Why this ride
An 80 km round trip from Ibiza - roughly 2 h 13 in the saddle. On the way it passes Natural site, Poblado de sa Caleta and Necropolis Puig des Molins.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Necropolis Puig des Molins and Poblado de sa Caleta
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 80 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 13
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Necropolis Puig des Molins
The hill of Puig des Molins, the hill of the windmills, rises on the edge of Ibiza Town, and under its slopes lies one of the biggest ancient cemeteries in the western Mediterranean. The Phoenicians and then the Carthaginians, who founded the city of Ebusus on this coast in the seventh century BC, buried their dead here for centuries, cutting underground chambers into the soft rock, and they are known as hypogea. Over three thousand of these tombs have been found, and the city's archaeological museum, set at the top of the hill, displays the grave goods that came out of them, including pottery, jewellery, glass beads, terracotta figurines and amulets that came from as far away as Egypt.
Read the complete Necropolis Puig des Molins write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Necropolis Puig des Molins is where the day begins. Next is Natural site.
2. Natural site
This is the end of the island where the beach clubs thin out and the landscape opens up into flat white salt flats, a lagoon full of flamingos in winter and spring, and a long beach called Es Cavallet where the dunes hold their shape.
Read the complete Natural site write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Natural site comes up about 17 km into the recorded legs. Next is Poblado de sa Caleta.
3. Poblado de sa Caleta
On a low cliff above the sea on Ibiza's south-west coast stand the foundations of some of the oldest buildings on the island. The Phoenician settlement of sa Caleta was founded around the eighth or seventh century BC, and for about a century it was a small trading post, with rectangular stone houses laid out along narrow streets, a few metres from the water. The inhabitants worked iron, a sign of their sophistication, and traded with the mainland and North Africa. Around 600 to 550 BC the village was abandoned, and its people, it seems, moved to the harbour of Ebusus, which became the main town. UNESCO included the site in its Ibiza listing of 1999.
Read the complete Poblado de sa Caleta write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 68 km into the recorded legs you reach Poblado de sa Caleta. Next is back through Natural site.
4. Back to Necropolis Puig des Molins
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Necropolis Puig des Molins write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Natural site, late in the day. Next is Necropolis Puig des Molins.
5. Necropolis Puig des Molins
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Necropolis Puig des Molins write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Necropolis Puig des Molins. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Necropolis Puig des Molins to Natural site
Necropolis Puig des Molins → Natural site is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Natural site to Poblado de sa Caleta
Natural site → Poblado de sa Caleta is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Poblado de sa Caleta to Back to Necropolis Puig des Molins
Poblado de sa Caleta → Back to Necropolis Puig des Molins is 11 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.