Car Hire Formentera - Mini guide to Formentera

This tiny 78 square km island has been named an UNESCO ‘World Treasure’ because of its beauty and delicate ecological structure. Known for years as the ‘forgotten Balearic’ because of its size and lack of tourism, this island is now attracting more people to its beautiful pristine beaches.

Ringed by spectacularly clean beaches, this island’s flat limestone plain is a beautiful semi-arid environment featuring fig trees and fields upon fields of wild rosemary. The east of the island is dominated by La Mola, a peak rising 187m, and in the west the 96m Berberia. Both make beautiful relaxed climbs, and have wonderful views of the island and the ocean from their summits.

It is the beaches though, that are the prime tourist draw for the island. Offering both nude and clothed areas, this island has both heavily populated and more private beaches. The Playa de Mitjorn on the coast is the principal area for nude sunbathing. This area is mostly undeveloped, though the Es Copinyars section of the beach has a number of restaurants and bars. Along the northern coast, the village of Es Calo offers more traditional beaches, some boarding houses and a lovely view of the La Mola lighthouse. The beach of Es Pujols served by the village of Sant Ferran has beautiful pure white sand with a backdrop of dunes and pine trees. And finally, on the west coast is Cala Sahona, lying near the lighthouse on Beberia. This cove is the most beautiful on the island.

Due to the size of this island, it is easily explored by bicycle or car. Though there are few roads, they reach most of this little island.

Formentera can be reached by ferry from Ibiza and the airport of Ibiza offers daily flights to Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona and other European cities. Madrid has flights to and from cities throughout the world.