Where San Antonio Abad is located
San Antonio Abad is located in a picturesque natural bay on the west coast of the island of Ibiza in Spain's Balearic archipelago. San Antonio Abad is the second largest town on the island and is famous for its sandy beaches and nightlife. San Antonio Abad has a population of less than 22,000, but during the holiday season it becomes a lively multicultural hive of activity.
The national currency is the euro (EUR).
City History San Antonio-Abad
The history of Ibiza's towns holds a diverse tradition, thanks to the presence at various times of key Phoenician trade routes, Carthaginian fortress walls, Roman statues, Muslim watchtowers, Catalan underpasses, pirates' liquor, hippie havens and the modern boom of clabbers.
San Antonio Abad was founded by fishermen and remained a provincial, quiet village for two thousand years, a pattern disrupted by European hippies in the late 1950s. A construction boom in the following years saw the opening of many hotel complexes, restaurants, bars and other tourist facilities in San Antonio-Abad. However, an atmosphere of frivolity and relaxation has reigned in Ibiza since ancient times - the Greek poet Lycophron wrote that the islanders were called gymneses because of their love of constantly walking around naked.
In addition, San Antonio Abad has been a pirate's haven for centuries, survived the Crusades and numerous changes of rulers, and only since the 1980s has become a bustling base for young people in Britain and across Europe.
Today, Ibiza's tiny airport welcomes more than 4 million tourists a year, with ferries from Barcelona, Valencia and neighboring islands bringing the rest of the clubbers. The lion's share of travelers stay in San Antonio Abad, thanks to the optimal conditions of quality and cost.
