Invest in the island’s history at these fascinating traditional stores

An exclusive audience with Ibiza icons Louie Vega and Harry Romero

As the summer crowds disperse, now is the time to explore the island’s farthest reaches. In the northernmost province of San Juan, a twisting road with a distinctly Californian feel winds between pine forest and cliffs, linking a clutch of unspoilt beaches. With wild scenery, laidback chiringuitos and rugged red cliffs, this is Ibiza for adventurers.

Thanks to a trio of young brands, the island’s wildest plants are getting their moment in the sun.

At the beginning of the fifties, the German architect and painter Erwin Broner settled with his wife, Gisela, in Ibiza: a place that knew how to welcome foreign artists of the beat generation, despite living light years away from the rest of the world.

The fairytale fashion world of Alice Temperley comes to Ibiza

The freewheeling spirit of the 1970s lives on in these pockets of pure bohemia

How fashion label Maison Hotel fell for the real-life bohemian paradise of author Hjordis Fogelberg

Born in New York City, Russian/Polish by heritage and self-declared ‘Italian by osmosis’, restaurateur Donna Lennard has brought a slice of American/Italian verve to sleepy Santa Gertrudis. She talks to Maya Boyd about her raw and roundabout journey from the city that never sleeps to the island that doesn’t either.

No time to make a picnic? Stop at any one of these roadside joints for the best beach eats on the island.