Sant Joan de Labritja is the least-populated municipality on Ibiza and almost entirely rural: 7,046 people across 121.56 km² of the island's north. The village sits inland at 202 m, a single quiet street under a large church, with the town hall, a handful of small cafés and restaurants and a taxi rank. Most travellers come for the coast, where the resorts of Portinatx and Cala de Sant Vicent lie, and for the farmland and wooded hills between them.
Sant Joan de Labritja
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Language
- Catalan, Spanish
- Power plug
- Type C/F, 230 V
- Visa
- Schengen
- Time zone
- UTC+1 / UTC+2 (CET/CEST)
- Tap water
- Safe; mineral taste in the south
- Tipping
- Not expected; 5–10% for great service
- Emergency
- 112
Things to do
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When to go
Shoulder
Apr – May
The hills are green, the coast is warming up and Portinatx and Cala de Sant Vicent have room on the sand.
High season
Jun – Sep
The beach resorts fill, the bare coves get little shade at midday, and the Torrent de Labritja is a dry bed full of green growth.
Low season
Oct – Mar
The coast goes quiet, the village street belongs to the people who live there, and the Torrent de Labritja carries water through the winter months.
How long to stay
The village itself takes an hour or so: the length of the street, the church, a coffee outside the town hall. The municipality deserves two to three days, enough for a beach day at Portinatx, another at Cala de Sant Vicent and time in the farmland and hills between them. Staying in the north saves the back-and-forth across the island.
Getting around
Taxis wait at a rank in the village, outside the town hall and the local Guardia Civil post. Beyond that the municipality is spread thin: 121.56 km² of almost entirely rural land, with the village inland at 202 m and the resorts of Portinatx and Cala de Sant Vicent down on the coast. Each of those is its own trip from the village, so plan a day around one stretch of coast.
What to see
Destinations in Sant Joan de Labritja
Frequently asked questions
Where exactly is Sant Joan de Labritja?
In the north of Ibiza. The village lies inland at 202 m, and the municipality around it reaches the northern coast, taking in the resorts of Portinatx and Cala de Sant Vicent.Why do some maps say San Juan Bautista?
That is the Spanish name, used for much of the 20th century. In 1981, after the Autonomous Region of the Balearic Islands was established with Catalan as its official language, place names went back to Catalan and the municipality became Sant Joan de Labritja.What is there in the village itself?
One quiet street, dominated by a large church. The town hall stands on it, with several small cafés and restaurants, a taxi rank and the local Guardia Civil post nearby.Is this the quiet part of Ibiza?
It is the least-populated municipality on the island, with 7,046 people, and almost entirely rural. Portinatx is its one major tourist resort.Is there a river near the village?
The Torrent de Labritja rises west of the village and feeds the Riu de Santa Eulària. It carries water only in the winter months; through the tourist season it is a dry bed full of green vegetation.