The Parador de Ibiza will be able to open its doors at the beginning of 2025, after almost two decades of planning and more than €27 million of investment.
The mayor of Ibiza, Rafa Triguero, received the president of Paradores de Turismo, Raquel Sánchez, and stressed to her the City Council's willingness to collaborate in promoting joint projects that can benefit the citizens and the island.
"The Parador has to be part of Ibiza town and somewhere that's accessible for residents," Triguero said. Sánchez and Triguero also discussed the details of the last stage of work on the future establishment in Ibiza, the first in the Parador network in the Balearic Islands and the 100th in Spain.
The establishment will have 66 rooms, be open all year round and cost an investment of more than €27 million, including the renovation and refurbishment works awarded to the construction company Acciona in 2019. This project is based on restoring the Castle and the Almudaina of Dalt Vila, which in recent weeks has recovered its skyline after the crane was removed.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Tourism, the fortress that crowns Dalt Vila, where the Parador de Ibiza is being built, is one of the island's most emblematic spots. In 2004 it was decided that this 16th-century fortress, which had been closed since the 1980s, would be used as a Parador de Turismo.
In 2008, renovation work began, but the unearthing of archaeological remains forced the works to be suspended at the end of 2012, causing modifications to the initial project that led to significant increases in the budget. Work resumed in December 2019.
One of the most positive consequences of building the Parador on this site will be the in-depth examination of the compound, exhibitions of most of the findings and documenting and preserving other remains to display the archaeological finds for residents, researchers and visitors.
