Balearic Islands Entertainment

  1. Akelarre

    Ambient and jazz dance music dominate the wee hours in this place, made welcoming by the warm stone interior. Live music frequently enlivens proceedings earlier in the evening (starting around , and there are four or five other bars lined up next door.

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  2. Bigsurlife

    This bar attracts a good-natured beautiful Italian crowd, and serves nachos all day and Italian dishes at lunchtime. It's such a hit with the dolce vita mob that they have brought out their own chill-out CD. The daily event is drinks on the beach for sunset. About 20m before the turn-off for Platja de ses Illetes from the La Savina-Es Pujols road, a parking area is signposted to the left. Another 30m brings you to the beach and bar.

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  3. Blue Bar

    This is a Formentera classic, which offers good seafood, paella and spadefuls of buen rollito (good vibes). It is the south's chill-out bar par excellence, and everything is blue - the seats, the sunshades, the tables, lounges, loos, walls. So head down for sunset, grab a cocktail and relax. The restaurant closes at midnight.

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  4. Fonda Pepe

    Welcome to the island classic, a knockabout bar connected with the hostal (across the street) of the same name. They have been serving pomades (gin and lemon) for decades. Haunt of the hippies in the 1970s, it attracts a lively crowd of locals and foreigners of all ages and persuasions, who fill the bar and street with their animated banter.

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  5. Garito Club

    About 2km west of the old quarter along and behind Passeig Marítim (aka Avinguda de Gabriel Roca) is a concentration of taverns, girlie bars and clubs. A classic among the latter is Garito Club. DJs and live performers doing anything from jazz rock through disco classics to electro beats heat up the scene from around 10pm.

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  6. Mirador Café

    In a laneway between the top of Costa de ses Voltes and the Mercat Claustre del Carme, this is a popular music bar with a cave-like interior carved out of the old walls above the harbour.

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  7. Sa Sínia

    At the entrance to Es Castell in an old white house with a pleasant terrace, this is not a bad spot for a drink and a little music. A range of (mostly local) DJs spin anything from '80s hits to hip hop.

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  8. Tiburón

    About 200m further up the beach from the popular Bigsurlife bar is an equally fun beach tavern that tends to attract more locals for fish, salads, sangria and, of course, sunset.

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  9. Vinateria Parra

    Head downstairs to the cellar for a little self-indulgent wine-sipping and chat over soft music at a random mix of timber and marble tables. Order salad, cheese and meat platters if you wish to adulterate your wine. Or just perch at the marble bar over a beer.

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