http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19582 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19582 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19575 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19575 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19548 Just off the seafront.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19548 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19366
Stayed in Carla Sant Vicens which is a quiet family resort in the north of the island, but having a hire car meant it was easy to visit all parts of the island. Es Torrent beach in south near Port Roig (we went to it as it was recommended as a reader's tip) is very small, very beautiful and very exclusive (ie expensive restaurant on the beach and expensive beach loungers to hire). Also strongly recommended is Cala de Serra - but if you want to visit this one go early in the day as it's very small and gets very busy.

Excellent food is available from the beach shack. We would go in mid-afternoon for a late brunch and an afternoon sleep in their deckchairs.

Highlight of our trip was going to Formentera, a stunning island with Caribbean style beaches - white sand and blue water. Ferries go every half hour from Ibiza port. It's expensive - 40 euros each, but well worth it. Just go early to make a day of it. We hired a moped to get around the island so don't forget your driving licence! We had lunch in Flipper and Chiller beach bar - very trendy. The afternoon was spent at yet another stunning beach, Playa Trocadors at the northern tip of the island. If you can organise it, spend a night on the island and watch the sun go down at the Big Sur bar near the beach as the last ferry back is 9pm.

Back on Ibiza island, if you are feeling flush, have an evening meal in Santa Getrudis - lots of very nice restaurants. The harbour area of Ibiza town is also great fun with lots of bars and buzzy night life - we spotted Kate Moss, much to my daughter's excitement. Only place to avoid is San Antonio - a real dump! One place we didn't get round to going to was Playa den Bossa which has all-day discos on the beach - I'm sure my daughter would have liked it more than me though.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19366 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18940 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18940 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18921 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18921 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18862 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18862 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18818 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18818 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18785
Beautiful walks in every direction, loads of safe snorkelling, diving, boat trips. Definitely the best beach on the island we saw in a great district with everything you'd want.The apartment is in a quiet place as close to the beach as you can get and is roomy and secure with parking for a hire car. It was everything we expected and more from a tropical island holiday.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18785 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18674
The town is growing quickly and is becoming more and more popular from year to year. A lot of building work is also going on in the town and it is becoming a popular area for people looking for property investments. I'd recommend visiting.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18674 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18623
The whole trip is all about the raw experience of island living, adventure of the wilder kind and balanced with good soul food and massages on board. I am pretty amazed with their project of helping out communities to have a part in their business with employments, accommodations, food and services for the trip.

They are a small quiet company who wants to take the right people to this remote area, having been with them three expeditions already, I can't help but spread this small secret to others- it can only attract the right people, the more they grow the more of their goodwill and campaign spreads and thus helps preserving this development hotspot.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18623 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18613 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18613 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18580 www.jeri-brazil.org/english.html]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18580 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18572 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18572 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18418
Head further west along the Isle of Purbeck to the Square and Compass pub in the village of Worth Matravers, an old whitewashed beer and table skittles pub, where you can enjoy a homemade pasty and views to the sea between the East and West Man.

Once described in Penguin's 1949 guide to Wilts and Dorset as having 'some reputation for providing a bit of local colour', it is full of character and charm not least provided by the free roaming hens clucking around your feet.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18418 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18396
Beautiful space - an amazing gothic Victorian building with great views, 11 acres of land, organic walled garden (lots of the food is grown on site) and a farm - and a really good atmosphere. It's three miles from Charmouth and Lyme Regis for seaside fossils and swimming. You can also go there as a volunteer - help out in return for free board and lodging.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18396 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18369 Westcroftguesthouse.co.uk. Owners Sarah and Dylan have an art gallery as well, and the accommodation is lovely, overlooks the sea and the organic breakfasts are to be recommended. Perfect bolthole break!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18369 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18353
Get the ones with short arms and legs, you get more use out of them when they are growing fast, but remember to sun cream the lower arms and legs, or do like my kids do and wear a long UV sun suit underneath. Watch out if it's hot, especially if the kids are not going in the water much as they can get very hot with the black neoprene absorbing the heat.

They were the best things we ever bought, my daughter learned to swim in the sea when she was 4 in hers as she felt so confident.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18353 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18351 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18351 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18347
Providing you have to walk for 30 minutes to reach your beach, often down an old smugglers' path flanked by tall hedges alive with birdsong and wildflowers, at the end you should find, if you have chosen well, a little sandy cove surrounded by rocks and cliffs, with barely a soul in sight.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18347