Welcome to Ibiza Ibiza is considered a popular tourist destination, especially due to its legendary and at times riotous nightlife centered around two areas:Ibiza Town, the island's capital on the southern shore and Sant Antoni to the West. Well-known nightclubs are Privilage(the largest club in the world), Eden (the busiest nightclub in Sant Antoni),Es Paradis (noted for its water parties), Amnesia (known for foam partyes ), Space (an afterparty club), Pacha, and DC10. During the summer, well-known DJs perform at the various clubs on weekly schedules, in between touring to other international destinations. Many of these DJs use Ibiza as an outlet for presenting new songs within the house,trance and techno genres of electric dance music. The season traditionally begins at the start of June with Space and DC10's opening parties and finishes on the first weekend of October with the Closing Parties. A typical schedule for clubbers going to Ibiza includes waking at noon, early evening naps, late night clubbing, and "disco sunrises". Due to Ibiza's notable tolerance toward misbehavior from young adult tourists, it has acquired the sobriquet "Gomorrah of the Med". Also well-known is Café del Mar, a long-standing bar where many tourists traditionally view the sunset made famous by José Padilla. That and other bars close by have become an increasingly popular venue for club pre-parties after sunset, hosting popular DJ performer
The island's government is trying to encourage a more cultured and
quieter tourism scene, passing rules including the closing of all
nightclubs by 6am at the latest, and requiring all new hotels to be
5-star.
The administration is wanting to attract a more international mixture
of tourists, rather than British who have a bad reputation for violent
aggresive binge drinking. |
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