Ibiza Town History & Shopping
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Lets visit Ibiza Town for its History & Shopping
Ibiza old town
Sniff culture in Ibiza town (Eivissa)
Ibiza Town, also known as Eivissa in Catalan, is the capital of the island of Ibiza.
Eivissa was one of the first cities in Europe. The city was founded by the Carthaginians as early as 654 BC. In its early history Eivissa has also been inhabited by Phoenicians, Romans and Moors. The Catalans eventually took over the city in the 13th century. The presence of the many different adventurers (Hippies) has left a mark on the capital of Ibiza. Eivissa is also the best-preserved coastal fortress on the Mediterranean. In 1999 the city was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. When you visit Eivissa, you will immediately discover why the city is so popular.
The Old upper town
This district Dalt Vila (literally 'high city') is the historic center of Eivissa. Besides culture you will find museums, galleries and shops here. The district is elevated and seems to rise above the blue waters of the Mediterranean. Dalt Vila is a picturesque maze of winding narrow alleys and stairs.
The defensive walls surrounding the neighborhood are impressive. Most of these city walls were built in the 16th century, but some remains of more than 2000 years old are also visible.
City Gates Dalt Vila
There are five entrances through the city wall to the historic center. One that is definitely worth a visit is 'Portal Nou'. This gate connects the Reina Sofia Park with Plaza de Sol. Characteristic are the original wooden doors from the 16th century and the tunnel of 50 meters long with some stairs.
The main entrance to the old center is 'Portal de Ses Taules'. This building dates from 1584. In earlier years the entrance was reached by wooden slats, later this became a drawbridge and nowadays there is a permanent bridge. The large Roman statues on the sides of the gate are replicas, the real statues can be seen in the Archaeological Museum in Dalt Vila.
Cathedral
A highlight of Dalt Vila for many is a visit to the cathedral from the 13th century. The addition of parts to the cathedral in both the 16th and 18th centuries has made it an interesting mix of styles.
The Cathedral is built on the highest part of the district, a place where a Roman temple first stood and later a mosque. It is a small climb to reach the cathedral, but the view and the ancient monument make it completely worth it.
Practical information
Address: Plaza Dalt Vila 3
Costs: free
Opening hours:
April 1 to October 31
Mon to Sun: 09.30 - 13.30 / 17.00 - 20.00
November 1 to March 31
Mon to Sun: 09.30 - 13.30 / 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Tips
• Comfortable shoes are highly recommended when visiting Dalt Vila.
• Do you want to enjoy a spectacular view over Eivissa and the Mediterranean Sea? Next to the cathedral of Dalt Vila is the viewpoint 'Mirador del Rey Jaume I'.
The Port Area of La Marina
The former working-class area of ​​La Marina is adjacent to the port of Ibiza.
Here you will feast your eyes on the many luxury yachts. Today La Marina is home to many businesses, shops and restaurants and you will see people of all ages and nationalities. The district is also very popular at night. The many shops are open until nightfall in the summer and there are also bars and clubs. For the real holiday feeling you can enjoy a snack and a drink with a view of the harbor and the Mediterranean Sea.
The Fishing Area Sa Penya
Together with La Marina and Dalt Vila, Sa Penya is a World Heritage Site. This district is now the entertainment area of ​​Eivissa. In the evening you will find many tourists looking for a bar or club. Calle de la Virgen street (Carrer de la Mare de Déu) is known for its large number of gay bars. If you would like to experience a typical parade with drag queens and dancers, you have come to the right place in this street.
A visit to Sa Penya is also nice during the day. There are many shops and in Carrer d'Enmig street you will find, for example, a nice hippie market. Here you can browse among the many hippie stuff for which the island is so famous. It is wise to keep a close eye on your belongings in Sa Penya, there are often many pickpockets active.
For the Shopaholics
Shopping enthusiasts are also in the right place in Eivissa. The city is the island's shopping paradise. There is a great diversity of shops, from the big fashion chains such as Zara and Mango to small vintage shops and boho boutiques with the typical white Ibiza dresses. The main shopping streets are the boulevard Passeig Vara del Rey and Conde Rosello near the harbor. In Dalt Vila you will find many authentic hippie boutiques with handmade jewelry, bags and moccasins. Always keep in mind the siesta, most shops are closed between 14:00 - 17:00.
The style of the ibicencos is one that impresses many! The nice boutiques, the typical clothing style, the wide choice when you are looking for accessories and the Ibiza fashion itself ... You do not get pronounced when you talk about shopping in Ibiza!
Shopping Tips
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Bamba Adlib
It is clear that people in Ibiza often look 'different' from others. They really have a bit of a 'style of their own' and this style is adopted by many people around the world.
Adlib Fashion is a fashion / style in Ibiza where clothing and accessories are handmade. Furthermore, a lot of work is done with natural fabrics and products and nowadays 'Adlib Fashion' is a household name in Ibiza.
How It All Started
This fashion was created in 1971 and inspiration for this clothing comes from the typical dresses and other clothes worn on the Pitiusas Islands with influence of the hippie period.
