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Roca Llisa, Ibiza
La Divina
- Style
- Cubist bliss
- Setting
- Above the pine trees, looking out to sea
Cubist cool on the outside, with a whisper of Bali on the inside, La Divina is the only two-bedroom villa in Ibiza to be sealed with the Smith kiss of approval. Beds are draped with white muslin, while huge wooden furniture pieces break up spaces large enough to cartwheel in. What with its irresistible infinity pool – and not forgetting the 20ft home cinema (how could you?) – this tranquil villa really is as divine as it looks.
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House style
High up, high-design villa.
Grounds
Terraces above the treetops.
Sleeps
4
Ideal for
Couples’ escapes or stylish breaks with friends.
Rates
From €6,000–€10,000 a week.
Minimum hire
One week minimum rental (Saturday to Saturday) from 3pm until 10am on the day of departure.
Eating & drinking
The dining table in the living area seats 10, whilst outside there is a table for eight. If you arrange it before you arrive, Deliciously Sorted will go shopping for you and pre-fill the fridge with all your favourite things.
Children
A steep pool edge and an open-sided staircase means that this little property may be unsuitable for very little ones.
Music
There is a CD player and stereo system in the living area, and in bedroom 1. Deliciously Sorted, Ibiza’s premier luxury concierge service, is included in the price of the villa. Available 24 hours a day to sort out dinner reservations, a boat, a VIP table in club or even a lift to the beach, it is just a phone call or an email away. For more information, contact Deliciously Sorted (UK: +44 (0)7780 633 225; Ibiza: +34 971 197 867).
Provided
Infinity pool, complimentary concierge service, WiFi, 42-inch plasma-screen TV in the living room, satellite TV, DVD, CD, air-conditioning throughout, bed linen and towels.
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The house is spread over two floors: the living room, kitchen, dining room and terrace are on the ground floor; bedrooms 1 and 2, and the upper terrace are on the first floor.
Interior
Bedrooms
There are two double bedrooms.
Bedroom 1: Master bedroom with 2m x 2m bed, private terrace with sea views and en suite shower room.
Bedroom 2: Double bedroom opposite the master bedroom with an en suite shower room.
Kitchen The kitchen, equipped with dishwasher, oven and microwave – and with a utility room with washer/dryer next door – is pre-stocked with basic essentials such as milk and bread, but you can pre-arrange for your concierge to have more shopping ready for your arrival. For more self-catering supplies, see our ‘Services’ section.
Living room Huge glass sliding doors separate the open-plan living and dining room from the terrace and pool. There is also an open fire, ideal for cosily sitting around in the winter months – and your TV is a humble 20ft home-cinema projector screen.
Dining room The dining table for 10 has incredible views across the pine forests out to sea.
Other There are covered beds, cushions and billowing white curtains on the large roof terrace with east-facing views.
Outdoor
Poolside The infinity pool is an extension of a sand-coloured stone floor, alongside huge double-bed mattresses in the stylish shade of a sail awning.
Gardens
Parking There is parking for four cars.
Other Due to its heart-of-the-forest location, there is no barbecue at La Divina.
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Activities
Best picnic spot
Head to one of the following beaches with some food, then lie back and thoroughly spoil yourself. Ask your concierge service Deliciously Sorted to arrange a hamper for you.
Best beaches
Roca Llisa beach is just a short drive down the hill from La Divina. It’s a small bay in which rock formations that look like people stand between you and Formentera in the distance. North-coast Cala d’en Serra near Portinatx is a well-kept secret. Aguas Blancas on the northeast coast has a great chiringuito serving caipirinhas and steak sandwiches. Cala Jondal in the east is beloved for its seafood restaurants. Salinas beach, near the villa, is a hotspot for the gorgeous people. It has a handy sun lounger service but, be warned, this beach gets very busy in high season.
Activities
Hire a 4x4 and take to the dirt tracks that criss-cross the pine forests in the north of the island. There’s limitless opportunity for golf, sailing, water-skiing, windsurfing, diving, horse-riding, go-karting and hot-air balloon trips, too. Speak to Deliciously Sorted to arrange.
Eating, drinking and dancing
Cafés
El Bigote
For lunch, try this humble place serving only fish stew; you’ll eat like royalty – provided you can get a table. There’s no phone, so book in person a few days in advance.
Mastella beach
Croissant Show
+34 971 319610
Watch pavement life go by as you dip fresh croissants into coffee.
Pg de s’Alamera 5, Santa Eulalia
El Chiringuito
A beach café that caters to a clientele accustomed to being waited on hand and foot; snacks are brought to the sunloungers.
Es Cavallet beach, Ibiza
Café Benirràs
Watch the sun go down at this café on the celebrated north-coast beach.
Northern tip of Ibiza, near the port of San Miguel
Croissant Show
+34 971 319610
Watch pavement life go by as you dip fresh croissants into coffee.
Pg de s’Alamera 5, Santa Eulalia
Restaurants
Es Torrent
+34 971 802160
Located in a beautiful bay near Porroig, this restaurant does excellent seafood. Book a week in advance in summer, and order your fish the day before.
