Cosmopolitan UK — June 2017

Craig David at Ibiza Rocks: “Hands up

who thinks I should take my shirt off?”

Basically Ibiza’s

version of a

welcome mat

If it’s good enough for

Kate Moss...

✈MAKE IT HAPPEN

Easyjet (Easyjet.com)

flies to Ibiza daily.

Ibiza Rocks from €130

per night in June;

Ibizarocks.com

IBIZA ROCKS,

SAN ANTONIO

NOW THIS REALLY
DOES SOUND LIKE
I NEVER NEED TO
LEAVE THE HOTEL...
Indeed. This 368-room
hotel is party central. For
starters, there are actual
live music gigs, not just
DJs, and they’re even
having their own two-day
Caribbean-style carnival
this June (15th and 19th)
with Sean Paul, Lethal
Bizzle and Toddla T; think
reggae, grime, and drum
’n’ bass. Prepare to twerk
and jerk. Handily, you
don’t actually have to be
Mark Zuckerberg to be
able to afford a round
of drinks here, either.

WHAT’S THE
CROWD LIKE?
Hot couples with expert
tans and dazzling grins;
girls decked out like VIPs
in clingy dresses but never
heels (six-inch stilettos
can stay at home); the
obligatory groups of

friends fighting over the

pink inflatable flamingoes

in the pool and looking for

a good time until sunrise.

Oh, and the occasional

older guest who discovered

the White Isle back in the

’90s and now can’t stay

away. And who could

blame them?

WHAT SHOULDN’T

I MISS?

There’s

a Craig

David TS5

day-to-

night pool

party at

the hotel

every

Thursday

(for 10

weeks,

kicking off

20th July,

see below) and weekly live

gigs each Tuesday, too –

think Ed Sheeran, Kasabian

and Biffy Clyro. Basically,

the stars come to you,

which is handy. We Are

Rockstars Pool Parties

(various dates) are

legendary and kick off at

1pm, meaning you get

a lot of tanning

and tunes for

a £15 ticket

and the chance

to dance to

the likes of

Charlie Sloth,

Devlin and Ko Kane.

And when there aren’t

international names in

town, the hotel’s resident

DJs take up the mantle

• Oli P, Danny Beck and
  Patrick Nazemi.

AND WHEN I’M DONE

WITH ALL THAT?

You grab a green juice from

the lobby bar and enjoy

a Marine Deep Massage

(€45 for 60 minutes)

at Massage Beach

(Massagebeach.com),

set up right next to the

hotel’s main pool. The

pressure’s intense, but after

all that dancing, your

muscles need help. Then

head to the chill-out

pool (strictly no ravers

allowed) to lie on a Bali

day bed until a sense

of normality returns.