The
Municipality of Sant Joan, located on the North, is the least populated
in the island, with about 4500 inhabitants. This area's main features
are vast unspoilt woodlands and remarkable rural extensions, where
livelihood largely depends on farming. Nature can be found at its
finest in Sant Joan's coastline, cliffs and woodlands, which are often
crossed by torrents and stone terraces.
The Municipality is composed of four parishes: Sant Joan, Sant Miquel,
Sant Vicent and Sant Llorenç. All of them are small villages where
locals live with people from all over the world who have chosen rural
Ibiza as their place of residence.
The Municipality shares with Sant Antoni an "Area of Particular
Interest": Es Amunts, an area of high environmental value with a unique
fauna and flora. At the same time, Sant Joan offers amazing routes to
be walked. They lead to Balanzat's defensive tower, d'en Marçà's caves
or the archaeological site in Es Culleram's cave, which houses the most
important piece of the islands' Phoenician past: the goddess Tanit.
The coast line is full of cliffs, only altered by some lovely coves,
such as Es Caló des Multons, Cala Xarraca, Es Caló d'en Serra, Cala de
Sant Vicent, and Benirràs, which became very popular because of its
hippie atmosphere and percussionists,
The Municipality also offers some tourist areas, such as Port de Sant Miquel and Portinatx.
