7 Day Sailing Circuit around Ibiza and Formentera from Marina Santa Eulalia
Ibiza, Spain
7 days cruise, 71 dates available
Catamaran
Price may vary depending on the cruise date.
Reservations are subjected to acceptance after availability checks. In case, the selected cruise is not available we will contact you with similar offers.
A one-week catamaran sailing holiday departing from Marina Santa Eulalia on the eastern coast of Ibiza, exploring the island's wild northeastern coves, the dramatic northern cliffs, the iconic western bays, the posidonia lagoons of Formentera and the ancient harbor of Eivissa in a complete island circumnavigation.
Ibiza seen from the water is a different island from the one most visitors experience. The nightlife reputation and the western beach clubs occupy a relatively small section of a coastline that runs for over 200 kilometers in total, and the majority of that coastline is accessible only by boat. A sailing holiday based at Marina Santa Eulalia, on the eastern side of the island, opens the entire circumnavigation from a starting point that faces one of the least visited and most naturally intact sectors of Ibiza's coastline directly from the harbor entrance.
Marina Santa Eulalia is the second largest marina on the island with over 750 berths and complete facilities including fuel, water supply, 24-hour security and a town center with restaurants, supermarkets and the hilltop church of Puig de Missa visible from the harbor. The town has none of the infrastructure built around mass tourism and all of the character of a Balearic community that has maintained its own identity alongside the international side of the island. As a practical base for a week of sailing, it has the significant advantage of a predominantly eastern position that makes the quieter northeastern coast of Ibiza the natural opening sequence of any circumnavigation route.
The northeastern corner of the island, between the marina and Cap Roig at the island's northeastern tip, is where the Ibiza that existed before the 1960s is most legible from the water. Cala Llonga to the south of Santa Eulalia is a wide sandy bay backed by pine-covered hills with a small residential community and no significant tourist infrastructure. Tagomago, the private island nine hundred meters offshore, is accessible only by boat and offers snorkeling in water filtered by posidonia meadows with no development on the island to disturb the clarity. Further north, Cala Boix is one of the few beaches in the Balearics with dark volcanic sand, a geological anomaly that makes it immediately recognizable from the sea, and Cala Mestella is a narrow inlet with a simple fish restaurant at its head that has fed arriving boats for decades.
The northern coast between Cap Roig and Cap Nono is the most exposed and least visited section of the entire coastline. Vertical limestone cliffs alternate with deeply sheltered inlets, Portinatx and Port de Sant Miquel being the two principal anchorages where the landscape transitions from dramatic to intimate within a few hundred meters. Cala Benirràs on the northwestern corner completes the transition between the raw northern coast and the sheltered western bays, offering a setting shaped as much by the island's alternative community history as by its natural geography.
The western coast, the Formentera channel and Eivissa provide the final three chapters of the circuit in a sequence that moves from the most celebrated natural beaches in the Balearics to the most historically layered port in the entire western Mediterranean.
Itinerary
Day1
Marina Santa Eulalia, Boarding and First Anchorage at Cala Llonga
The week starts at Marina Santa Eulalia from the afternoon, with time before departure for provisioning from the town center a short walk from the berths. After the safety briefing and cabin allocation, the catamaran sets off south along the eastern coast toward Cala Llonga, a bay five kilometers from the marina where the pine-covered hillsides on both sides of the inlet create a natural amphitheater above a sandy beach and clear water. The bay is oriented eastward, and the afternoon sun hits the water at an angle that reveals the sandy bottom clearly below the hull. It is a quiet, local anchorage well suited to a first evening at anchor, with dinner onboard and the sounds of the Ibizan countryside rather than a harbor behind.
Day2
Tagomago Island, Cala Boix and the Northeast Coast
The morning begins with a short northward sail to Tagomago, the private island off the northeastern coast that is visible from Santa Eulalia and that offers one of the most distinctive anchorages available from this base. The southwest cove on the island's lee side provides calm water between four and six meters over a sandy bottom, with underwater visibility that reflects the complete absence of land-based activity on the island. Tagomago's lighthouse on the northern point, a working navigation light built in 1913, is the island's most visible feature from the anchorage. The afternoon route continues north along the coast through Cala Boix, where the dark volcanic sand contrasts directly with the turquoise water of the surrounding sea, and Cala Mestella, a narrow inlet with good holding and a local fish restaurant accessible by dinghy at its head. Overnight at anchor in the upper northeastern coast.