The Jockey Club
+34 971 395788
Have lunch in style at this informal brasserie. Bring a yacht – everyone else seems to.
Las Salinas beach
La Brasa
+34 971 301202
For dinner, this place serves local dishes in a courtyard garden; ask for a table on the right.
Calle Pere Sala, Ibiza Town
El Ayoun
+34 971 198335
This restaurant has a cool Arabian Nights-style Moroccan atmosphere.
Calle Isidor, Macabich s/n, San Rafael
L’Elephant
+34 971 198056
A San Rafael favourite, attracting a crowd every bit as stylish as its French menu.
San Rafael, Ibiza
KM5
+34 971 396349
This popular venue is decked out with Bedouin tents and loungers.
On the road between Ibiza Town and San Jose
Macao Café
At the far end of the dock in Ibiza Town, this stylish waterfront bar is popular at sunset and serves delicious fish dishes.
The Marina, Ibiza Town
Bars
Base Bar
Get the lowdown on the best parties over cocktails at this hangout.
Placa sa Riba, Ibiza Town
Pacha
www.pacha.com
The creation of this club opposite the marina in 1973 marked the dawn of a new era of decadence. Friday night is best.
Avenida Ocho de Agosto, Ibiza Town
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Housekeeping
Twice a week.
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Planes Iberia, British Airways and EasyJet all fly into Ibiza airport, which is about five miles southwest of Ibiza Town. Direct flights take a little over two hours from the UK. (There are no direct flights from the UK during November to March.) If you’re not hiring a car, taxis from the rank outside the airport are metred and reasonable (around €10 for the trip to Ibiza Town).
Local taxi service Taxi San Joan (+34 971 333033), WBW private driving service (+34 696 253759). For car hire, click on our Travel Offers page. Smithcard holders get a 10 per cent discount with Hertz.
Directions by road Forget map-reading nightmares – a representative will meet you and your party at the airport and help you find your villa. But here are directions for your records… From the airport, follow signs to Eivissa (Ibiza Town), then, at the second roundabout, start following signs to Santa Eularia. After the fourth roundabout, turn right towards Jesus. Pass the village of Jesus and follow signs to Roca Llisa and Cala Llonga. After about 4 km on a winding road, turn right into Roca Llisa. Pass the security bar and turn left, following signs for Cala Olivera Beach. After approximately 100m you will see a site on your left on which apartments are being built. Immediately turn right onto a dirt road. Follow this for 50m and you will see two concrete pillars on your left. This is the entrance to La Divina.
The most jawdroppingly special, two-bedroom property Smith could find in Ibiza, this villa is big and sumptuous, but not overly done, and its décor comes with a slight Balinese accent
Review
La Divina nestles on the hillside, high above the pine trees, looking across the bay and out to sea. Ibiza Town is only 10 minutes away in one direction and Santa Eulalia 10 in the other – but, from this treetop idyll, you feel as though you’re a million miles from anywhere.
Only five years old, the villa is a po-mo dream of glamorous right angles and crisp, Noughties cubist edges; and it skilfully blends contemporary style with a cosy charm. The most jawdroppingly special, two-bedroom property Smith could find in Ibiza, the villa is big and sumptuous, but not overly done, and its décor comes with a slight Balinese accent. Beds are draped with white muslin, while huge wooden furniture pieces break up areas large enough to cartwheel around in. The sense of space is impressive, especially when you consider that La Divina is a two-bedroom villa. Sink into the huge living-room daybeds and it will seem as though you’re looking at your fellow guests through the wrong end of a telescope. Even the 20ft pull-down TV screen looks modest under this double-height ceiling.
Slide open the glass doors, and enjoy calm, uninterrupted views out to the island of Formentera; you’re so high up here that the still, peaceful air seems to belong exclusively to you. Fall back into the soft terrace mattresses under the sail awning and breathe in somniferous views of the boats coming in – you won’t be moving for a while.
In the living room, modern art hangs on crisp, white walls, and sand-coloured stone spreads luxuriously across the floors like caramel. Windows on either side of the open fireplace sparkle and glitter – and frame wonderful views of the pool and sea. The sofas are so deep that, when you sit back, you suddenly regress to being a child, your feet dangling miles from the floor. Across the room, the dining table for 10 enjoys sea views – and is, thankfully, just a stagger to the double outdoor mattresses that are just perfect for a post-prandial snooze.
The villa sleeps a maximum of four in two en suite bedrooms, and each room is simple and sumptuous, with views across the pine treetops. The master bedroom’s enormous bed has suspended curtains that pull across from one end of the room to the other, creating a private, inviting space – a bed grotto, if you like – with a huge, rough wooden mirror propped on the floor inside it. The double bedroom opposite echoes this sentiment, but with red velvet curtains and Balinese wooden vases adorning the room.
Totally tranquil and as divine as its name suggests, this sleek villa is the ideal escape for peace-seeking couples.
Reviewed by Charlotte Crisp
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