{"id":5685,"date":"2014-07-04T10:02:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T17:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/?p=5685"},"modified":"2014-07-04T10:02:40","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T17:02:40","slug":"instawalk-dalt-vila-old-town-ibiza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2014\/07\/instawalk-dalt-vila-old-town-ibiza\/","title":{"rendered":"Instawalk: Dalt Vila &#8212; Old Town Ibiza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>nope, I didn&#8217;t think it was possible, but indeed today I felt like I actually wasn&#8217;t on an island devoted to partying. the old town\u00a0portion of Ibiza rises from the ocean, its fortifications and even the buildings seemingly hewn\u00a0directly out of the earth.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Heading into the old town part of Ibiza by Jonathan Khoo, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/14384401528\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2913\/14384401528_e55663d4dd_z.jpg\" alt=\"Heading into the old town part of Ibiza\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heading on in<\/p><\/div>\n<p>it&#8217;s a bit of a climb up from wherever you decide to access the Dalt Vila (&#8220;High Town&#8221; or &#8220;Upper Town&#8221;), but it&#8217;s well worth it for the views and then exploration of the quiet alleyways that (at least today?) seem a world away from the sundrenched crowds. well, until you get to the popular vista points, then you&#8217;re reminded where exactly you are.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Old Town Ibiza by Jonathan Khoo, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/14386128298\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3876\/14386128298_683e33f92b_c.jpg\" alt=\"Old Town Ibiza\" width=\"800\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new and the old with a fortification in between<\/p><\/div>\n<p>this <a href=\"http:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/417\">UNESCO World Heritage site<\/a> dates back centuries, with ruins going back over a millennia. in the panorama above you can see the lower part of Ibiza Town to the left, then the beginning of the fortifications, and the nooks and crannies of the Dalt Vila on the right.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"When people say it's steep and hilly, they weren't kidding! by Jonathan Khoo, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/14567557451\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2935\/14567557451_9450d0c4cf_z.jpg\" alt=\"When people say it's steep and hilly, they weren't kidding!\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wear sensible shoes and get ready for a workout!<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Island life by Jonathan Khoo, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/14384284400\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3889\/14384284400_0346acef47_z.jpg\" alt=\"Island life\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the picturesque small side streets<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Cathedral of Ibiza by Jonathan Khoo, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/14384573337\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3907\/14384573337_b1bb07c4a4_z.jpg\" alt=\"Cathedral of Ibiza\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside the cathedral that sits atop Dalt Vila<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"The view from the Cathedral by Jonathan Khoo, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/14569433331\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3861\/14569433331_afea509df7_c.jpg\" alt=\"The view from the Cathedral\" width=\"800\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from the Cathedral square<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Looking out over the water by Jonathan Khoo, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/14384644987\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3905\/14384644987_7479b89582_z.jpg\" alt=\"Looking out over the water\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking out over the water. Those streaks are boats heading out to sea.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Looking south from atop Old Town Ibiza by Jonathan Khoo, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/14569403031\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3844\/14569403031_744ef00b9c_c.jpg\" alt=\"Looking south from atop Old Town Ibiza\" width=\"800\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking south from atop Old Town Ibiza. In the distance you can sort of make out the island of Formentera, which is where many of those boats are going.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Side street by Jonathan Khoo, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/14548090456\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3856\/14548090456_f7c515f326_z.jpg\" alt=\"Side street\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">More great side streets<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Looking up to the cathedral by Jonathan Khoo, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/14384592008\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5526\/14384592008_0ee8b9450d_z.jpg\" alt=\"Looking up to the cathedral\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking up to the cathedral<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong>sidebar: getting there<\/strong> if you&#8217;re staying in Sant Antoni (aka San Antonio), you can take a bus from the bus station (the ginormous canopy structure on the southeast side of town) down to Ibiza for \u20ac2. you want bus line 3, departures every 15 minutes during the daytime. pay the driver and get a receipt (they can make change but only accept bills up to \u20ac20). locals will stop in between but just get out at the end of the line\u00a0when everyone else gets out, near the intersection of Av. d&#8217;Isidor Macabich and C\/ Madrid. this is also where you&#8217;ll take the bus back north. there is a bus that goes to the port but it requires a change at the airport, so it&#8217;s just easier to walk from this stop. use <a href=\"http:\/\/horariodebus.es\/EN\/ibiza\/index.php\">this site<\/a> for schedules and more information, although <a href=\"http:\/\/ibizabus.com\/ibiza\/\">this one<\/a><a> has better maps.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>nope, I didn&#8217;t think it was possible, but indeed today I felt like I actually wasn&#8217;t on an island devoted to partying. the old town\u00a0portion&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":5687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Instawalk: Dalt Vila -- Old Town Ibiza","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12],"tags":[872,675],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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