Day3
Cap Roig, Portinatx and Port de Sant Miquel
Rounding Cap Roig brings the boat onto the northern coast, a stretch of exposed limestone cliffs and remote anchorages that receives the full force of the Tramuntana wind in unsettled conditions and rewards the visit entirely in calm weather. The passage follows the cliff line westward before dropping into Portinatx, the most sheltered bay on the northern shore, where three connected beaches form a natural harbor at the foot of a small town with waterfront restaurants and a working character inherited from its origins as a fishing village. The afternoon continues west along the northern coast, with the cliffs becoming progressively more dramatic, toward Port de Sant Miquel. The inlet at Sant Miquel cuts deep into the island's interior between two forested ridges and opens at its head onto a wide sandy beach enclosed by limestone walls on three sides. It is one of the most naturally sheltered and visually striking anchorages on the entire island. Overnight at anchor in Port de Sant Miquel.
Day4
Cala Benirràs and the Northwestern Corner
The morning passage around the northwestern headlands from Port de Sant Miquel brings the boat to Cala Benirràs, a bay framed by pine and juniper-covered cliffs with a rounded basalt formation rising from the shallow water in front of the beach. The bay faces northwest and is well protected from the prevailing summer winds, with clear water over a mixed sand and rock bottom and a beach restaurant accessible by tender. Cala Benirràs has been a gathering point for Ibiza's alternative community since the 1970s, with a Sunday evening drumming tradition that attracts local participants and visiting boats in roughly equal numbers. The anchorage is worth a full afternoon regardless of the day of the week, with paddleboarding along the cliff perimeter and snorkeling around the basalt rocks as the natural activities of the afternoon. The evening at anchor here with the cliffs catching the last light from the west is one of the quieter and more memorable of the week. Overnight at anchor.
Day5
Western Coast, Cala Salada and the Crossing to Formentera
The southern navigation down the western coast of Ibiza covers the most photographed sequence of bays on the island in a single afternoon, passing Cala Salada and Cala Saladeta, Cala Bassa and Cala Comte as the boat works progressively southward toward the southwestern corner. Each bay has a distinct character: Cala Salada with its pine trees overhanging the water and its rocky northern perimeter suited to snorkeling, Cala Bassa with its wide sandy floor and consistent afternoon shelter, Cala Comte with its network of rocky channels between small islets producing the most intense water color on the western coast. A swimming stop at one or two of these bays breaks the southward passage before the boat rounds the southwestern tip and enters the Ses Salines Natural Park channel. The shallow posidonia beds below the hull as the channel narrows approaching Formentera produce the turquoise water color that makes this crossing one of the most visually striking passages of the week. Overnight at anchor off the northern shore of Formentera.
Day6
Formentera, Espalmador and Cala Saona
The morning is spent at Ses Illetes, the sandbar on Formentera's northern tip that consistently appears at the top of natural beach rankings across the Mediterranean. The posidonia seagrass meadows below the hull here are among the densest and healthiest in the Balearic Islands and produce water clarity visible to the full depth of the anchorage. Espalmador, the uninhabited island connected to Formentera by a sandbar at low water, extends the morning's exploration with a second anchorage in a different orientation, calmer and more enclosed. La Savina, Formentera's working harbor, is the access point for bicycles and for the flat interior of the island, where the road between the port and Sant Francesc passes salt lagoons, a pine forest and the Ethnographic Museum before reaching the village. Cala Saona on the western coast closes the day in a bay enclosed by orange limestone cliffs with a restaurant at the beach head that serves fresh seafood to boats arriving by tender. Overnight at anchor in Cala Saona.
Day7
Eivissa and Return to Marina Santa Eulalia
The final navigation heads northeast from Formentera along the Ses Salines coastline and into the approach to Eivissa, where the walls of Dalt Vila rise above the harbor entrance in the most architecturally complete maritime arrival in the western Mediterranean. Time ashore in the old city allows a last walk through the fortified gateway, a climb to the cathedral square at the summit of the hill and views over the harbor and the southeastern coast of Ibiza that close out the week with its strongest historical reference point. The return sail north along the eastern coast toward Marina Santa Eulalia follows familiar water in late afternoon light. Arrival is planned for the early evening. Guests spend the final night onboard and disembarkation takes place the following morning after breakfast.
Important Note
This itinerary may vary depending on weather conditions, currents and marine activity. Anchorages and daily schedule are adjusted by the skipper to ensure safety and the best possible sailing experience throughout the week.
Cruise price details
Entire yacht price
€ 12900
Book the entire yacht for a private trip
Included in the price
Entire boat rental
Tender
Mooring at the base
Complete equipment of the boat
Yacht additional fees
Hostess and Cook (prepares breakfast, lunch or dinner and one aperitif per day, maintains the boat tidy. Payment by bank transfer minimum one week before embarkation. Duties end on Friday at 19:00): €1,694
Skipper (ayment by bank transfer minimum one week before embarkation): €1,862
Cleaning Pack (end cleaning, bed linen, shower towels, beach towels, wakeboard, water skis, two paddle boards and dinghy with outboard engine): €670
Security deposit: €3,000
Extra services
Extra bed linen and towels: €250
Airport transfer by Multivan for up to 8 passengers with luggage, minimum 5 passengers: €130
Wi-Fi 30GB: €30
Cook, all meals: €1,694
Extra bed linen and bath towels for a second week: €150
The Lagoon 52 F is the flybridge version of a catamaran designed by VPLP with a mast stepped further aft than the industry standard, a decision borrowed directly from offshore racing that reduces pitching, simplifies sail handling and opens the entire forward deck to unobstructed living space. The result is a 52-foot platform that sails better than its size suggests and lives as generously as the numbers imply.
