Torre de Campanitx

At the foot of the tower the scrub grows thick enough to hide the sea. Walk round to the clifftops beside it and the view opens all at once: open water below, and the island of Tagomago offshore.

That view is the reason to come. The tower itself is a solid stone lookout, one of the chain built to watch Ibiza's coast for raiders, and it has kept its shape well. The interior is closed, so the visit happens outside: a circuit of the walls, then time on the clifftop with the sea in front of you.

• The tower is closed and the interior cannot be visited. Come for the outside and the view from the cliffs.
• There are no toilets, no drinking water and no information point nearby. Bring water.
• The road in is one-way and bumpy, and the final climb to the tower is very steep with nowhere to park at the top.
• The last stretch on foot is slippery. Wear shoes with grip.
• There is no wheelchair access.

The approach is by car on a rough road, then on foot. Past the last restaurant on the way in, the road turns one-way and bumpy, though a regular car manages it. Drive on past the small beach and bay, and stop once the island first comes into view on your right. Beyond that point the road climbs very steeply straight up to the tower, and there is nowhere to park at the top.

Mapped parking lies about 900 m from the tower in a straight line, on an unpaved surface, with another spot about 1.2 km away. Walking up from the beach you pass on the way spares the car's tyres and undercarriage. The final stretch to the tower is on foot, and it is slippery.

Best: early morning, when the sun comes up over the sea in front of the cliffs.

Avoid: just after rain, and the middle of a summer day.

Wet weather makes the bumpy road and the slippery footpath harder going, and with no water nearby the steep climb is heavy work in the midday heat.