Dress the way you want,but with style
This fashion was actually started by the Yugoslavian princess Smilja Mihailovitch. She felt that women should become more aware of their bodies and that they could dress more freely and comfortably but in an elegant way. Her motto was therefore; 'Dress as you like, but with style'. With these words she explains something very beautiful. Everyone should do what they feel comfortable in, but in an elegant way.
Shining in white
Very typical of this fashion is that the clothing is white, natural and light fabrics are used, embroidery, crochet, traditional lace and fringes. All this is intended to ensure that the clothing has enough volume and that the clothing moves easily with the natural movements of your body.
Pasarela de moda adlib
Every year a fashion show is organized of the Adlib fashion in Ibiza. Â are looking for inspiration or want to do some shopping for your wedding day. then it is certainly worthwhile to be here. It is of course also nice to just come and taste the atmosphere and see what will come into fashion again that year.
De Mil Amores
De mil amores is a very inspiring place where you can find cool clothes and accessories from different countries: Afghanistan belts, bags from Thailand, Mexican dresses, silk scarves from India, suede boots inspired by American Indian tribes and Adlib fashion. Do you love boho chic style? Then this is a place to go.
Ibimoda
In 1997 the Ibicenca sisters Antonia and Lali Riera started designing in Ibiza. They design unique clothing and wedding clothing made of 100% cotton inspired by the Adlib fashion. Nice to know is that they are doing well and the clothes are not only bought in Ibiza but also in many other places in Spain and even in France and Guadeloupe.
To get an idea of ​​what the Ibicenca sisters design www.ibimoda.com
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Charo Ruiz Ibiza
Charo Ruiz was born and raised in Seville (Andalusia) and is the daughter and granddaughter of fashion designers. She started her career as a model in Barcelona in the 60s and at the end of the 70s she left for Ibiza where she subsequently creates her own studio and showroom inspired by Adlib fashion
her beginnings as a designer were in the hippy market of Es Canar in the 80s designing and selling very simple unisex clothes.
She managed to put Ibiza’s fashion under the world’s spotlight. Famous actresses, popstars, and artists now wear her unique Ibizan designs.
A Charo Ruiz Ibiza dress, top or skirt is a piece of her humble contribution to the fashion history. A message of freedom to all those women who want to feel beautiful and never deny their feminine side.Â
What do you think is special about her wedding dresses collectie and differentiate them from other designers? She never liked the ostentation of the traditional wedding dresses that is why I wanted to offer an alternative to those women looking for a comfortable, romantic, bohemian, hippie or sexy option for such a special day.
Charo Ruiz is an authentic fine fashion designer. Her fitting rooms are always full of beautiful brides waiting for their stunning wedding dresses as well as other marvelous Ibizan collections. Anyone visiting the island should at least take a look at her amazing boutique and feel the free spirited Ibizan halo all her clothes breathe.
Flagshipstore in Ibiza Town Paseo Vara de Ray 4
Emonk Ibiza
Emonk Ibiza , has been making your boho style since 2010 with real feathers for your hair and beautiful handmade accessories, sandals and boots that you will not find anywhere else.
The boots, slippers and accessories are made from a combination of real leather, real feathers and beautiful special materials from the Far East. Emonk Ibiza is a unique boho life style!
If you are looking for the best of the best in boho shoes Emonk Ibiza is the place for you. Located in the heart of Ibiza Town at Calle de Sa Creu núm 6. Emonk Ibiza is also sold on the Hippie market of Las Dalias.
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Designers Ibiza Das
Ibiza Das is one of the Adlib stores preferred by renowned designers and by those who begin to emerge in this flattering fashion.
If you are looking for a store where to find the last fashion in Ibiza manufactured and designed by Theisland than Ibiza Das is your boutique. In this small but lovely space, you will find a sample of what the Adlib fashion of Ibiza is. The vaporous fabrics, laborious embroidery, whites that have evolved to much more vivid colors. A representation of the most authentic Ibizan fashion.
Judith, the owner, has wanted to gather most beautiful garments of some of the most important fashion designers Adlib of the island. Thus, hangers hang models from the collection of designers as reputed as Beatrice San Francisco, the famous Toni Bonet or Ivanna Mestres, among others. If you are a fan of this fashion you may find some of the garments you sell in Ibiza Das te suenen. This is because you can models as kate moss and Naomi campbell that parade year after year in the celebrated Adlib fashion footbridge of Ibiza.
Besides having designers with an already recognized track record, Judith takes advantage of give a boost to the younger, those who want to make their way in this trend increasingly known both inside and outside our borders.
Another goal of Ibiza Das is always work with signatures produced on the islandHowever, due to the lack of footwear factories in Ibiza, when it comes to ordering shoes, it has to resort to the Peninsula. As Judith assures, whenever the product can not come from Ibiza, we bring it from Spain so as not to depend on Italy or China for example, since what search in her store is the Closeness and promotion of local designers.
Their shelves are full of Sara World shoes by Sara Navarro, by Paco Herrero and in skin with Linda Ibiza leather art.
