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Brisa Del Mar - Cala Pada
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Over 200 years ago the current owners family built a finca at the edge
of this beautiful natural beach and bay with traditional metre thick
walls and ancient Sabina beams. It must have been paradise?
Almost 30 years ago, with the advent of tourism, the family decided to
share their paradise with the rest of the world, but on their own
terms. They opened a small and exclusive restaurant surrounded by
natural pines and campo and thus a naturally enclosed terrace cooled by
the ‘breeze from the sea' (Brisa de la Mar), that carries the scent of
the surrounding pines and wild campo herbs intermingled with the smell
of the sea itself.
It has long been an Ibicenco tradition that on
Saturdays and Sundays families congregate around the island's coastline
for a picnic- very often a raucous barbecue. Impromptu picnic sites can
be found all along almost any coastline hike, so the beach side
restaurant was a hit – as somebody else did all the cooking! It soon
became well known for fresh fish caught locally and, naturally, for its
spectacular seafood paellas. Witness the tank in the restaurant
containing not only lobster and langoustine, but the extraordinary
looking and highly prized Ibicencan cigalla. All of these can be
ordered in the morning (even by phone) and prepared for your table that
afternoon or evening, alongside their many other traditional Spanish
and Ibicenco dishes.
This is one of the reasons why this beach has
such spectacular ferry connections. You can get from here to any other
beach on the island that also has a ferry connection. The captains and
crew of the ferries all choose to eat here. So if you find that your
ferry's not running for three hours during siesta, at least you'll know
where the crew are and why?
The restaurant also has a special reputation for
wedding receptions, for which the locals almost seem to rely upon it.
The reason is not just the quality of the food, but also the shaded
split-level terrace that comfortably caters for 150 whilst the children
can happily frolic in the sea a dozen strides away. The beach too can
cater for any overflow from the terrace with its many shaded tables.
As if all that wasn't enough, consider this before that hearty meal…
ala Pada beach have two very well maintained clay
tennis courts available to the public, with or without a trainer.
However, reservation for these is essential as they are amongst the
finest courts in the area.
To do so call 971 330 826 (Brisa de la Mar restaurant)
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