Seven days between Ibiza and Formentera: the rock of Es Vedra, the sandbanks off Formentera, and the balance of beach clubs and quiet calas.
Ninety-one nautical miles over seven days, and no leg longer than two hours.
That's the least sailing of any Mediterranean route we run. Mallorca is 180 miles. The Dodecanese is 237. This is 91, and four of the six legs are an hour or less.
Ibiza and Formentera sit close together and the route works round the coast of one and then the other. Ten hours under way across the whole week. You are, functionally, moving between anchorages.
What you spend the time on instead is the water, which on the Formentera banks is as clear as anywhere in the Mediterranean, and the island, which has more registers than its reputation suggests.
Before we dive in, it's worth noting the route below is also available as an interactive map on our Balearic Islands charter page.
The route
Ibiza Town → Tagomago → Port de Sant Miquel → Cala Comte → Es Vedrà → Formentera (Ses Illetes) → Platja Es Arenals → Ibiza Town.
Seven days, 91 nautical miles, 10 hours under way. Round trip from Ibiza Town.
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Day 1: Tagomago
Noon embarkation in Ibiza Town, under Dalt Vila, then northeast.
Tagomago is a private island a kilometre off the coast, a narrow strip with three sheltered anchorages and pine slopes. No roads, no crowds.
First night at anchor, dinner on board.
Passage: 1.5 hours, 13 nm. Mooring: Puerto de Tagomago (southwest), Olla de Tramontana or Olla de Llevant. Dining: on board.
Day 2: Port de Sant Miquel
An hour west along the north coast, where the cliffs go straight down and the Punta Moscarter lighthouse looks over the passing boats.
Port de Sant Miquel is a protected bay where the fishing boats still work. Above it, the Caves of Can Marçà run into the limestone, chambers at cathedral height with stalactites. Smugglers used the passages and the markings are still there.
Dinner at SALIVA.
Passage: 1 hour, 10 nm. Mooring: Port de Sant Miquel anchorage or Cala Benirràs. Beach: Port de Sant Miquel. Dining: SALIVA.
Day 3: Cala Comte and San Antonio
An hour, and a succession of calas.
Cala Salada first, a sheltered cove over sand and rock, for a swim. Then Cala Comte, where three small coves spread along the coast with rocky islets offshore and the water runs through every shade of blue and green.
Sunset at Cala Comte is the thing people come for. Dinner at Sunset Ashram. San Antonio's clubs are there if the group wants them.
Passage: 1 hour, 10 nm. Mooring: Cala Comte, Cala Bassa or San Antonio harbour. Beach: Cala Comte. Dining: Sunset Ashram.
Day 4: Es Vedrà and Cala d'Hort
An hour south, eight miles.
Es Vedrà is a limestone monolith nearly four hundred metres out of the sea. The yacht circles it at a respectful distance from the cliffs. There are stories about magnetic anomalies and sirens, and the rock is impressive enough that you can see where the stories come from.
Cala d'Hort is the beach below it, white sand facing the rock.
Sunset cocktails on deck with Es Vedrà in front of you, then dinner at La Mesa.
Passage: 1 hour, 8 nm. Mooring: Cala d'Hort or Cala Vedella. Beach: Cala d'Hort. Dining: La Mesa.
Day 5: Formentera, Ses Illetes
Along Ibiza's south coast to Cala Jondal, a pebble beach under pine cliffs, and a lunch stop at Jondal.
Then south to Formentera, over water that goes sapphire to turquoise to pale jade above the Posidonia fields.
Ses Illetes is a narrow sand spit with water on both sides. Espalmador is the uninhabited islet nearby, with mud baths on it.
The tourist catamarans come in several times a day. The crew knows the timings and will work around them.
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Passage: 1.5 hours, 12 nm. Mooring: Cala Jondal, Ses Illetes or Espalmador. Beach: Playa de Ses Illetes and Playa Jondal. Dining: Jondal for lunch.
Day 6: Platja Es Arenals
Two hours south along Formentera to Playa Migjorn: eight kilometres of white sand behind low dunes and scattered pine.
Es Arenals is the central stretch where the sand is widest. The yacht anchors offshore in six to eight metres and you can wade fifty metres out and still touch bottom.
By afternoon the wind gets up and the kite surfers arrive.
Dinner at JUVIA.
Passage: 2 hours, 18 nm. Mooring: Es Arenals, offshore in 6-8m sand, or Migjorn. Beach: Platja Es Arenals. Dining: JUVIA.
Day 7: Ibiza Town
Last morning at La Mola and Es Caló, then two hours north with breakfast under way.
Dalt Vila comes up above the harbour as you come in.
Passage: 2 hours, 20 nm. Mooring: Marina Ibiza, Marina Botafoch or Talamanca Bay. Dining: breakfast on board.
Who this suits
Groups who want the boat parked somewhere good, not covering ground. Ten hours of engine time over a week is almost nothing, and it means the day starts when people get up, not when the captain needs to leave.
It suits people who want both registers of Ibiza: Sunset Ashram and San Antonio at one end, Espalmador and an empty Formentera beach at the other, in the same week.
It doesn't suit anyone who came to sail. The engine hours are minimal, and that's by design.
Practical notes
Round trip from Ibiza Town, so one airport.
The Formentera anchorages are over Posidonia, which is protected. Where and how you anchor there is regulated and it's the captain's problem, but it's worth knowing that the rules are real and enforced.
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