by Mark Butland | 14/08/2026 | Ibiza 2026
Friday was checkout day. We said goodbye to Hotel Puchet in San Antonio, caught our airport transfer and flew back to the UK, already talking about when we might come back. It had been seven years since our first trip, when we spent twelve days in the same hotel. Five...
by Mark Butland | 13/08/2026 | Ibiza 2026
Thursday morning was another lazy one by the pool. Later we met up with a couple of old friends who happened to be in San Antonio at the same time, and after a few beers and a good catch-up we took the ferry across the bay into the marina for the evening. Dinner was...
by Mark Butland | 12/08/2026 | Ibiza 2026
Wednesday was the day we’d been looking forward to for months. We kept the morning easy by the hotel pool, then caught the 1pm bus back out to Cala Tarida and the spot we’d picked out the day before. Lunch was at 17, a lovely Italian restaurant right on the water, and...
by Mark Butland | 11/08/2026 | Ibiza 2026
Tuesday was about getting our bearings. We caught the bus from outside the hotel into Ibiza Town, about 45 minutes from San Antonio, and spent the morning wandering the streets of the old town and looking out over the harbour. Dalt Vila, the walled old town, has been...
by Mark Butland | 10/08/2026 | Ibiza 2026
This was our first time back on the island since 2019. We flew out from Gatwick and landed in Ibiza on Monday afternoon, and the transfer to Hotel Puchet in San Antonio went smoothly, so by late afternoon we were checked in and ready to go. Puchet had been our base on...
