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Torre des Savinar

The watchtower with the most spectacular landscape in Ibiza

La Torre des Savinar es la única que conserva la entrada original por la planta superior Photo: Xescu Prats
La Torre des Savinar se encuentra situada en uno de los enclaves más impactantes de la costa de Ibiza Photo: Xescu Prats
La Torre des Savinar corona Es Cap des Jueu, con la Pedrera de Cala d'Hort y el Racó des Mataret a sus pies Photo: Xescu Prats
Es Vedrà y Es Vedranell, desde la ventana de la Torre des Savinar Photo: Xescu Prats
Detalle de la corona de la Torre des Savinar, en la Reserva Natural de Cala d'Hort Photo: Xescu Prats

Back at L’Era d’es Mataret, a path leads up from the cliff edge to the Torre des Savinar, also known as ‘Pirate’s tower’, following a novel written by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. At present it belongs to a privileged family from Sant Josep. The tower was finished in 1763 and it was designed to have a couple of cannons, but the heavy artillery never arrived, and it has been used at a watch point. Below, there is Cala d’Hort quarry, which provides a singular view too.