Course all garments and accessories with which it counts exp. that so many have fallen in love in recent years. Either because you want to take a nice garment from the island or make a gift 100% ibicenco, Ibiza Das is your store. Enjoy ademas to admire the old town of the city, since even the establishment is located in the old part, as it could not be otherwise.
The store is located in one of the alleyways of Dalt Vila, right in the Ses Taules portal area, opposite the old market Croissant Show.
Beatrice San Francisco
BSF store
In the middle of the beautiful square, Vara de Rey at number 7, you will find the BSF store. BSF stands for: Beatrice San Francisco. This ladies / gentlemen fashion store
Here you will find the basic and exclusive collection for men and women. Accessories such as handmade bags, belts, necklaces, etc. All special and unique designs made in Ibiza.
BSF has an urban - ethnic and avangarde style. Their designs are made of natural and metallic colors and are knitted from cotton with a special technique for a long life. Their specialties are the multi-pieces and asymmetrical styles. The collection is in One-Size.
With two new collections launched every year, a spring-summer collection and an autumn-winter collection for men and women, BSF also creates a high fashion range that is shown annually on the catwalk. Since 2005 it has been an important part of the Moda Adlib fashion show on the island, an event well known in the European fashion world.
Isla Ibiza Bonita
2013, two young Dutch entrepreneurs opened a boutique in the old part of Ibiza town. Besides the particularly beautiful interior, it is of course the collection that has to work. And there may be.
In the colorful shop you will find cool, sexy clothing made of fine fabrics. The extensive clothing and shoe collection is made from its own label.
But the designation boutique only becomes valid if you can also find bags and accessories in such a store to complete your outfit. And of course that has been thought of, because in this area you can also indulge yourself at Isla Ibiza Bonita. Do you have the buying fever or do you happen to go to Ibiza town then you should certainly not skip this shop.
If you can't wait,visit the webshop islaibizabonita.com
Ibicenca Brands
Besides the designs with inspiration from the Adlib style, there are also various other designers in Ibiza with their own creative creations.
Tanit Jeans
Cool Ibicenca denim fashion can be found at Tanit jeans, for example. Other than beautiful jeans, you will also find denim jackets, skirts, waistcoats and other items of clothing. A nice detail is that each item of clothing is named after a woman who inspired and / or contributed to the projects. There are many shops in Ibiza that sell Tanit jeans designs, therefore only a few of the outlets.
Location
Queens of Joy
Calle Mariano Riquer
Santa Eulalia
Blue Marlin
Cala Jondal Beach                       Sant Josep
Ushuaïa Store
Avenida de Bartolomé Rosselló 18
Ibiza Town
In addition to the Adlib shops and brand stores, Ibiza also offers a big variety of merchandising shops of Ibiza´s most popular clubs. Not only for fans of the club scene in Ibiza a visit in the stores of the legendary & exclusive clubs like Ushuaia, Pacha, Amnesia or DC10 is worth it. They offer not only stylish shirts and pullovers, but also accessories and branded bags.
Ushuaïa store
Ibiza chic meets hipster in this shop. Think of a lot of white, denim and flexible fabrics. The store also has a kids collection.
The Ushuaia Store Ibiza town, near the port, like the Pacha shop. And there is also one shop locatend directly at the entrance of the hotel of the same name.
Pacha shop
One of the most recognized brands of Ibiza. For many years, Pacha Ibiza has launched its collection of clothing and accessories for adults and children every summer, including shirts, bags, shoes, among others, with a casual style. All with the emblem of the two cherries that so well defines the cutting-edge Ibiza.
Label: At Pacha club shop,besides clothing and accessories,you can buy tickets for best party of the week organized at the club or its latest released album.
Amnesia Store
Men and women's clothing, accesories, music, everything you might need from your favourite club can be found here.
You will find everything you might need in Amnesia's collection here, for yourself and to get someone special presents. From caps, T-shirts for day and night to beachware towels, flip flops, gym bags, key rings, and music.
Rock Shop Hardrock Cafe
Hard Rock Flavoured Memories
Get you rock style on! Find your perfect outfit at your Rock Shop, it's open everyday!
From the classic T-shirt to jewelry, watches, hoodies and kids shirts se have the perfect Hard Rock souvenir!
It is located on the most famous promenade in the center of Ibiza: Vara de Rey, next to the corner in front of the Hotel Montesol. www.hardrockcafe.com
Sliver Shop Ibiza
Our favorite jeweler in Ibiza.
It all started when Gerd Unterweger Silvershop creator and designer decides to travel the world to know traditions and beliefs of different cultures. On these trips is when the motivation is born to create the designs that symbolize Silvershop today. after coming back to ibiza from a trip to Japan all these impressions merge with current trends that lead to the idea of creating his first Silvershop in Ibiza. Back in 2001 he opens the first Silvershop in the "Marina" - port of Ibiza, shortly after he decides to create the brand, in April 2014 he opens the second store also in the "Marina" and the current online store.
The stores are full of original ideas and messages for life, Silvershop's are not just shops selling jewelry, they are the manifestation of a lifestyle.
The designs are inspired by various cultures from around the world and influenced by the fashion art and people from ibiza.
