Friday morning started with a stop at a pastry shop for breakfast and a bus ride to the beach. We decided to go back to the Platja Illetes on our last day in Palma since it was both breathtakingly beautiful and close by.
We got to the beach and enjoyed a relaxing 3 hours of swimming and laying in the sun. We left the beach around 3pm and headed to our hotel so we could change and go shopping in the city.
Our shopping adventure took us all over Palma. We walked and walked and kept walking for about 3 hours. We were so tired but hungry so we made our way to the same little street we had found the night before and had dinner. It wasn't the best meal we've had but it was ok. We grabbed the bus and headed back to our hotel. We left for Ibiza the following day.
Saturday morning we finished packing and checked out of our hotel with time to get coffee and breakfast before heading to the airport for our 3pm flight to Ibiza.
We got to the airport a little early but due to the massive amount of people there we were glad we did. It took over an hour to check in and get to our gate, however when we checked in we realized our flight was delayed by an hour. Our day was pretty much lost to the airport, but we made the most of it and shopped around, sampled duty free alcohols, and of course had some snacks.
We finally took off around 4:30, landing in Ibiza just after 5pm. It took about 35 minutes to get our bags and then we took a cab to our hotel in Talamanca (just outside Eivissa, largest city on the island), or the place we thought we would be staying at.
Upon arrival we were told that the hotel was overbooked and that we would be upgraded to a 4 star hotel on Platja den Bossa, closer to the Eivissa city center. We were both frustrated and kind of excited at the same time so we hopped in another cab and went to our new hotel.
What a disappointment. Not only was the hotel a complete mess but the beach it was on was by far the worst beach we had seen this entire trip, which I realize is a bit snobby since we have been to some of the best beaches in the world, but we were still bummed out. Our original hotel was tucked away in a quaint little area with a small beautiful beach, and now we were stuck in disco central with a bunch of blacked out college kids, in a hotel that hasn't been maintained since it opened in the 70's. There was nothing we could do about it so we took a walk around the neighborhood, changed clothes, and then headed to Eivissa city center for dinner.
Luckily we found an amazing restaurant to take our mind off of our crappy travel day. We treated ourselves to a delicious dinner and an after dinner drink before heading back to our hotel. We had tickets to go to Formentera the next day and we needed rest.
More to come on Formentera, the most beautiful place I have ever seen.
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