Ibiza

Ibiza Starting Here, The Giri Residence

21-04-2026

Most people think they know Ibiza. This is where the island actually begins.

Most people think they know Ibiza. They don't. There is another island, in the north, where the roads narrow until they almost disappear, running through the hills of Es Amunts, a protected nature reserve. That place is called Sant Joan de Labritja, and The Giri Residence stands on its main street.

Before the Romans. Before the Tourists.

The cave of Es Culleram, above Cala de Sant Vicent, was used by Phoenicians and later Carthaginians as a sanctuary to Tanit between the fifth and second centuries BC. Sant Joan de Labritja holds the oldest memory on the island.

The Village That Holds Its Ground

It is the most rural municipality on the island, home to around 4,500 people. No resort, no marina. A Sunday market sets up in front of the whitewashed eighteenth-century church.

The Shortest Night of the Year

Every 23rd of June, the Festa de Sant Joan fills the hills with bonfires. Whatever people want to leave behind gets burned, and the bravest jump over the embers.

What You Will Find Here

Semi-wild coves ten minutes away, Cala Benirràs among them, where drummers have gathered every Sunday since the 1960s. The caves of Can Marçà, once a smugglers' hideout. Trails through Es Amunts. And The Giri Residence: five suites, a garden, a hand-tiled indoor pool, and ten staff for ten guests.