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You probably know that Ibiza castle is being converted in a state run parador hotel, and you probably also know that during the works many valuable archaeological finds have been made - a few weeks ago we featured the discovery of what could be the first city of Ibiza and a Roman temple in Spotlight News. The other day an 'open day' was held for press and dignitaries to view the whole range of

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You are invited to en-join a Visioning & Life Coaching workshop on Sunday February 6th at 2pm Allowing you to focus on what you really want to create, do and be.. ....give your passions space & time to express themselves.... ....and make the most of your precious time & energy! Where attention goes energy flows.... Below the vital info! (and please R.S.V.P.): Sunday 6th February is all

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Back for an 11th consecutive year this Easter is the popular and highly successful Ibiza Bike Trek. It's an organised event that puts the cyclist firmly in the saddle with the only thing to worry about being keeping up with everyone else! All the travel arrangements are made, competitions and routes planned, mechanics laid on, ferries booked, rations provided and parties and prizegiving

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I imagine that nearly everyone knows of the religious orders around the world which produce really famous food and drink to help raise income for the monastery. Brandy, wine and beer are probably the most well known of the products produced by monks and here in Ibiza there's a similar scheme in action at the Monastery of San Cristobal (St. Cristopher) in Dalt Vila. The nuns there, their order

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Come on, admit it, we all like a drink (allegedly) at Christmas and New Year. In conjunction with the Consell of Ibiza's efforts to get us all home safely after an absolute skinful of ale by providing cheap all-night buses over the main nights of the festivities - See Ibiza Spotlight News for the full timetable – we have produced a handy guide to help you identify your ride home when you see

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The mass walkout by Ibiza's 3 air traffic controllers caused Es Codolar International Airport to close last Friday afternoon but the news today is that everything is back to normal. We have some exclusive photos of the departures area of the airport. They were taken the week before the strike when the only people in the place other than the staff were the 11 of us on the flight to Palma so it's

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We all need a calendar for next year, so how about buying one that will raise money for good causes AND look pretty good on your office wall. May we present the Ibiza Firemen's calendar for 2011 which features 12 shots of the 'bomberos' in action – mostly without regulation uniform. It costs a mere €6 and the money all goes to two charities in Ibiza – Disparate and the Alzheimer Association,

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There's a great new calendar out for 2011 that features some of Ibiza's oldest hotels. Each month has a poster from the hotel from the early days of tourism and on the reverse side, a history of the hotel. It's published by local business Barbary Press which is the brainchild of its author Martin Davies. Born in Liverpool in 1961, Davies had worked in the national Art Library in the V&A before

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There's something stirring in San Jose before Christmas that's designed to get us all out of houses and into 10 of its bars and cafes stretching from the north to the south of the borough. It's “CAÑAS'N'ROLL” which features live bands and DJs playing to an accompaniment of food and tapas with names on a Rock'n'Roll theme – Great meat balls of Fire, Paté Smith and Olives Newton John – to name

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or to be more descriptive 'Cardamom Cafe, Lounge, Bar, Restaurant' in Santa Eulalia Now the 'cool' season's upon us, it's time to cosy up at Cardamom for Warm and Cosy logfire weekends! They are now open during the winter weekends for healthy, nutritious, handmade indian and non-indian dishes. We use the freshnest ingredients in their vast selection of recipes benefitting yourself, your friends

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If you've been surprised to see Channel 4's Kirstie Allsop flying about Ibiza in a 2CV over the last few days there's no need to worry. She's not here in her 'Location, location, location' guise on a mission to buy Ibiza for a couple of Yuppies who've just sold their central London Studio and want to relocate 'for a less urban lifestyle and have kids' According to her voluminous Twitter page '

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August in Ibiza was just a blur of parties attended by the rich, the famous, and the rich and famous. Not that I went to any, but our favourite local newspaper, the Diario de Ibiza, sent its cameramen along to record every sip of champagne, every fashion faux pas, every nip and tuck and every gleaming theatrical smile. So, if you're feeling a little inadequate because your not rich, famous or

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Perhaps the world's most famous Jazz photographer, Herman Leonard, passed away this month aged 87. Even if you didn't know his name it's likely that his photographs were more than familiar. His backlit, smoky, iconic portraits of Jazz stars across the decades capture the style, the ethos, the philosophy and the cool of the music and the musicians, not only at work, but at home, at rest, and at

