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We've just come home from a great week's holiday at the famly resort of Cala Llonga, Ibiza. Weather upon arrival was very warm, but the day after the clouds gathered although it was still shorts and t-shirt weather. From then, things hotted up with temperatures around 31c each day, but cooled nicely at night. We flew with the airline 'MyTravel' from Manchester direct to Ibiza and while they're not classed as a 'budget' airline they might well be with the dire amount of legroom you get. My knees were uncomfortably nudging the seat in front and this explains why we too occasionally felt a gentle push in our backs due to the poor people behind having the same problem. Fortunately it was just under a three hour flight although we were glad to get off at the end of it. The food served on board was a breakfast as were on an early morning flight. The sausage that we had wasn't particularly pallatable, although little Joshua almost polished his off, so there you go, you can't please everyone can you!
We stayed at 'The Sirenis Club Playa' hotel which is located about 150 yards from the beach and shops,
bars and restaurants of the small family resort of Cala Llonga so everything was within very easy reach indeed. Much of the local area is on the flat so its easy to get around for people with walking difficulties, although saying this Cala Llonga is kind of on two levels with a small hill about 200 yards long up if you want to visit the other bars/restaurants. Also in the resort is a pharmacy should you need it. Fortunately we didn't although Tracey did drag both myself and Joshua around the few shops nearby and in all honesty if there is anything you may have forgotten to pack to bring with you, you're guaranteed to find it in these shops. Everything from towels, t-shirts, underwear, sun-cream, food and drinks along with virtually anything else is available as is the mass array of different flip-flops you can buy and this perhaps runs into a hundred or so various designs with prices very reasonable indeed. Also inflatables for the pool or beach can be bought, but beware as there was a sign around our pool saying it is against Spanish law to have inflatables in the pool.
Having spent much of
our second day on the beach, we decided to buy a parasol as it was about the same price to do this than to rent two sunbeds and a parasol for the day at the beach. We just lay on our towels on the beach instead of renting sunbeds and we brought our parasol home with us to use in the garden.
A couple of days before we flew to Ibiza we decided to rent a car whilst on the island. We booked it online which worked out cheaper than booking it on the island and used a company called 'Betacar'. During the online booking process it gave us a couple of options on where we could collect the car. The nearset was at a nearby resort of Santa Eulalia, about a 10 minute taxi ride away. However, please note that in Cala Llonga, there is a Betacar rental office and they arranged for the car to be brought here for us instead of us forking out for taxi fares collecting and returning the car to the original office. We couldn't thank them enough for that, so well done Betacar!
We went all-inclusive at the hotel and food was great
for breakfast, snacks during the day and also our evening meals. There literally was something for everyone, although a couple of times we ate out, one of the evenings being at a nearby Italian restaurant called 'Valentino'. Prices were slightly cheaper than the UK and the food was superb. Myself and Joshua had the lasagne and Tracey had her usual Marghareta pizza....for a change!
Also in Cala llonga is a small funfair with dodgems, rides for children and we spent most evenings taking Joshua on the roundabout which he loved immensely.
On one of the days we took the boat from Cala Llonga to Ibiza town which made a nice change and Joshy really enjoyed it, especially when the sea splashed onto his face whilst bobbing along. There wasn't a great deal to do in Ibiza town and perhaps we should have gone during the evening instead of daytime, but having found no parking spaces whatsoever a few nights before when we took the car we eventually gave up and drove to Santa Eulalia instead ( which seems an expensive upper-class resort ).
Whilst we had the car we also drove over to San Antonio Bay where we had
been 10 years before and things have changed since we were last there as not only has it grown in size, but they have also implemented a one-way system which isn't very good for tourists who drive there. As if driving on the wrong side of the road isn't bad enough without throwing in a one-way system with very few signs of how to get in and out of San Antonio Bay...well done the local authority planning and signage division!
On one of our days we went to the 'Aguarmar' aquapark where there are lots of things to do for all ages with slides and things in water. Again, we went ten years ago and the place has hardly changed although its very clean and well kept. Avoid the small toilets though near the childrens water slide area as the mens are full of mosquitos which is rather unpleasant. Thinking about it, they may not have been public toilets but instead a locker-room I stumbled upon for the staff! All in all though it was another great day and would definately go again. Prices were 18 Euros per adult and I think children between the ages of 2 to
12 were about 12 Euros, or something like that. There is a snack bar which serves food and drinks inside so you can't go wrong and sunbeds are an extra 2.50 Euros each. Sounds expensive for the day here, but most definately worth every penny in our view.
The beach at Cala Llonga is lovely although be warned there are jellyfish present in and around the east coast of Ibiza ( not sure about elsewhere on the island ) and they are brown in colour so are not that easy to spot compared with white jellyfish we're used to seeing. Whilst at Es Cana one day, a little girl got stung and the whole beach knew about it as her screams could be heard about three miles away. It wasn't long though before she was well again and we caught up with her dressed as a Hawaiian dancer while we were having lunch at a beachside restaurant. She was singing in her native Spanish and we guessed she was singing to diners to earn a bit of pocket money. Unfortunately, we don't understand when "Please can I have some money from you daft tourists for singing to you ?"
is spoken in Spanish, so we didn't give her owt. After all, we were there to have lunch and not being sung to by a jellyfish victim. Hope we don't sound too mean...hehe!
And so our holiday eventually came to an end as they always do. Our next port of call is Kusadasi in Turkey in September, so until then byeeeeeeee.
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Bluesue34
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Great Info
Thanks for the link - some good info / pictures.