Ibiza

Ibiza is an island in the Mediterranean Sea, 79 kilometres (49 miles) off the coast of the city of Valencia, in eastern Spain.

It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain.

Its largest cities are Ibiza Town , Santa Eulària des Riu, and Sant Antoni de Portmany.

Ibiza has become famous for the association with nightlife and the electronic music that originated on the island.

It is well known for its summer club scene which attracts very large numbers of tourists, though the island's government and the Spanish Tourist Office have controversially been working to promote more family-oriented tourism.

Noted clubs include Space, Privilege, Amnesia, Ibiza Beach Hotel, Eden, and Es Paradis.

Ibiza and the nearby island of Formentera to its south are called the Pine Islands.

Ibiza is considered to be a popular tourist destination, especially due to its legendary and at times riotous nightlife centred around two areas: Ibiza Town, the island's capital on the southern shore and Sant Antoni to the West.

During the summer, the top producers and DJs in dance come to the island and play at the various clubs, in between touring to other international destinations.

Some of the most famous DJs run their own weekly nights around the island. Many of these DJs use Ibiza as an outlet for presenting new songs within the house, trance and techno genres of electronic dance music.

Nightlife

Since 2005, the live music event, Ibiza Rocks, has helped to redefine the Ibiza party landscape.

Bands such as Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, The Prodigy, and the Kaiser Chiefs have played in the courtyard of the Ibiza Rocks Hotel.

Elsewhere on the island, underground music parties are common and enjoyed by the many international musicians, artists, and travelers

that are drawn to the unique creative environment of Ibiza.

The season traditionally begins at the start of June with Space and DC10's opening parties and finishes on the

first weekend of October with the Closing Parties. A typical schedule for clubbers going to Ibiza includes

waking at noon, early evening naps, late night clubbing, and

"disco sunrises."

Also well-known is Café del Mar, a long-standing bar where many tourists traditionally view the sunset made famous by José Padilla, who has released more than a dozen eponymous album compilations of ambient music played at the location.

That and other bars nearby have become an increasingly popular venue for club pre-parties after sunset, hosting popular DJ performers.

The island's government is trying to encourage a more cultured and quieter tourism scene, passing rules including the closing of all nightclubs by 6 a.m. at the latest, and requiring all new hotels to be 5-star. The administration wants to attract a more international mixture of tourists.

A number of novels have been written using Ibiza as the

setting, including Joshua Then and Now by Mordecai Richler,

Soma Blues by Robert Sheckle, Vacation in Ibiza by Lawrence

Schimel. The song "We're Going to Ibiza"

by Vengaboys also featured the island's notorious nightlife as the

ideal location for vacations.

Cultural references

In Jennifer Lopez's song "On the Floor", the lyrics include, "Brazil, Morocco, London to Ibiza".

In JoJo's song "Sexy to Me" the lyrics state, "We gon rock the party like we up in Ibiza".

Also the song "One Night In Ibiza" (by Mike Candys) gives the island a central role.

The 1969 film More was filmed on location in Ibiza, and the

soundtrack by Pink Floyd features a song titled "Ibiza Bar".

The 2004 film It's All Gone Pete Tong was filmed in Ibiza.

Also the 2000 film Kevin and Perry Go Large was filmed on

location in Ibiza. The 2011 . British-Irish boy band The Wanted filmed the

video for the hit single "Glad You Came" in and around Ibiza.

German luxury fashion house Escada had a fragrance called

Ibiza Hippie (in 2003). Rap superstar Nicki Minaj also makes reference to the island

of Ibiza in her song "Pound the Alarm" stating, "Skeezer

please I'm in Ibiza, Giuseppe Zanotti my own sneaker".

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