza today has a typical and unmistakable kind of charm and character. The countryside particularly in the north is a rural patchwork of almonds, olives, figs and wooded hills. Ibiza still retains the air of 1950's Spanish provincial life.