The Lagoon 52 F is the flybridge variant of a catamaran that finished first and third in its class at the ARC+ 2016 transatlantic rally, a detail that reflects the seriousness of the sailing design beneath what is primarily a cruising boat. The aft-stepped mast produces a shorter boom, a self-tacking jib and a square-top mainsail with generous forward sail area that combines well with downwind sails for passages that cover real distance. Sail Magazine described the motoring experience from the flybridge as similar to running a trawler yacht, but more stable, faster, quieter and more maneuverable, a comparison that captures how settled and well-sorted the platform feels under engine.
The flybridge is the defining feature of the F version and the place where most of the daily decision-making happens. The helm station is positioned at the base of the mast with halyards and sheets falling naturally to hand, and the large wheel pivots laterally to port or starboard, giving the helmsman clear access to the instrument displays without obstructing the lounging areas on either side. Deck access from both port and starboard sides of the flybridge makes movement around the upper deck straightforward in any conditions. All sail controls are organized in a pit layout with properly sized Harken winches, creating a working environment that functions well for both an experienced crew and a family with limited sailing background.
The cockpit below the flybridge is enclosed and fully functional as an outdoor living space, with a wet bar, a second sink unit with icemaker and a Corian-topped bar fridge that make it genuinely useful for extended time at anchor. The entire area can be enclosed with clears when conditions require. The saloon connects flush with the cockpit through wide sliding doors and benefits from VPLP's characteristic panoramic vertical coachroof windows that bring light into the interior from multiple angles. The galley is fully equipped for extended cruising, with refrigerator, freezer, oven and stove in a layout that Trade a Boat described as practically laid-out and well-suited to provisioning for a full group over a week or more at sea.
Below deck, the Lagoon 52 F is available from three to six cabin configurations, with a dedicated aft cabin that accesses directly from the cockpit steps and has a self-contained feel separate from the main hull accommodation. The exact configuration will be confirmed before departure while maintaining the same standard of onboard comfort and space.
Yacht
Model
2022 Lagoon 52
Length
15.9 m
Yacht services
Air conditioning
Yes
Accommodations
Max guests
10
Double cabins
5
Bathrooms
5
Private Bathrooms
No
Crew
0
Chef on board
Yes
Other facilities
Electric toilet: 5
Inverter
Air condition
Refrigerator
Coffee maker
Water maker
Dinghy
Teak deck
Solar Panels
Cabins
Standard Double Cabin
2
cabin capacity
double bed
Cruise activities and tips
Travel organizer tips
What to pack for a sailing holiday?
Pack smart for your yacht charter: choose a soft bag instead of a hard suitcase, bring lightweight layers, reef-safe sunscreen, and non-slip shoes for onboard use. A couple of swimsuits and motion sickness remedies can also make a big difference. Each boat has limited storage, so pack light, but wisely! Need help building the perfect list? Read our full guide: What to pack in a suitcase for a yacht charter
What’s a Typical Day Like on a Yacht Charter?
Start your day with a swim in a quiet bay, sail to hidden beaches or seaside villages, and enjoy a slow lunch on deck. Afternoons mean snorkeling, sunbathing, or exploring ashore. As the sun sets, your boat anchors in a scenic cove or near a harbor, ready for a relaxed dinner and a night under the stars. Curious about the full experience? Discover more in our guide: What’s a typical day like on a sailing holiday?
Who Handles Cooking and Cleaning on a Yacht Charter?
On skipper-only charters, guests usually share cooking and cleaning duties, think salads, pasta, and good teamwork. If there's a hostess, light meals and tidying are included, but it's still a casual, collaborative vibe. On fully crewed yachts, you’ll enjoy full service with a chef and crew managing everything. Want to know what’s included in your setup? Read the full guide: Who takes care of cooking and cleaning on a sailing charter?
What Happens in Case of Bad Weather During a Sailing Holiday?
Summer sailing holidays rarely face major weather issues, but when the sea gets rough, skippers adjust the route for your safety. Expect protected bays, marina stops, or a change in plan. These moments often lead to unexpected gems: local towns to explore, time to relax on board, or cozy dinners ashore. Curious about how crews handle these changes? Read the full FAQ: What to do in case of adverse weather conditions or changes to the itinerary
Reservations are subjected to acceptance after availability checks. In case, the selected cruise is not available we will contact you with similar offers.
