Away from the glitter and dry-ice cannons, the best beach clubs in Ibiza offer a more sophisticated and laidback form of clubbing (literally). Here’s where you can throw shapes to the waiter for another margarita, shimmy over to the restaurant for sushi, or strike a pose on your sunlounger… all to the rhythmic throb of Balearic beats — without all that unsightly effort.

BLUE MARLIN

Cala Jondal

If there’s one spot on the island that has bottled the glammed-up hedonistic essence of Ibiza’s beach club scene, it’s the Blue Marlin. Its reputation as a celeb magnet is well deserved, with a roll call of the rich and famous that includes A-lister royalty like Beyoncé.

A private jetty means easy access for superyacht squillionares anchored just offshore, who swoop in to dine on Wagyu ribeye and Veuve Clicquot cocktails. That said, the scene is distinctly cosmopolitan too, attracting a healthy mix of holidaymakers and up-for-it locals who throw it down at big-name DJs into the night.

2025 opening date: 27 April

Where to stay It may not be close by, but if you want to arrive at the Blue Marlin in style (and you really should) then Nobu Hotel Ibiza Bay can make that happen. It has its own jetty, so you can boat directly to the beach club for a scene-stealing entrance. This seafront beauty has its own dress-to-impress nights, too, together with a toes-in-the-sand chiringuito (beach bar) and that famously fabulous Nobu dining.

BEACHOUSE

Playa d’en Bossa

Occupying a prime stretch of Ibiza shoreline, you’ll find Beachouse at the south end of the island’s most famous playa: d’en Bossa. Despite this, a distinctly beach-shack chic prevails; all sun-bleached driftwood, palm-frond weave and bamboo-dappled sunlight.

Free sunrise yoga sessions add to the oh-so-boho credentials, resident DJs lean towards the more chill end, and evenings are more about moonlit dinners than full-moon parties. Plus, there’s a parent-pleasing beach club rarity — a daily kids’ club to help keep the little ones from harshing your holiday mellow.

2025 opening date: 17 April

Where to stay Pink Floyd, Orson Welles and Princess Caroline of Monaco might seem unlikely bedfellows, but they all bunked up at Montesol Experimental, where the unexpected is evident in Dorothée Meilichzon’s Po-Mo interiors (which get a little cosmic…). Housed in an iconic 1950s hotel, the Experimental group has lent its cocktail clout to the bar, given Ibicenco cuisine a few surprising tweaks in the restaurant, and added a boutique so you can recreate the look back home. There’s even a beach club, a 20-minute drive away in the Las Salinas salt reserve, for sand-dusted fiestas.

AMANTE

Sol d’En Serra

Built into a cliff overlooking the cove at Sol d’En Serra, Amante claims one of the best locations of any beach club in Ibiza. It’s arranged over several terraced levels, with paths that snake down to a golden beach that looks out to Formentera on the distant horizon.

It’s one of the island’s more sedate hangouts, perfect for date nights and long, leisurely meals with friends. Some regulars arrive early for morning yoga, graduate to lunch on the shady terrace, then move down to the shoreline for sundowners. After dark, the grounds are lit up with hundreds of bulbs and spotlights, giving the place a golden glow.

2025 opening date: 17 April

Where to stay Just north of the Old Town, Ocean Drive Talamanca brings a hint of LA cool to the island’s east coast, opting for a retro look that recalls Fifties and Sixties beach hotels. Breakfast is served until noon, so hard-partying patrons can slumber away their excesses in the marshmallow-soft beds before pepping themselves up with a plunge in the split-level pools.

NIKKI BEACH IBIZA

Playa de s’Argamassa

The Ibizan outpost of Nikki Beach doesn’t deviate far from the brand’s signature formula of sleek, cork-popping fun — and why should it? Although set on a more remote corner of the island, the scene is certainly still of the see-and-be-seen variety.

Poolside Bali beds are the prime real estate, though bag a sea-view lounger and you won’t be disappointed. Expect live shows from ambulating sax players to fire-breathers, plus the occasional familiar face on the decks: everyone from Idris Elba to Fatboy Slim has turned their hand here. Get there on Sunday for a bottomless champagne brunch.

2025 opening date: 24 April

Where to stay When you’re done with all that beach club bravado, the blissful confines of Ca Na Xica hotel provide the perfect antidote. A cypress-lined, T-shaped swimming pool occupies the centre of immaculately landscaped grounds, where almond, olive and citrus trees dot rust-coloured earth.