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The biggest and best fireworks display in Ibiza takes place every year on 8th August in Ibiza town to celebrate the day of San Ciriaco. This is what it looks like! Thanks to the nice people at the Ibiza Gran Hotel, you too can have this Grandstand view - that's Grandstand with a capital Gee - as the hotel's Casino and Gee bar have a fabulous food offer for the evening.  Gourmet food and wine

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August sees a f-f-f-f-full programme of f-f-f-f-fashion, art and happenings at the Atzaro Hotel/Spa/live music venue/restaurant and general really nice place. Take a look at what's in store

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Ibiza is such a photogenic island, beautiful in the light of day or merely illuminated by the moon. However, the beauty of its coastline is sometimes spoiled by man made monstosities, which, in the opinion of some, are a blot on the seascape. The Diario de Ibiza is running a gallery of photos which demonstrate just what a wonderful landscape we are blessed with here. The photographer, Jose B.

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A few weeks ago we published the complete programme of art exhibitions at the Atzaro Hotel and Spa and they've now kindly sent us some more information about the exhibition by Frank Delange which starts today. Jean Monnert, Président de la Fédération des salons historiques du Grand Palais á Paris said this about the artist: "Frank Delante has only one simple and sublime desire: transmit his joy

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The weekend starts early at Ibiza's super modern, super cool art hotel, The Gran Hotel. Thursdays from 20.00 see Ibiza Essentials on the terrace where you can watch the lights come on all over Dalt Vila as the sun goes down. If you've never visited the real casino at the Gran Hotel for fear of winning loadsamoney then you're in for a treat on Fridays when gambling for fun arrives in the form

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Here's Part Deux of San Antonio's programme of live concerts at sunset. As you can see, the first two have already been and gone, and I can only imagine that a serious computer problem at the town hall prevented this information being posted onto the council website until 12th July. Let me translate the programme from the user friendly Catalan Friday 16th July - Saxofobia - in the Church

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Or 'What Comes around, Goes Around.' Picture this, it's the mid sixties, Free form Jazz Rockers Soft Machine have just been on a long tour of the States supporting the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The Softies' bass player Kevin Ayers is brassed off, sells his Fender Jazz bass to Noel Redding, and heads off to Ibiza. On the island he is inspired and writes a wodge of songs which become the album '

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Ibiza's recent history is littered with connections to legends of the music world. Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, Cream, Joni Mitchell, Nico, little Kylie, Noel Gallagher, Mike Oldfield and not forgetting the other feller, whats-his-name, the one that was in the army. Add to these the Lords of Techno and Gods of House, the DJ's who preside over our famous discotheques in summer and Ibiza truly

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There's nothing quite like going to the cinema in the open air on a balmy summer's evening. A rare experience for we northern Europeans, there's an annual Open Air Cinema season in the towns and villages of Santa Eulalia every July and August, and all for free. The films shown are in Various languages and usually subtitled as well so nearly all of us can understand what's going on. Here's the

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Without doubt one of Ibiza's prettiest live entertainment venues, the garden/courtyard of San Jose's Raco Verd bar (map) has a varied programme over the coming weeks. So without further ado and using only the magic of copy and paste and You Tube technology, here's the July calendar Jueves 1/7 - Funcale- un grupo Flamenco Rock Jueves 8/7 - Rico Loop - produccion en vivo. Un chico de Alemagne

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Another blog filched from  http://www.youlearnsomethingneweveryday.com/ (don't click, it's not a real website) that brought you the story of how psychedelic sixties popsters The Pink Floyd wrote their tune 'Ibiza Bar' on the back of a fag packet in an Ibiza Bar (it's a real link) we bring you the 'Tales of brave Ulysses.' Picture this, it was the swinging sixties, Eric Clapton, guitarist with

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Summer's officially here and the nice people from Aaple, the agricultural and artisan asscociation, are holding their Sunday market a little later in the day. This Sunday, 27th June, you can buy ecological local produce and locally made arts and crafts from 18.00 in the church square at Santa Gertrudis. There are two added atractions too, it's a full moon and there's a live performance by

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