Formentera, Spain

Dunas de Formentera

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Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (EUR481.60), via openexchangerates.org, using today’s exchange rate.

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Style

Sea-sold simplicity

Setting

Salt-meets-sand dunescape

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Scattered among the rolling white-powder sands of the island’s longest beach, Dunas de Formentera has claimed a prime steps-from-the-sea spot on this blissed-out Balearic isle. A swoony infusion of cerulean-sea coastline, bijou Bohemiana and laidback luxe, Formentera promises a toes-in-the-sand escape quite unlike anywhere else. And this refined retreat elegantly echoes its island setting, with inspired-by-nature design and zero-kilometre cuisine coupled with a commitment to leave barely a footprint on its idyllic beachfront home. 

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

44, including seven suites.

Check–Out

Noon, with 30 minutes’ flexibility, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 3pm.

More details

Rates include breakfast. An extra bed can be added to Junior Suites and Suites (€190 a night).

Hotel closed

Dunas de Formentera closes from the end of October to the end of April.

At the hotel

Concierge, 24-hour reception, and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: air-conditioning, TV (on request), minibar, coffee machine, kettle, free bottled water, and locally made bath products.

Our favourite rooms

Shared democratically across room types, around one in three of the rooms at Dunas de Formentera afford unobstructed views of the shimmering sea – and quite frankly we’d be happy with any of them.

Poolside

An inviting saltwater pool has a sweeping infinity edge with views over the dunes and out to sea. There’s also a separate section for little Smiths to splash around in safety.

Spa

Dunas de Formentera has no spa per se, though there are treatment rooms where you can arrange personalised wellness therapies and massages – including for couples.

Packing tips

Embrace your inner Balearic bohemian with floppy sun hats, vintage shades and papery linens.

Children

Infants under two stay free, and children of all ages are welcome, but there’s no special kit provided, so this is a Smith stay best suited to older kids. All rooms but the Studios take an extra bed for an additional charge.

Sustainability efforts

In line with the island’s robust sustainability ethos, a commitment to sustainability sits at the heart of things at Dunas de Formentera. Programmes addressing waste, recycling and decarbonisation are all in place.

Food and Drink

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Hotel restaurant

We can't wait to try the Dunas de Formentera restaurant, which promises to draw deeply from Balearic Island produce and cuisine. Daily specials will include traditional ‘cocas’ cooked and crisped in their centrepiece wood-fired oven together with market-fresh seafood grilled on charcoal embers. 

Location

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Address
Dunas de Formentera
Lugar venda de Ses Clotades 4449
Formentera
07872
Spain

Dunas de Formentera is set on the south side of the smallest of the Balearic Islands, a boat ride from neighbouring Ibiza and about a 20-minute drive from the port.

Planes

With no airport on Formentera you’ll need to fly into Ibiza, which has direct connections with hubs throughout most of Europe throughout the year. From Ibiza airport, it’s a 10-minute hop to the ferry terminal where boats depart around every half an hour. Most crossings are 30 minutes, with some slower vessels taking about an hour.

Automobiles

If you’re hoping for your own set of wheels, note that only island residents can bring cars on the ferry between Ibiza and Formentera. You’ll find several car hire agencies around the ferry port, but be sure to book ahead over the summer season.

Other

There are also daily ferries to Formentera from its bigger Balearic neighbour Mallorca, which take around four hours.

Worth getting out of bed for

With Es Migjorn just a flip-flipped hop away from Dunas de Formentera, you have a Mediterranean-lapped marvel practically on your sand-dusted doorstep. Thread through the rolling dunescape and find your perfect piece of playa, whether that’s cosying up to one of its chilled-out chiringuitos or reclining sans swimmers on a more secluded strip of sand. The more activity-inclined can try their hand at all the usual watersports, from SUP to scuba, or go big and charter a boat to explore the island by sea. There’s stuff to do away from the coast too, with the tiny village of El Pilar de la Mola a quick scooter pootle or hike away. It’s the highest point on Formentera and experiencing the island-wide panoramas is your from-the-top reward.

Local restaurants

If you’re eager to try bonafide Balearic paella, you’re in luck with Restaurant Maysi so close by. The menu offers a dozen or so variations on this quintessentially Spanish speciality here, including squid ink and limpets for the more adventurous. Alternatively, La Fragata is just on the right when you hit the sand. This bang-on-the-beach eatery serves up seriously fresh seafood presented with a touch of flair. For more of an Ibiza vibe, carry along the coast to 10punto7, where a Mediterranean-meets-Asian menu is accompanied by a low-key clubby atmosphere. 

Local bars

Don’t expect too much in the way of nightlife around these parts, but a top spot for friendly sundowners is at nearby Piratabus. This unpretentious beach shack serves up cold beer and punchy mojitos accompanied by nachos and other nibbles. More of a schlep away is the famed Blue Bar, once frequented by Sixties legends and nowadays the setting for live music and alien-themed cabaret at sunset.

Reviews

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By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this eco-beachfront hotel in Formentera and unpacked their bottle of Cap de Barbaria vino and ‘fleur de sel’ salt flakes, a full account of their toes-in-the-sand break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Dunas de Formentera in the Balearic Islands…

Design doyen Antonio Obrador lies behind some of the most iconic hotels in the Balearics, and is the talent responsible for the reincarnation of Dunas de Formentera. Under his eye, once simple self-catering apartments have been transformed from ‘meh’ to rather magnificent. Elegantly understated decor pays homage to the hues of the surroundings, drawing from a soothing palette of sandy beige, terracotta and teak. Warm Mediterranean sunshine fills big, airy rooms, touted as some of the largest on the island – many of which feature swoon-worthy views over the sea. And it’s the setting that steals the show, where scenic trails roll through the tufted dunescape and Formentera’s luminescent waters stretch out for miles in both directions. Wherever you are, you’re close enough to taste the salt on the breeze, even while gazing over the sea-meets-sky panoramas from the curving lip of the hotel’s elevated infinity pool – one of the best seats in the house. 

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