Ses Fontanelles Cave

The view gets you first. The track swings round a hairpin bend, and the sea opens out below the cliffs, brightest in the late afternoon when the sun drops low in the west.

At the bottom stands the shelter, closed off by an iron gate and fence. Behind the bars are the only known prehistoric paintings on Ibiza, faded so far that from the fence the rock can look bare. Come for the walk and the coast, and count the paintings as a bonus. With the open sea in front of you, the spot makes a good place for a picnic.

• Signposting is sparse and the cave is easy to miss. The path shows on OpenStreetMap, which is more reliable here than Google Maps.
• The paintings are faint and can be hard to see at all through the fence; the coastal view is the surer reward.
• There are no toilets, no drinking water and no information point near the cave. Bring water and food.
• The track is dirt and the walk back is uphill, so wear proper shoes.

A dirt track leads towards the cave from the Cala Salada area. Mapped parking on unpaved ground lies about 1.5 km away in a straight line, and the Cala Salada bus stop is about the same distance off.

A parking area also sits further along the dirt track, closer to the cave. From there the walk continues on the same track, round a hairpin bend and down to the shelter, in about ten minutes. Signs are few, so load the route on OpenStreetMap before you set out.

Best: late afternoon, when the sun sits low over the sea to the west and the cliffs catch the warm light.

Avoid: the middle of a summer day, because there is no water on the way and the walk back climbs.

If you stay for sunset, carry a torch for the return along an unlit dirt track.

The shelter is a protected archaeological site, closed off by an iron gate and fence, and the paintings are seen from outside it. Do not climb the fence or reach through to touch the rock: the pigment is already faint, and every hand on it wears it further.