Sant Agustí des Vedrà is one of the smallest and best-kept villages on the island: a cluster of white houses, a church and a few restaurants on a hilltop in the municipality of Sant Josep, between Sant Antoni and the west coast.
What it’s like
The village is built around its 18th-century church. Around it, the countryside has kept much of its rural character, with farmhouses, wells, cisterns and dry-stone walls, and the Torre de Can Curt, an 18th-century refuge tower where local families took shelter from pirate raids. It is privately owned and cannot be visited inside.
The parish stretches down to some of the best beaches in the west, from Cala Tarida and Port des Torrent to Cala Comte and Cala Bassa.
What to see and do
Small as it is, the village has a couple of cobbled lanes that are well worth a stroll for their beauty, leading to Can Blau, the music school, just a few steps from the centre.
Then stay for a meal. On the church square itself are Can Berri and Can Berri Vell, two restaurants with terraces that have made the village a favourite for lunch and dinner, and on clear evenings the views to the west are worth the drive alone.
Sant Agustí celebrates its patron saint, Saint Augustine, on 28 August, the biggest day of the year in the village, with a mass in the late afternoon and an evening concert to close the festivities.
Getting there
Sant Agustí is about ten minutes from Sant Antoni and 20 from Ibiza Town. Parking in the village itself is limited, so be prepared to leave the car on the approach road.
Good to know
It is a perfect place for dinner after a day on the western beaches.
