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10 unusual facts about Ibiza


Amnèsia

Several stories unfold simultaneously over three days on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza.

Barbara Comyns Carr

In the 1950s the Comyns Carrs moved to Spain and lived briefly on Ibiza and then in Barcelona.

Dubtribe Sound System

After Sunshine spent a summer on the Spanish party isle of Ibiza in 1989, it started to make sense.

Girl with the Golden Panties

Mariana is initially very upset but she calms down knowing that Elmyr is safe in Ibiza.

Ibiza RC

The Ibiza Rugby Club, or Ibiza RC, are a rugby team from Ibiza, Spain, which competes in the Balearic rugby league.

Nico's Last Concert: Fata Morgana

Six weeks later, on July 18, she died while on vacation in Ibiza.

Pont Vell, Santa Eulària des Riu

Pont Vell is the ancient bridge which crosses the Riu de Santa Eulària (Santa Eulària river), the only river on the Spanish island of Ibiza.

Posidonia

In 2006 a huge clonal colony of Posidonia oceanica, was discovered south of the island of Ibiza.

Sándor Kónya

Sándor Kónya retired to Ibiza, Spain, where he died on May 20, 2002, at the age of 78.

SEAT Ibiza

The Ibiza is named after the Spanish island of Ibiza, and its use in the supermini car was the second nomenclature in naming models after Spanish cities, after the SEAT Ronda


Alberto Bayo

Bayo's most significant action during the Spanish Civil War was his invasion and retreat from the islands of Ibiza and Majorca.

An Evening with Gary Lineker

The action takes place against the backdrop of the 1990 Football World Cup semi-final, between England and West Germany, which is taking place in Italy while Monica and Bill are on holiday in Ibiza.

Carlos Oroza

He was living in Madrid, Ibiza and the U.S., where he was awarded with the International Underground Poetry award of New York and, incognito, he came back to his own land in 1985.

Don't Be Afraid of Love

In 2001, the single "Lo Fi's in Ibiza" was featured in the PlayStation 2 video game Frequency.

Eric Whelpton

During World War II, Whelpton worked as a BBC news correspondent as a news correspondent in France and, as recounted in his travel book, The Balearics:Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza, he was told by a Swiss correspondent that he was on the Gestapo blacklist.

ExecuJet Aviation Group

Frankfurt, Geneva, Girona, Ibiza, Istanbul, Lanseria (Johannesburg), Melbourne,

Firin' Squad

Recent international gigs have included Dubai, New York, Russia, Ukraine, MTV Block Parties in Lithuania, and through Summer 2008 they hit the holiday hotspots of Ibiza and Ayia Napa.

Hed Kandi

The Brand partnered with Monarch Airlines to offer flights to various clubbing destinations in Europe such as Ibiza, Cyprus, Tenerife & Barcelona from airports in major British cities such as Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol and London's Gatwick & Heathrow.

Holiday Watchdog

It is because of this that a majority of the review content on Holiday Watchdog is for hotels offering package deals and catering for either the Club 18-30 or classic family holidays in typically British and European holiday destinations such as Magaluf, Ibiza, Ayia Napa, Benidorm and in more recent years, Sharm El Sheikh.

Ibiza International Piano Competition

Ibiza International Piano Competition is one of the European most popular piano contest founded in 1987 by Jaume Ferrer Marí, President of the Centro Cultural de San Carlos, a charity organization located in Sant Carles de Peralta, Santa Eularia des Riu, Ibiza, Spain.

Ibiza Rail

The Ibiza Rail was a relative of the extant Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus) and may actually be derived from this species, but was a bit smaller and stouter, had shorter and more robust hind limbs and shorter wings, with probably reduced its flight capability.

Ibiza Wall Lizard

pityusensis formenterae, is limited in natural habitat to the islands of Formentera, Illa Cordillera and Es Vedrà, south of Ibiza, but has been transported by man to several other locations in the Mediterranean.