White-cube suites open to campo-view terraces and inside-outside bathrooms. A sun-striped restaurant overlooks fields of swaying barley. Expect spontaneous sighs aplenty.

COTTON BEACH CLUB

Cala Tarida

Although a white-on-white palette is the de rigueur design cue across much of the island, Cotton Beach Club is positively dazzling in its adherence to the aesthetic. As well as magnifying the turquoise intensity of the Balearic waters it overlooks, the effect makes everything pop, from the salmon sushi platters to zingy signature cocktails.

A cliff-top setting adds to the magnificence of it all, plus steps lead directly down to picture-postcard Cala Tarida. A west-coast setting also provides front-row seats — or king-size day-beds — for those famously resplendent Ibizan sunsets.

2025 opening date: 1 April

Where to stay The rocky isle of Es Vedrà is an iconic Ibiza sight worthy of a 30-minute drive south. Or you can stay at Petunia Ibiza, where you needn’t leave your room to see the mystical rocky mass silhouetted against the sky. The island is front and centre at this laidback stay on Ibiza’s somnolent southwest coast, where you can hitch rides in classic Land Rover Defenders to quiet coves, hike to Cap de Sa Talaia for spectacular sunrises, and savour the creations of hot-topic Mallorquin chef Baltasar Rigo.

NASSAU BEACH CLUB

Playa d’en Bossa

One of the pioneers of the beach club concept, Nassau has it nailed. With its boudoir-meets-Bali aesthetics, glitzy shimmer and obligatory dollop of boho-chic, it pretty much wrote the how-to on Balearic beach clubbing.

It’s aptly set at the south end of Ibiza’s liveliest of sandy strips — Playa d’en Bossa — with a fun-forward approach to entertainment. From the signature spark-spouting champagne tub to rolling a red carpet down the beach, it certainly doesn’t hold back on the theatrics.

2025 opening date: 22 March

Where to stay Move from one iconic brand to another: stay at The Standard and you’ve sure done the Ibiza experience in style. This iconic mini-chain’s Ibizan outpost cranks up the Balearic chic to the max, pulls the knob off, and throws it in the pool. Whether you’re pre-toxing in the tropical rooftop bar or detoxing in the intimate spa, The Standard is always anything but. If you’re bringing a posse, book Casa Privada, which sleeps up to 14.

EL SILENCIO

Cala Moli

The Balearic outpost of David Lynch’s typically Lynchian institution in Paris, El Silencio attracts musicians, fashion designers, chefs and artists to contribute to its inventive cultural programme. And all that creativity translates to the dancefloor, too: its party component, with sets from top-bill DJs around its knock-out pool, is renowned.

2025 opening date: 18 April

Where to stay Margarita-laced brunches, daily rooftop yoga sessions, spa soothing with island-grown botanicals, and wagyu or toro with caviar from a former Sushisamba chef? Oku Ibiza is the ideal tonic to El Silencio’s spirit of adventure, with its minimalist rooms in earthy tones (all with balconies; some with ‘back to mine’ terraces), a resident DJ and the largest pool on the island.

ELEMENTS EIVISSA BEACH CLUB

Cala Benirrás

Strip away the glitz and Ibiza is still a hippy at heart. And channelling that flower-power energy in the northeast corner of the island is Elements Eivissa Beach Club. It’s on Bennirás beach, one of the island’s more ‘alternative’ playas, where a welcoming, come-as-you-are attitude is paired with a blissed-out sense of remoteness.

But don’t think this supremely laidback nature means it slouches in the kitchen, which is in fine form with a menu featuring superfood smoothies, daily-made pasta and seafood plucked from the surrounding waters.

2025 opening date: 1 April

Where to stay Just a few coves along the coast, Six Senses Ibiza continues in the same soulful spirit. It’s on the island’s placid north shore, the haunt of hippies and spiritualists since the Sixties. The hotel is a kindred soul, featuring an award-winning design that blends with the beauty of Xarraca Bay. Sustainability reigns in the restaurants, too, where the dishes are inspired by Spanish, Italian and Latin American cuisine.

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Blue Marlin image by Gracia de los Rios, and Nikki Beach Ibiza images courtesy of the Nikki Beach Hospitality Group