James II of Majorca

James inherited from his father a realm including three of the Balearic Islands (Majorca, Ibiza and Formentera), the counties of Roussillon and Cerdanya, the dominion of Montpellier, the barony of Aumelàs, and the viscounty of Carladès.

José Antonio Santamaría Mikel Vaqueriza

In 1978, Santamaría along with two other partners, expanded the Ku franchise to the island of Ibiza, acquiring and expanding existing premises that would become known as Ku club Ibiza (Now Privilege Ibiza).

Santamaría had among his personal friends personalities such as the film director Roman Polanski, who at that time had a house in Ibiza.

Kevin Sacre

He married professional dancer Camilla Dallerup on 29 July 2010 in Ibiza, two years after meeting on the set of the reality TV series The Underdog Show.

Lionel Hicks

In 2008 Hicks journeyed to Ibiza, Spain to produce And the Beat Goes On starring Jimi Mistry and directed by Steve Jaggi.

María Ángeles Ferrer Forés

She is a member of Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE, General Association for Authors and Publishers), Asociación Colegial de Escritores de España (ACE, Professional Association of Spanish Writers), CEDRO (Spanish Association for Copyright) and, since 1987, of the organization of Ibiza International Piano Competition (President of Honour Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark).

Moroccan Spirit

Moroccan Spirit is a down tempo new age/ethnic fusion musical project/album by German musicians Ralf Hamm, Markus Staab and Claus "The Brave" Zundel, Ibiza-based producers of Sacred Spirit, B-Tribe and other projects.

MS Port Link

With Baleària, served Barcelona - Ibiza, as Isla De Botafoc.

Robert Munford

Munford’s work was exhibited throughout Europe in such venues as Galerie Lara Vincy (Paris), Salon des Réalités Nouvelles (Paris), Galerie Brusberg (Hannover, Germany), Galerie Springer (Berlin), Leicester Galleries (London), Galeria Ivan Spence (Ibiza), and Galerie Handschin (Basel).

Screaming for Vengeance

Screaming for Vengeance was recorded at Ibiza Sound Studios, Ibiza, Spain (during this period, it was commonplace for UK-based musicians to record in continental Europe for tax purposes) and mixed at Beejay Recording Studios and Bayshore Recording Studios in Coconut Grove, Florida.

SEAT Ibiza

In 1997, the Ibiza Mk1 design was bought by a joint venture between Chinese automaker Nanjing Automobile Group and Malaysia's Lion Group.

Simon Donald

The band recorded an album in Ibiza, played the Ibiza Rocks Festival two years running and appeared at Newcastle Arena with Paul Weller.

Sling swimsuit

Corresponding to the advent of Lycra, sling swimsuits first emerged in the early 1990s, and are more popular on the beaches of Europe including Saint-Tropez, Marbella, Mykonos and Ibiza.

Sonia Martínez

But her career was put an end in 1986, when Sonia was in Ibiza filming an episode of the German TV series Großstadtrevier, in what she played the role of a police woman.

Spring break

Mykonos, Umag, and other European party destinations such as Ibiza, Mallorca, Rimini, Lloret de Mar, Siófok, Crimea, and Sunny Beach are increasingly getting popular for international spring break guests.

Steve Strange

Later in the 1980s, Strange went to Ibiza, Spain and became an integral part of the budding trance club movement and hosting parties for celebrities such as Sylvester Stallone.

The Haçienda

The growth of the 'Madchester' scene was little to do with the healthy house music scene in Manchester at the time but it was boosted by the success of the Haçienda's pioneering Ibiza night, "Hot", an acid house night hosted by Pickering and Jon DaSilva in July 1988.

Vivi Bach

Bach was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and died on Ibiza, Spain where she lived with her husband, the Austrian film actor Dietmar Schönherr.

We're Going to Ibiza

While "Boom Boom Boom Boom" was still on the UK chart, "We're Going to Ibiza" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, as the previous single had also done.